Amanda Edwards, Mph Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Organize, coordinate, and plane operational facets of a global program and its related activities • Research factors that may impact the success of the program, and work with groups to research and document program requirements in order to provide appropriate input. • Monitor and report progress of objectives and goals of the program. • Develop work plans to accomplish objectives and monitor progress toward their achievement. • Monitor expenditures and prepare financial… Show more • Organize, coordinate, and plane operational facets of a global program and its related activities • Research factors that may impact the success of the program, and work with groups to research and document program requirements in order to provide appropriate input. • Monitor and report progress of objectives and goals of the program. • Develop work plans to accomplish objectives and monitor progress toward their achievement. • Monitor expenditures and prepare financial reports; assist in identifying funding resources and developing fund-raising strategies and initiatives. • Prepare operational and statistical reports to assist in effective decision-making. • Plan, administer, or monitor the program's budget or related grants. Developed and coordinate program-related conferences, conventions, or meetings through multiple workshops.• Adapt work effectively with invoice and payments, develop new variations for monthly reports, and troubleshoot technical issues in Smartsheet, Kobotoolbox and Cobblestone.• Assist in multiple data analysis projects with monitoring and evaluation from start to finish utilizing Dedoose for qualitative and thematic analyses. Show less

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

• Supervise current projects and coordinate all team members and tasks to keep workflow on track.• Manage project planning, participant recruitment and retention, data collection, participant compensation, communication with participants and team members, working with students, and ordering supplies and equipment.• Perform literature reviews, analyzing scientific data, writing scientific papers, or perform other related duties as assigned.• Lead project meetings to review project… Show more • Supervise current projects and coordinate all team members and tasks to keep workflow on track.• Manage project planning, participant recruitment and retention, data collection, participant compensation, communication with participants and team members, working with students, and ordering supplies and equipment.• Perform literature reviews, analyzing scientific data, writing scientific papers, or perform other related duties as assigned.• Lead project meetings to review project tasks and timeline• Assist team in considering inefficiencies, propose improvements, and develop solutions when problems arise• Provide assistance in administrative management of grants, including managing project reports and contracts. • Informs team of deadlines and maintains scheduling to reach timeline goals Show less

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Rabies Epidemiology Team in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Participate in team activities and meetings and contribute to team projects by performing an epidemiological analysis that will result in a scientific publication.• Analysis of data sets• Biweekly meetings to discuss strategy on best methods for data collection for future analysis• Research for scientific manuscript and analysis of data that emphasize epidemiological methods used • Use results to… Show more • Rabies Epidemiology Team in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Participate in team activities and meetings and contribute to team projects by performing an epidemiological analysis that will result in a scientific publication.• Analysis of data sets• Biweekly meetings to discuss strategy on best methods for data collection for future analysis• Research for scientific manuscript and analysis of data that emphasize epidemiological methods used • Use results to create a manuscript to further public health research Show less

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Provide support and research into human resource management and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on a global level• Participate in bi-monthly and monthly calls with global team to understand global and individual country level concerns and create policy briefs based of analysis• Lead calls with Nigeria CARE team to further understand bottlenecks and barriers to access, provide spotlight on country concerns in order to raise awareness and funding • Background research for COVID-19… Show more • Provide support and research into human resource management and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on a global level• Participate in bi-monthly and monthly calls with global team to understand global and individual country level concerns and create policy briefs based of analysis• Lead calls with Nigeria CARE team to further understand bottlenecks and barriers to access, provide spotlight on country concerns in order to raise awareness and funding • Background research for COVID-19 practice and disruption of sexual reproductive health services• Work with directors, senior directors, and Vice Presidents from programming and advocacy teams to ensure that the work is connecting to broader priorities. Show less

• Provided day-to-day assistance for professor's two sections in Fundamental of Health Systems, Leadership and Policy courses• Prepared material for class, placing students into groups and providing direct feedback to questions.• Efficiently graded up to 50 papers per class of health policy material providing notes and interpretation of lessons for feedback, utilizing experience with course and syllabus for rubric• Created detailed report weekly for tracking of 60+ students’… Show more • Provided day-to-day assistance for professor's two sections in Fundamental of Health Systems, Leadership and Policy courses• Prepared material for class, placing students into groups and providing direct feedback to questions.• Efficiently graded up to 50 papers per class of health policy material providing notes and interpretation of lessons for feedback, utilizing experience with course and syllabus for rubric• Created detailed report weekly for tracking of 60+ students’ improvement and coursework. Show less

• Assist students in a virtual graduate biostatistics lab with Epidemiologic Methods, Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Statistical Computing courses and thesis projects using SAS programming

