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Create grant templates, letters of intent, cover letters, and report templates.Process awarded grants, including data entry, recording reporting requirements and restrictions and notifying relevant staff.Create formal grant acknowledgments, thank you letters, and tax receipts.Use file share system and other tools to maintain accurate records about opportunities, grants, reports, funders, and key interactions.Coordinate scheduling and hosting of site visits and funder meetings, track in file sharing system.Assist with sponsorship outreach, logistics, and hosting of regional events.Provide data for internal reports.Send funder acknowledgment requests.Utilize Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word, and standard office equipment to complete daily tasks.

Provide excellent customer service to clients, serving as a front office associate.Assist applicants with applying for state assistance programs, such as Food Stamps, Medical Assistance, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).Screen, register, and maintain applications and client documentation by utilizing Georgia Gateway Client Database System.Utilize Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word, and standard office equipment to complete daily tasks.

Administered the federal grant-funded Recreational Trails Program [23 U.S.C. § 206] and the state grant-funded Snowmachine Trails Program, in accordance with 2 CFR § 200 and Alaska Statutes.Responsible for the entire award process, including pre-award, project and budget oversight, finance management, risk assessment, and post-award.Authorized grant reimbursements, monitored project reporting, and collected data to manage programs and to provide annual reports to federal and state departments.Collaborated with various agencies, including federal and state departments, advisory boards, community agencies and non-profit organizations.Created grant award documents, project reporting forms, budget spreadsheets, and presentations, utilizing Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Administration assistant for the Grants Administration Section, Design and Construction Section, and Office of History and Archeology.Managed reimbursable service agreements between the division and other state agencies, to include drafting award forms, monitoring expenses, completing expense reports, and processing close-out documents.Processed payments and monitored expenditures for contracts, service agreements, and staff, using state accounting systems: Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS) and Alaska Data Enterprise Reporting (ALDER).Responsible for processing payroll, scheduling travel accommodations, ordering office equipment, and maintaining finance obligation records.

Administration assistant for the Division Director of Institutions.Responsible for processing payroll, scheduling travel accommodations, coordinating meetings, ordering office equipment, and maintaining finance obligation records.Processed payments and monitored expenditures for executive staff, using state accounting systems: IRIS and ALDER.Maintained reports for programs administered by division sections, using ACOMS.

Administration assistant for the Division Director of Institutions, Sentenced Electronic Monitoring Office, Chaplaincy Program, and Education Program.Responsible for processing payroll, scheduling travel accommodations, coordinating meetings, ordering office equipment, and maintaining finance obligation records.Processed payments and monitored expenditures for executive staff, using state accounting systems: IRIS and ALDER.Maintained reports for programs administered by division sections, using ACOMS.

Administration assistant for the Division Director of Institutions.Responsible for processing payroll, scheduling travel accommodations, coordinating meetings, ordering office equipment, and maintaining finance obligation records.Processed payments and monitored expenditures for executive staff, using state accounting systems: IRIS and ALDER.Maintained reports for programs administered by division sections, using ACOMS.

Administration support for staff assigned to patient units, including two adult intake units, one adolescent unit, one senior unit, and one institutional unit.Maintained medical records for patient admissions, services, and discharges.Coordinated medical consultations with appropriate offices and outpatient services.Responsible for ordering office equipment and patient supplies.

Responsible for developing associate schedules, organizing associate training, administering new hire orientation, promoting associate recognition, and assisting store management in hiring events.Administration assistant for the Store Manager and Human Resources Manager.Served as a central point of contact for store associates and store leadership to ensure optimum store coverage and to address store administrative needs.

Provide excellent customer service to customers, serving as a front office associate.Scheduled reservations and facility events, and collaborated with outside agencies to schedule fishing charters, sightseeing tours, and glacier expeditions.