Shekita Wilkins Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland

• Responsible for a multi-million-dollar portfolio supporting youth development, social responsibility, and healthy living programs with a 71%-win rate.
• Writer of clear, data-driven, and compelling proposals, reports, and letters of inquiry.
• Create and review project budgets for proposals and grant reports.
• Work closely with leadership and program staff to ensure that proposals accurately reflect the work, providing suggestions for implementation and program design.
• Monitor grant progress for funder reports.
• Engage with current and prospective funders to share new programs and projects.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Supervised three teams operating grant-funded afterschool and summer programs.
• Worked with school leadership, community members, and other stakeholders to create and implement the community school strategy based on needs assessments.
• Coordinated resources to help students, their families, and community members overcome barriers to success.
• Collaborated with City Schools and community partners to ensure students were on track to graduate and prepared for life beyond high school.
• Organized community partners to bring additional services and resources into the school and community.
• Actively engaged community associations and faith partners to gain an understanding of the available resources, needs, and concerns unique to each community to ensure that information and resources were equitably shared.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Worked with school leadership, community members, and other stakeholders to create and implement the community school strategy based on needs assessments.
• Coordinated resources to help students, their families, and community members overcome barriers to success.
• Organized community partners to bring additional services and resources into the school and community.
• Actively engaged community associations and faith partners to gain an understanding of the available resources and concerns unique to each community to ensure that information and resources were equitably shared.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Supervised staff and volunteers operating an afterschool and summer youth enrichment program.
• Responsible for ensuring grant fidelity including monitoring average daily attendance and spending.
• Tracked student academic performance and behavior to provide targeted supports.
• Secured grant funding to create a community garden, designed and maintained by students and community members.
• Built relationships with local officials including Eastern District Police, community leaders, and Code Enforcement to bring awareness to community blight and issues.
• Participated in the re-development of the Barclay neighborhood to ensure the involvement of the community.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Tracked youth development program deliverables and generated funder reports.
• Helped develop an SOP manual for the Program Assistant position.
• Managed department calendar and schedule for senior leadership.
• Organized staff meetings and training opportunities.
• Maintained funder database.
• Volunteered at annual events for the organization.

Columbia, Maryland, United States

• Developed and maintained organizational marketing plan.
• Assisted lead generation campaigns; database, and system updates.
• Assisted advertising efforts; email, direct mail, and marketing campaigns.
• Monitored progress and created reports of all marketing campaigns.
• Analyzed organization website for relevance and user-friendliness.
• Organized training opportunities for clients.

Columbia, Maryland, United States

• Executed day-to-day administrative operations for the organization.
• Managed front reception area and welcomed visitors.
• Performed pre-show and post-show follow-up calls for trade shows and conferences.
• Coordinate logistics for trade shows, expos, and conferences.
• Schedule weekly lunch meetings for onsite and remote staff.
• Update CRM (Customer Relations Management) databases.