• Completed Fundamental of Health Systems course with top grade in December 2020 and was nominated by professor to Graduate Teaching Assistant opportunity • Provided day-to-day assistance for two professors in Fundamental of Health Systems, Leadership and Policy course• Prepared material for class, placing students into groups and providing direct feedback to questions.• Efficiently graded up to 50 papers per class of health policy material providing notes and interpretation of… Show more • Completed Fundamental of Health Systems course with top grade in December 2020 and was nominated by professor to Graduate Teaching Assistant opportunity • Provided day-to-day assistance for two professors in Fundamental of Health Systems, Leadership and Policy course• Prepared material for class, placing students into groups and providing direct feedback to questions.• Efficiently graded up to 50 papers per class of health policy material providing notes and interpretation of lessons for feedback, utilizing experience with course and syllabus for rubric• Created detailed report weekly for tracking of 60+ students’ improvement and coursework. Show less

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Work directly with evaluation staff to manage and organize database• Assist in development of evaluative surveys and interview guides to accurately measure program effectiveness• Provide support to lead evaluation consultant and staff in pulling and analyzing data • Develop reports with evaluative team for funders and stakeholder review • Create training material for staff to review evaluation research

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

• Recruited, interviewed and trained recruiters, developing team• Communicated with 10+ clients from large pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer/Hospira. CVS, Sanofi, Teva etc. • Successfully grew metric count for team members from 1-2 submittals weekly, to 9-10• Developed long term recruiting strategy for clients, forecasting future needs and assisting in establishing partnership

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Successfully started unit from ground up, growing contractor count from 0 to 82 in less than one year period, producing $1.7 million in revenue YTD • Assisted in business development, negotiation of rates and mark-ups, maintaining between a 55-65% mark up for all managers when possible • Communicated with 30+ managers on weekly basis in multiple states, providing up to date feedback on quality, recruiting efforts and background progress • Recruited, prescreened and interviewed… Show more • Successfully started unit from ground up, growing contractor count from 0 to 82 in less than one year period, producing $1.7 million in revenue YTD • Assisted in business development, negotiation of rates and mark-ups, maintaining between a 55-65% mark up for all managers when possible • Communicated with 30+ managers on weekly basis in multiple states, providing up to date feedback on quality, recruiting efforts and background progress • Recruited, prescreened and interviewed each candidate hired into unit, ensuring Wells Fargo guidelines were met • Streamlined presentation of candidates to managers to provide only top candidates • Developed Wells Fargo Unit, bringing in two additional team members Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Selected by Area Vice President to begin new Wells Fargo Unit Project for 2015 • Full-cycle high volume recruiting, assisting candidates from beginning to end of process • Recruited candidates through online postings and job boards such as CareerBuilder, Indeed, Monster, Jobing etc. • Consistently exceeded quarterly candidates starting goal by 15% • Selected to run reports for District Manager, and provided research analysis on open orders • Worked on national scale… Show more • Selected by Area Vice President to begin new Wells Fargo Unit Project for 2015 • Full-cycle high volume recruiting, assisting candidates from beginning to end of process • Recruited candidates through online postings and job boards such as CareerBuilder, Indeed, Monster, Jobing etc. • Consistently exceeded quarterly candidates starting goal by 15% • Selected to run reports for District Manager, and provided research analysis on open orders • Worked on national scale, recruiting candidates across the country for 10+ Fortune 500 companies including CVS, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Managed onsite staff of up to 150 employee’s daily. Recorded absences, handled of coaching’s for employees, and updated paid time off requests • Commuted to 3 sites daily to produce productivity and quality reviews for each employee • Recruited all candidates and performed 14 interviews daily during peak season to ensure hiring standard was met • Trained 8 classes of 20 new employees on payroll processes for accurate timecard submittal • Met with Client Managers daily to… Show more • Managed onsite staff of up to 150 employee’s daily. Recorded absences, handled of coaching’s for employees, and updated paid time off requests • Commuted to 3 sites daily to produce productivity and quality reviews for each employee • Recruited all candidates and performed 14 interviews daily during peak season to ensure hiring standard was met • Trained 8 classes of 20 new employees on payroll processes for accurate timecard submittal • Met with Client Managers daily to ensure all hiring needs were met and satisfactory, working to bring retention rate down with creating quarterly step by step goals. Show less

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Assisted in day to day management of 150+ employees at 3 locations across Phoenix for two clients • Created unique reporting system for attendance and quality review for each employee resulting in diminished turnover rate • Developed, researched and presented Quarterly Business Review to discuss improvement in retention and growth throughout each quarter • Oversaw two additional recruiter’s efforts to manage various shifts during daylight savings campaigns

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Sourced candidates through multiple resources including job boards and referral program • Performed manual weekly payroll for 100-150 employees • Created behavioral based questions to accurately prescreen and interview candidates • Assisted with getting candidates through background process, adhering to compliance guidelines with drug screens and education verification • Solely selected from RIS to open new site with State Farm Insurance, recruiting 100 new employees

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Public Health Management And Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology