Office Of Violence Prevention Project Manager
• Lead weekly meetings to align a seven-person cross-functional team that oversees 35 violence intervention and prevention contracts and projects equaling over a $4 million budget• Spearhead the adoption and training of Asana utilizing an agile methodology to scale the programs and impact of the office that benefits Austin’s million+ residents • Establish automized workflows and a standard intake process for evaluating project prioritization to increase efficiency and timeliness in accomplishing the SMART goals set out by the office• Design and establish a strategic communication plan to identify common terms, definitions, and talking points to streamline all future communication efforts for the office• Create curriculum and managed an educational workshop on the body’s natural stress response and stress management techniques for a sponsored neighborhood safety summit• Identify gaps and constructed standardized protocols for onboarding, contract management, community engagement, event sponsorship, and grant applications initiatives for the office • Coordinate a federally funded grant program to create a cross-jurisdictional standard firearm surrender protocol for domestic violence cases in Austin and Travis County• Wrote a federal grant for supplemental funding for the City’s new Community Violence Intervention that utilizes trusted messengers to target high-risk individuals to change their behaviors away from committing violent acts