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Fairmont, Wv, Us

Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States

• Develop, implement, and manage campus-wide grants guidelines, including intent to apply process and Principal Investigator management process. • Work with staff and faculty to determine needs, assess priorities, and identify funding sources for campus projects and academic programs.• Work closely with the Provost, Assistant Provost, and Academic Deans to ensure the achievement of grant outcomes and deliverables to the greatest extent possible. • Maintain current records in Foundant, Google Calendars, and Google Docs, including grant deadlines, funding, and reporting.• Spearhead the local area business campaign to cultivate relationships for future funding priorities.• Research funding sources and identify foundation, corporate, and governmental prospects.• Cultivate relations with and steward corporate, foundation, and governmental donors, including developing, writing, and editing grant applications, proposals, and sponsorship requests.• Work with Principal Investigators to ensure proper implementation of grant-focused protocols and procedures.• Work closely with finance and grant project managers to ensure grant funds are appropriately spent and tracked in the grant management database.

Austin, Tx

As the facilities coordinator, I worked in unison with the director to establish administrative protocols for a start-up early learning facility for children from birth to pre-K. During this time, I exhibited the ability to manage the correspondence between the director and staff, organize and lead staff development days, establish a system to maintain personnel records, and ensure staff maintain their state-required certifications.

College Station, Texas

As the administrative coordinator, I managed correspondence, projects, special assignments, and calendars between the Chief Executive Officer, Foundation staff, and outside departments. I coordinated logistical and administrative support, including travel itineraries, lodging, and catering for meetings and special activities for the Chief Executive Officer, George H.W. Bush Foundation Library Advisory Committee, and Board of Directors, including any visiting dignitaries. I liaised with the Office of George H.W. Bush, the Bush Library and Museum, the Bush School, the TAMU System, and external departments and constituencies. I maintained President and Mrs. Bush's apartment and supervised custodial services and maintenance staff for the apartment. I supported their staff and visitors when the President or Mrs. Bush was on site. Furthermore, I was the project lead for a scholarship and grant program that provided funding for Texas A&M University student organizations. I led the intern program, which included hiring, training, and supporting their success. During the event manager's absence, I was the event lead for the Presidential Leadership Scholars meeting at The George H.W. Bush Foundation, which included coordination between three other Presidential Libraries, logistics for off-site visits, dignitary visits, entertainment, and lodging.

College Station, Texas, United States

As a program coordinator, I worked alongside the College Missioner for the Episcopal College Ministry office to develop and implement an effective social media marketing strategy utilizing Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Mail Chimp, and Hootsuite. I culled and maintained the database of students, alums, and friends of Canterbury through Constant Contact. Furthermore, I assisted with overhauling the website and kept the content continuously. I consistently met weekly and monthly administrative deadlines by providing bulletins and newsletters.When I was not working through the administrative aspects of this role, I was building a solid foundation with the incoming students and helping them connect spiritually and socially.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

While at Cokesbury, I held two positions: store manager and regional manager. As the regional manager, I led 19 academic stores that included fiduciary responsibility for a 5-million-dollar annual budget, with individual budgets ranging from $400,000 to one million. My ability to work positively with store managers and leadership teams achieved market improvements and sales initiatives. I played a significant role in cultivating positive store environments amongst personnel through the training and development models I implemented. I successfully communicated national marketing plans and built merchandising displays to promote products.I developed and led an academic advisory team that coordinated and implemented new projects to improve efficiencies amongst academic operations, including but not limited to a mainstream process to order, track, and shelve textbook ordering.Furthermore, I was part of the leadership team responsible for setting corporate goals and direction for the chain, long and short-range planning, and changes and additions to store policy.My largest project was merging an academic store with a church-focused one. During this merge, I integrated personnel and products into a new store model and coordinated remodel efforts that included meeting city and state codes, designing a new footprint, and incorporating a coffee shop.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

As a store manager, I led sales objectives to meet a $500,00 budget by successfully implementing national sales marketing initiatives. I overcame existing challenges and developed a robust and cohesive relationship with the faculty and seminary leadership by implementing efforts that met their request and meeting home office national marketing plans.I maintained superior customer service with the established customer base by training and empowering a staff that served multiple clientele. I routinely assisted upper management in training new managers, opening stores, and remodeling current locations.