Senior Manager Early Learning

Objectives

My objective is to provide Leadership and Managerial skills to an organization and help solve problems, create effective and efficiency that makes workflow. Look strategically at what helps the organization to flow better and employees feel valued and retained in the organization.

Experience

United Columbia Willamette – April 2016 – August 2024

Director of Operations and Policy Early Learning Multnomah

Duties:

Strategic Alignment of Programs, Strategies, and Resources

As a Director I was assigned to identify priority areas, develop mutually reinforcing strategies for reaching and impacting key communities by connecting and aligning strategically with all available programs, assets, people, and resources using Equity Principles and Guidelines.

Direct the creation and implementation of county-wide assessments and action plans as required by the state and local partnerships

Represent United Way and ELM in national cohorts with an early childhood policy focus.

Helped to lead involvement and represent ELM in advocacy coalitions at national, state and local levels

Help guide ELM’s Coordinated Enrollment team with the Senior Manager for Early Care and Education

Help to guide ELM’s parent leadership work with the ELM Senior Manager

Help to guide staff Leadership and Development, select, guide, motivate, and participate in the training, professional development, and evaluation of direct reports

Provide goal setting, visioning, leadership, equity-centered, and strategic direction for ELM Team members

Ensure that ELM Team members are invested in team activities and decisions and that the team works together to achieve organizational goals

Responsible for accurate and timely completion and/or approval of organizational documents, including but not limited to performance reviews, professional development plans, goals and objectives, timecards, expense and travel reimbursements, credit card reports, requisitions, and ongoing documentation of performance accomplishments and areas requiring improvement

Data-Driven Shared Accountability, establish an environment of mutual trust and accountability for results by assuring that reliable data is available and used by United Way and partners throughout our work

Ensure Early Learning Multnomah meets all contract specifications and performance standards set by the state

Oversee contract administration and financial management for the ELM Team internal Collaboration

Work collaboratively with the Community Impact and Resource Development (including Marketing) with

Teams to communicate the impact of UWCW Racial Equity initiatives to corporate and individual donors as well as the broader community

Leadership - Demonstrate adaptive leadership within the Community Impact Department and across collaborative, cross-sector partnerships, leveraging emotional intelligence to foster trust, empathy, and open communication to establish a shared commitment to the United Way and our community’s vision, while navigating challenging and inspiring collective action.

collaborating and doing facilitation.

Co Leading to develop and lead strategic relationship engagement plans with key sectoral partners including business, human services, health, education, and early learning sectors and culturally specific organizations.

Facilitate decisions, plans, and actions to help move key strategies forward in accomplishing both short-term tasks and long-term results.

Co leading to foster trust and commitment among partners to collaboratively advance a long-term vision that centers racial equity, ensuring every community member—especially those from marginalized and underserved groups—has access to stable housing, equitable employment opportunities, and pathways to upward mobility. Maintain an environment of constant and open communication among all partners

Innovation and Creativity.

Ensure a strong racial equity and inclusion lens to all Early learning work, ensuring that strategies and practices actively promote diversity, including the elimination of systemic barriers for marginalized communities

Department of Human Services State of Oregon – October 1998 – April 2016

Principal Executive B Human Services Manager/Program Analyst Community Resource Coordinator

Managerial Duties - Daily operational functions of running several DHS offices for District 2 in Multnomah County. Understanding social programs to provide for families applying for state assistance, such as TANF {Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), Food stamps, Medical, ERDC, JOBS program, and some Child Welfare. Coordinated and collaborating with partner programs to help families in need of basic needs, health care programs, SUN system, employment programs, and ensuring programs were meeting the needs of the populations we are serving. Supervising multiple units of staff, 6 to 30 people in multiple offices with various positions such as eligibility workers, case workers, and lead workers. Provided leadership and direction to staff to develop short term and long-term goals in employment; Meet with staff to develop and do performance plans and measures. Meet with staff to discuss work performance, employment development plans, motivate staff to ensure staff see their maximum potential in the work. Developed position descriptions to hire new staff in positions, performed hiring manger functions for the organization, created diverse panels, oriented new staff in on boarding to the organization. Experience of providing coaching and training to staff for developmental towards work and DEI within the organization. Experience in facilitation of large groups and team building to help staff and organizations achieve outcomes in projects and design of concepts to objectives.

Administrative Duties – Customer Service Oriented, processing applications according to the organization, analyzing information such as reports, data that gives outcomes to how systems are working within organizations. Explained state and federal policies and programs to applicants applying for programs such as TANF, Food stamps, Medical, ERDC, ADA and Child Welfare. Handing sensitive information within customer complaints. Monitoring caseload data such as in fluctuation and decrease. Monitoring and approving branch expenditures towards support payments. Recognizing the value of individuals and families with cultural differences and creating valued work experience for staff and customers. Monitoring office budget, inventoried office negotiables such as vouchers and bus tickets/passes, and gift cards.

Education

Master’s Degree Social Work MSW, Portland State University, Portland Oregon 09/24/12 thru 06/14/14

BA Management, George Fox University, Newberg Oregon, 09/00 thru 03/02

AS in EDU, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach VA, 09/93 thru 06/95

Leadership

10+ years in leadership roles (hiring, training, HR experience, unions, DEI training certification)

6+ years in leadership Equity Action Team chair and co-chair

Skills Experience /Commitments/Volunteer

Military Service, United States Navy 10/87 thru 09/95 (Active and Reservist)

Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon PCA -Committee Member

CCFP – Community Council on Family Preservation – Committee Member

IMPACT NW – Co-Chair Board Member

Software skills (Microsoft, PowerPoint, Data research, Microsoft Teams, ADP, Zoom,

Commercial Cleaning

References

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