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Federal Systems Intergration And Mangement Center - Central Office

Federal Systems Integration and Management Center Project Manager,responsible for large-scale acquisitions, growing projects from $6 million to $7 million and $138 to $175 million, respectively.Managed contracts in post-award state, ensuring compliance with the Federal Acquisitions Regulations, all while managing deliverables, project finances, and client expectations. Presented detailed weekly presentations to executive leadership on complex issues and provided solutions for clients.Managed up to 51 Armed Services clients, ensuring customer satisfaction through cross-organizational communications, quarterly project management reviews, weekly meetings, and ad-hoc meet-and-greets.

Central Office

Planned, handled logistics, and provided on-site event support for several events such as Leadership open houses, Client Demo Days, Employee Engagement events, and Change Champion Engagements.Highlighted agency priorities and achievements via social media platforms using linked images such as Twitter cards and infographics.Managed official GSA social media accounts.Managed agency-wide projects, such as a Change Champion Network, internal and external events, and strategic communication plans.Analysed data to influence internal leadership decisions.Created documents to demonstrate new ways to utilize our space, by suggesting new furniture products with acoustical properties to mitigate noise, clean modern aesthetics, and fresh designs that create new opportunities to perform work in improved ways. Streamlined the onboarding process for new employees by creating a central point for new employees, supervisors, the program management office, and new employee buddies to refer to check on the status of a new employee’s progression. Worked with contractors to review training assets prior to their release in order to ensure that compliance, accuracy, and usability were in line with the organizational best practices.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Coordinated and facilitated VBA-wide initiatives, delivering health and wellness benefits info to over 120 employees, and contributing to $177 million raised for charities nationwide as Co-Chair of the Combined Federal Charity.Demonstrated competence in several aspects of Human Resources activities including: Staffing and Recruitment, Employee Relations, Policy, Employee.Served as the key point of contact for the Senior Executive performance appraisal process.Assisted staffing and recruitment team with filtering closed vacancies on USAjobs.gov.Facilitated New Employee Orientation and participated in onboarding seminars for new VBA employees, offering useful information on benefits, work-life balance, and VBA policies.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Management

Activities and Societies: Served as the Attendant to Miss Alabama A&M University, where our primary outreach focus was recruitment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Leadership And Managing Teams Through Change, 3.8

Working on this degree was a highlight in my educational career, as I finally feel my choice to study embodies my personal beliefs.

Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Public Service at Veterans Benefits Administration, primarily focused on Human Resources Management, specifically communications.