Community Development Baton Rouge

Jazmin Janai Adams

Baton Rouge, LA ● ***** ● 225-***-**** ● ***********@*****.***

EDUCATION

Southeastern Louisiana University; Hammond, LA August 2021–May 2023 Master of Arts in English

Southeastern Louisiana University; Hammond, LA August 2017–May 2021 Bachelor of Arts in English

EXPERIENCE

Community Development Specialist 1 July 2023–October 2023 Office of Community Development, Baton Rouge, LA

• Proofread governmental letters to ensure comprehension to local representatives and administrative consultants.

• Reviewed invoices, requests for payment forms, and request for proposal forms for any fiscal discrepancy.

• Analyzed grant applications to ensure that the grantees request met both federal and state threshold content for funding.

• Edited the annual CDBG grant application workshop PowerPoint to provide training and technical assistance to local government officials, engineers, and consultants.

• Researched grantees’ areas of deficiency concerning their grants, so they can adhere to their final closeout deadline.

• Maintain familiarity with multiple high-priority projects for formatting and submitting finalized documents concerning various grant types.

• Conducted a final on-site review of Community Block Development within state’s jurisdiction for compliance, resulting in correcting areas of deficiency for funding.

• Opened, managed, and closed various grants by ensuring their information was updated according to their set deadlines.

• Collaborated with co-workers at team’s weekly and monthly meetings to configure the best method to organize, modify, and update the grant process for grantees and consultants.

Community Development Specialist 1 (WAE) May 2023–July 2023 Office of Community Development, Baton Rouge, LA

• Brought 45 water and sewer grants into the state required compliance before the July 20th WSP Commission meeting.

• Proofread documents from grantees to ensure they followed the applicable procedures.

• Revised governmental letters to clearly illustrate what documents the grantees lacked.

• Responded to questions from local representatives, engineers, and administrative consultants regarding grant requirements.

• Worked with co-workers to instruct the regulations and policies of the Water Sector Program to local officials so they could adhere to the state statutory requirements. Graduate Assistant August 2021–May 2023

Southeastern Louisiana University; Hammond, LA

• Instructed English 101 and 102 students to adhere to MLA 9.

• Edited and published the chapbook Homing Pigeon with Louisiana Literature.

• Edited academic papers to ensure the continuity of the professor’s prompt.

• Updated the Southeastern Writing Center’s promotional work: Instagram, flyers, and bookmarks.

• Interviewed renowned visiting authors to discuss the importance of the humanities across each field.

Intern: Associate Editor June 2022 –August 2022

Office of State Register; Baton Rouge, LA

• Trained state agencies and lawmakers to address writing in the state-mandated writing technique to increase readability.

• Collaborated with the Louisiana Register editor and the Louisiana Administrative Code editor to help get the Louisiana Register published by the date of promulgation.

• Networked with other state registers to research how plain language is implemented in rulemaking, increasing citizens’ comprehension and government participation.

• Answered civilians’ calls in a prompt manner to ensure accurate and timely information.

• Revised and implemented efficient and effective edits adhering to the state’s mandated writing technique, plain language.

• Edited and published the Louisiana Administrative Code Style Manual and the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Adobe Pro

• Adobe Reader

• Microsoft Suite

• Canva

• Excel

• Oxygen (HTML/XML)

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