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Raleigh, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Manage portfolio of 45+ grants, cooperative and collaborative agreements, and subawards from local, state, and federal government agencies, universities, and foundations that focus on science issues including climate change, biodiversity, One Health, and STEM-learning. Strengthen and institutionalize relationships and partnerships between funders, research institutions, other government agencies, businesses and the NCMNS. Identify opportunities to leverage resources and create strategic partnerships for greater impact.Contribute to ongoing resource mobilization efforts. Develop a list of prospects to pursue and manage the pitch or LOI process. Cultivate relationships with potential funders to pursue new opportunities. Diversify and deepen funding relationships with existing partners. Write clear and compelling content for proposals, grant applications, concept notes, and reports.Develop internal processes to standardize pre & post award activities – from proposal development through closeout, ensuring compliance with grantmaking guidelines and regulations.Manage pre-award processes such as writing program-related goals, objectives, workplans, refining budgets, assembling documentation, proposal review and submission using various platforms.Oversee post-award activities, such as establishing the award contract, financial and performance monitoring, reporting, and communications with funder. Ensure deliverables, including program narrative and financial reports are accurate and on time.Collaborate with finance and communications teams to monitor program budgets and expenditure and tell stories of the impact of NCMNS grants to staff, funders, and the public. Support & represent the NCMNS, through volunteering at science events, serving on Evaluation and Sustainability Committees, State Grants Committee, and other groups. Stay abreast of trends in philanthropy, education, and the natural sciences as well as best practices for grantsmanship.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Oversee strategies to increase immunization rates across the state by building strong relationships with state and national partners and developing educational materials and programs to build knowledge about immunizations - including the COVID-19 vaccine - among healthcare providers, partners and stakeholders. Support program monitoring and evaluation of CDC grantees working on COVID-19 statewide. Work cross-functionally with Operations, Communications, Health Care Provider, Evaluation and other teams.

Created the grants development strategy for a global nonprofit equipping orphaned and vulnerable youth in sub-Saharan Africa and India to transition from extreme poverty to healthy, economically sustainable lives. Build capacity in all stages of the grant process including intelligence-gathering, pre-solicitation communications, partnership negotiations, proposal development, and reporting.Sharpened understanding of how funding is allocated within government agencies, foundations, and corporations, and built organizational capacity to submit successful applications.Part of a team to build relationships with corporations, trusts and foundations, academic institutions, government agencies and others.Led response to proposal development from grants research through through submission. Developed compelling applications consistent with funder requirements. Conduct extensive research and analysis to ensure proposals have country and technical relevance and context.Conduct landscape analysis to identify funding trends and programmatic priorities among global funders and worked to align grant proposals with these trends. Created annual grants calendar and content library to support application process.Collaborated with marketing staff to help align website content with funding trends and funder needs. Supported evaluation specialist in adapting metrics and tools for measuring performance and impact of program.Part of team developing a five-year impact evaluation with an external evaluator (Innovations in Poverty Action). Collaborate with evaluation specialist to ensure that program monitoring and evaluation data adequately capture and describe the effectiveness of the program to funders.Manage a well-organized portfolio of qualified funders using Fluxx/Grantseeker.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Instructor for two, semester-long a highly interactive online classes in a small-group “virtual” classroom setting through the Gillings School of Global Public Health Masters degree program: ‘Introduction to Public Health Issues’ and ‘Understanding Public Health Issues.’ Oversaw live, online, synchronous class sessions once each week for 13 weeks. Facilitated weekly live sessions in which the class discusses and applies learning from self-paced modules developed by lead faculty.Graded assessments and provided verbal and written feedback to students.Responded to student questions and issues related to the course.Utilize ZOOM online teaching platform to drive student interest, engagement, and participation in weekly classes.Maintained regular communications with lead faculty and the coordinator for MPH@UNC about students’ experiences, potential barriers, ideas for enhancement, etc.Consistently rated high among students in end of semester evaluations.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Developed a dynamic marketing strategy for a high volume dental practice that led to a 20% increase in new patients and improved patient retention. Developed and managed a social media strategy working across Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms. Oversaw all aspects including channel selection, audience identification, daily content ideas and opportunities leveraging both paid and organic methods.Write, create, and curate engaging content - including a bi-monthly blog - that resonate with social followers. Dental blog focused on the intersection of dental health can overall well being. Developed and maintained a dynamic and responsive website.Developed and implemented multiple email marketing campaigns to drive inbound traffic.Reviews management - increased from 16 google reviews to 220 - with increases across other platforms.Ongoing evaluation of social media management, listening and reporting tools to assess potential value and efficiencies. Developed in-office promotional campaigns that engaged the community through fundraising with local nonprofits including Backpack Buddies and the Susan B. Komen Run.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Monitoring and evaluation for the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Branch

Doctor Of Public Health Drph, Health Policy

Masters Of Public Health Mph, Health Behavior And Health Education