Emily Herbert Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

• Serve as primary POC to provide support for multiple awards, including managing grant documentation, payments to grantees, compliance, and liquidations of funds • Track, report, and monitor humanitarian, development, and economic assistance in response to regional crises• Develop goals, objectives, and programs in consultation with policy offices to utilize foreign assistance programming• Negotiate and execute across the Department and the interagency the foreign assistance budgets, processes, reports, plans, and Congressional inquiries related to foreign assistance• Serve as the office’s principal liaison with WHA’s Offices, Embassies, and the interagency regarding democracy and humanitarian assistance• Communicate skillfully, both verbally and in writing, to provide briefings, status reviews, and advice upon request to the office and other senior staff in the Department• Manage WHA technical compliance with Department grants management systems, administration, financial planning, and acquisition of program funding• Manage portfolio of grants provided to U.S. and international NGOs, including oversight and reporting, totaling over $5 million• Review grant applications to ensure programs are allowable, allocable, and reasonable• Work directly with embassy officers to provide increased oversight and technical assistance with grants, especially related to training and problem resolution for grants managed overseas• Conduct site visits to track program progress and financial management• Serve as primary customer service and guidance point of contact for grantees worldwide in both English and Spanish• Skillfully communicate verbally and in writing to provide briefings, status reviews, and advice upon request to staff and senior WHA personnel on foreign assistance issues and WHA regional and bilateral initiatives• Maintain and update electronic records on multiple online databases for grant and financial management

Washington, Dc, Us

• Planned and organized Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) events and policy decisions in DC and abroad• Coordinated and managed foreign assistance bilateral and regional accounts for all CT programs worldwide• Liaised with Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance staff and interagency colleagues• Consulted with Office Directors and Program Managers to discuss all aspects of program budgets and to advise of congressional and/or budgetary issues that may impact programs• Tracked program budgets for Nonproliferation, Demining, Antiterrorism, and Related Programs (NADR) and Economic Support Fund (ESF) accounts

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed and coordinated a complex reporting process for 194 embassies and missions to provide an Operational Plan for budget execution and required Congressional, Administration, and Department reporting, including:o Providing active and in-depth customer support and helpdesk service as primary subject-matter expert for all stakeholders in State and USAID posts worldwideo Developing and conducting in-depth training sessions, including training of trainerso Writing guidance and communications to brief stakeholders on progress, developments, action requests, and other pertinent information to ensure timely action and successful completion and submissiono Analyzing core strategic and budgetary documents to determine report needs and areas for improvemento Coordinating with IT team to update systems in line with new priorities and requirements • Facilitated design of new database system by liaising between senior staff and programming team to ensure that each understands programming and system requirements and architecture.• Developed a new strategic planning process as part of the Quadrennial Development and Diplomacy Review core facilitation team. This includes researching other agency strategic planning processes, writing guidance, analyzing stakeholder feedback, reviewing drafts from all Embassies and Missions, and resolving issues to ensure that overseas Missions and Bureaus in Washington develop a successful and useful set of strategic plans to serve as the basis for program planning and budget formulation.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Tracked budget reallocations and funding memos for Administration transparency requirements• Maintained or provided assistance with administrative and financial tracking systems, and assisted in the design and maintenance of spreadsheets and databases to support these systems• Managed and assisted review and publication of reports to the Office from all Operating Units• Organized orientations for new USAID and State Foreign Service Officers to brief them on foreign assistance budgeting and processes• Coordinated travel arrangements, daily meetings, calendars, and briefing materials for senior staff

Washington, Dc, Us

• Developed LoudounExtra.com website with Washington Post development team for hyper local coverage of Loudoun County to provide users with comprehensive news coverage across the county• Researched, wrote, edited, and HTML-encoded stories, audio, and video on area businesses, churches, schools, and sports teams for online and print publication

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Emergency Management And Homeland Security

Ba, Government And International Politics; Economics