Grants Manager Board Member

Location:

Birmingham, AL

Posted:

July 28, 2021

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ARYN GIEGER-SEDGWICK

SUMMARY

Experienced Grants Manager with exceptional background in research and implementation of complex multi-jurisdictional grant programs. Adept at analyzing systems and developing operational strategies to increase grant capabilities and objectives. Skilled Grant Administrator ensuring compliance of Federal and State laws and regulations. Polished organizational representative in media relations. Active trainer with practiced skills in training development.

HIGHLIGHTS

Dynamic and adaptable project management

Strong team collaboration across multiple remote meeting tools

Training development

Complex problem solving

System strategies

Polished communication skills

Highly detailed-oriented

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Volunteered and then assumed responsibility for a vacated grant manger position that required

major budgetary revision. Researched and implemented budget revisions that streamlined the

operational budget and improved grant outcomes.

Researched and advised on the creation of more efficient workflows resulting in major policy changes in the Jefferson county criminal justice system.

Created written policies and protocols for new grant programs.

Served as organizational liaison facilitating multidisciplinary conversations leading to improved communications through cooperative teams.

Served on supervisory bodies that analyzed county and state-wide processes to improve outcomes for at-risk populations.

Developed relationships that expanded collaboration amongst fragmented groups.

WORK HISTORY

Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, SAKI Program Director

Birmingham, Alabama, March 2017- present

Perform duties as Site Coordinator for Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant Program and point of contact for community stakeholders.

Research best practices in criminal justice field, including organizational structures and management processes across multiple jurisdictions in order to facilitate a streamlined workflow between agencies that allowed for the timely review and submission of backlogged Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs).

Collaborate with Forensics Lab, Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Advocacy, and SANE to implement best practices in a system-wide effort to improve the experience of victims and survivors.

Write and manage SAKI Grant Program as Programmatic Point of Contact.

Ensure compliance with all federal regulations and special conditions of the SAKI grant program as Financial Point of Contact.

Supervise SAKI Court Advocates’ day to day duties and ensure quality Victim Services are provided to all Sexual Assault survivors pursuing prosecution through the DA’s Office.

Build and maintain community relationships in order to maintain a Sexual Assault Multidisciplinary Team that works to ensure community buy-in and oversight of Victim Services, forensic exams, investigations, and prosecutions for current and cold case Sexual Assaults.

Analyze cold case Sexual Assaults for serial perpetration, public-safety risk, and likelihood of CODIS Hit.

Conduct and supervise research on cold case Sexual Assaults through statewide court database, DA office case management system, state driver’s license database, state forensics database, as well as run criminal histories through NCIC.

Collaborate with law enforcement to search for Victims to ensure notification on all SAKI cases.

Input ViCAP eligible case entries.

Other Duties as Requested by the District Attorney.

Research and write for other grant funds to improve criminal justice response to violent crime.

Collaborate with Birmingham Mayor’s Office on a wide range of criminal justice grants to improve community safety and the criminal justice system’s response to various crimes.

Crisis Center, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, June 2016-February 2017

Positions include: Rape Response Program Coordinator, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator

Rape Response Program Coordinator,

March 2014 – February 2017

Ensured quality service was provided to victims of sexual violence in Jefferson, Walker, St. Clair, Blount, Chilton counties, and other areas as determined by need. Services included individual counseling, group counseling, psychoeducational groups, prevention education, awareness presentations and activities, criminal justice advocacy, medical advocacy and legal advocacy.

Wrote and managed grants including the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs- Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant and Sexual Assault Support Program (SASP) grant, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), Junior League of Birmingham.

Collaborated with Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office to write $400,000 Sexual Assault Justice Initiative (SAJI) grant from the Department of Justice’ Office of Violence Against Women to implement a county-wide law enforcement protocol in response to sexual assault.

Collaborated with Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office to write $1.5 million Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to inventory, track, and submit cold case Sexual Assault Kits in order to eliminate the backlog and ensure policies and protocols were in place to guarantee no backlog would exist in the future.

Coordinated SANE Liaison Committee/Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) for Jefferson County – worked with Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Bessemer Division of Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Tarrant Police Department, Children’s Hospital SANE, Alabama of Forensic Sciences to ensure quality, coordinated services are available to survivors of sexual violence in Jefferson County.

Upheld standards and ensured compliance with funders and Alabama Coalition Against Sexual Violence.

Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Rape Response,

June 2013-March 2014

YWCA of Central Alabama, Victim Services Advocate

St. Clair County, October 2012 – June 2013

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management

Alder University, May 2016-May 2018

Masters in Women and Gender Studies - Non-degree seeking

The University of Alabama, August 2011 – July 2011

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English

The University of Alabama, August 2005- May 2009

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATIONS

Alabama Coalition against Rape (ACAR), President, 2016-2017, Board member, 2013 – Present, Legislative chairperson, 2014-2016, Standards chairperson 2015-2016 & 2019 – Present

Children’s Policy Counsel Board of Directors, 2017- Present

Alabama Attorney General’s State Protocol on Violence Against Women Committee, Member 2015-2017

Sexual Violence Prevention Committee, Member 2016-2017

Magic City Acceptance Project Steering Committee, Member, 2015-2018

Statewide Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Member 2016-2017

DOJ OCFO Basic Financial Management Training – Completed February 2020

NCIC Training and Certification – Completed April 2018, Re-certified March 2020

ViCAP Training and Certification – Completed August 2018

BJA Peer Reviewer – Accepted April 2020

ROCIC Certification – Completed June 2020

REFERENCES

Meg McGlamery