Beth Ceryak Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Write grants management & reporting guidance for internal & external audiences. Work with internal as well as external, mostly partners, stakeholders to elicit feedback via email as well as through in person consultations. •Translate & communicate laws (Farm Bill, Foreign Assistance Act), regulations (Code of Federal Regulations), agency policy (Automated Directives System), and office policy for a 200+ person office. •Draft & maintain templates for internal award actions, including modifications and funding.•Maintain grants focused Google site for internal use. •Support program managers in all aspects of the program cycle: solicitation, oversight, funding, budget, revisions, IG/GAO compliance, modifications, close-out. •Main point of contact for grants issues on $350 million (Farm Bill Title II, Development Assistance - Community Development Funds) in 30+ development awards spanning 10+ countries. Publish annual Request for Application for development awards. •Secondary point of contact for grants issues over $2.5 billion (International Disaster Assistance - EFSP & OCO funds, Farm Bill - Title II) in emergency awards. •Advise & participate in DC and field based selection committees for development & emergency awards & personnel acquisition.•Collaborate with Office of Acquisition & Assistance & FFP drafting internal & external award documents, both assistance & acquisition. •Point of contact between grants & M&E team. Support M&E team drafting internal and external reporting guidance. •Standardize reporting requirements across emergency and development awards, including IG/GAO and policy recommendations. •Travel to help facilitate mid-term evaluation; and new partner M&E workshop, with sessions on Logical Framework, Theory of Change, and Reporting. •Grants team point of contact to the environmental team, including the Bureau Environmental Officer, to ensure compliance across applicable FFP awards.Secret Security ClearanceAOR/COR certified

Washington, Dc

• Design program metrics from participant data and use them to create curriculum for one week summit. • Maintain online forum for participants to share ideas and collaborate while they reach program expectations. • Collect metric data before, during, and after program to measure participant expectations and abilities, and form this data into a useful and readable report for sponsor. Evaluate past programs for efficiency and lessons learned to improve future programs. • Build website through our content management system.• Research and write white paper on professional learning communities and how they relate to the mission of the American Chemical Society education division.• Prepare plan for marketing focus group and seek participants.• Manage and maintain vendor contracts for upcoming summit, including but not limited to hotels, multimedia agencies, caterers, mail services, and contractors.

Washington, Dc

• Standardized, edited, and disseminated internal and external guidance and procedures.• Drafted and reviewed request for applications, technical evaluation memorandum, forms, templates, and announcements.• Liaison between USAID and clients as POC for the congressionally mandated Food Aid Consultative Group.• Assist policy team with data compilation and compliance in publications.• Update annual indicators through management information systems.• Complete specialized monitoring and evaluation data and information projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Use raw data to draft user friendly reports on transportation demand management for Arlington County Government. • Edit any necessary documents to complete reports by deadline. • Gather data, create graphs, edit numbers and build final reports to be delivered to the client by deadline.

Washington, Dc

• Composed internal and external documents for use by the advocacy lead and policy team. • First contact for the relations team in charge of communications with all Red Cross and Red Crescents worldwide. Collaborated on communication with program teams, personal information, and national level voting. • Assisted advocacy lead with Congressional testimony.

Prague, Czech Republic

• Provided 15 minute, bi-weekly telephone lessons to professionals in the telecommunications industry. • Conduct and assess annual language exams at a well-known international hotel. • Prepare videos, documents, and edit online content for appropriateness of levels and industry connection. • Advertise and encourage memberships to online forum. • Create custom materials and resources for online forum as well as scripts for videos.

Prague, Czech Republic

• Provided one on one or small group lessons in person to professional adults from Central and Eastern Eurasia, from beginner to advanced levels. • Customized curriculum in the fields of communications, construction, sales, law, and technology.• Retained and grew client base, either additional clients from contracted companies or new company contracts.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), International Economics And Political Studies

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Law

Activities and Societies: Hofstra University Honors College