Senior Program Specialist Resume Example United States Department Of Agriculture

SENIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher
OneNote; Adobe Acrobat
Equipment Grant Reviewer Experience
Administrative, Purchasing
Adobe Acrobat, Quality
AR, Quality assurance
Agency, Record keeping
Interpersonal Skills, Reporting
Concept, Research
Conferences, Safety
Modeling and Data, SMP
Decision-Making, SOP
Edit, Spreadsheet
Email, Strategic
Food safety, Supervisor
Government, Supervision
Grant Writer, Technical support
Health Promotion, Technical Assistance
Human Relations, Training materials

Inventory, Vision
Leadership, Written
Marketing
MEs
Excel
Office
Outlook
PowerPoint
Publisher
Microsoft Word
Organizational
Personnel
Policies
Presentations
Problem solving
Program design
Progress
Project Management

Work History

Senior Program Specialist01/2018 to Current
United States Department Of Agriculture, Dallas, TX

40.0 Hours/Week Monday-Friday(8 hrs.) 8:00 AM-4:30 PM.
Supervisor: Shannon Jones, Branch Chief.
USDA, School Nutrition Programs Branch.
214-290-9981, Shannon.Jones@usda.gov, Main Duties and Responsibilities:.
Monitor, support and provide guidance to state agencies to ensure federal statutes, regulations and policies are interpreted and applied properly; monitor state agency performance during MEs and accompanied ARs; developed a selection tool to determine the SWRO AR schedule annually; monitor state agency and local SFA staff during on and off-site portions of the AR; track findings, assist with evaluating and making recommendations for program design improvement to ensure program requirements are met; report performance of the unit's efforts to the School Nutrition Programs Branch Chief, as needed.
Prepare and submit special briefings, memoranda, and reports to higher-level management on project status and research findings to alert management of positive trends as well as deficiencies and inconsistencies.
Assist with analyzing and interpreting program data submitted by State agencies in the USDA Food Program and Reporting System (FPRS) and via email; collect, analyze, correct and report datasets of the FNS 828, 834, 874 and 742 reports and Ameliorative Action Report into FPRS; conduct regional edit checks in written and/or statistical format for Regional Office to ensure data accuracy; assist and monitor unit special projects to ensure submissions meet unit goals and key performance measures.
Respond to requests for technical assistance and/or information from clients, legislators, and other state government personnel, industry representatives, and other organizations, as assigned.
Assist with providing guidance, monitoring and technical assistance to state agencies administering the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Afterschool Snack Program (ASSP), and Special Milk Program (SMP); perform comprehensive regional accountability activities; monitor program requirements by conducting on-site evaluations of state agencies participating in the school meals programs; 8 southeast state agencies.
Monitor fiscal and program integrity during audits.
Provide training and technical support to state agencies that are deficient and/or non-compliant in federal accountability standards; coordinate state agency, regional and national training (develop agendas and/or training materials); train RO, SA and School Nutrition Programs Branch staff on program requirements through formal and informal presentations, per request or as assigned.
Conduct and monitor all aspects of the Program Monitoring and Oversight; Administrative Review process; assisted with updating the SWRO School Nutrition Programs Branch Standard Operating Procedures.
Submit USDA AR reports and analyze during the Office of Program Integrity projects.
Assist with providing technical assistance for all CNPs.
Conduct all aspects of the ME process: Train SA staff on the comprehensive AR process and other program areas.
Formulate written reports of findings and recommendations and debriefings during the reviews; negotiate corrective action plans; and conduct entrance and exit conferences.
Submit ME data into MEMS NextGen.

Compliance Specialist12/2015 to 12/2016
Office Of Health And Nutrition, OHN, Columbia, SC

Main Duties and Responsibilities:.
Ensured that FNS strategic plan, mission, vision and values were communicated to the team and integrated into the team's and SA's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
Effectively communicated assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.
Identified, distributed and balanced workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established work flow, skill level and/or occupational specialization; making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensuring that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
Monitored and reported on the status and progress of work, including work in progress and reviewed completed work to ensure instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines and quality were met; supported staff to ensure technical assistance and guidance were provided to approximately 134 School Food Authorities (SFAs) to ensure federal, state, agency and departmental statutes, regulations and policies were interpreted and applied properly; monitored staff performance.
Conducted all aspects of the AR process, independently, as a team member, and as a team lead; trained SFAs and OHN staff on the comprehensive AR process; formulated written reports of findings, recommendations and accommodations; negotiated corrective action plans; conducted post-review evaluations; submitted annual AR data to USDA; developed an On-site Dashboard Excel spreadsheet as an audit tool to track on-sites and findings; assisted with program design improvement to ensure program requirements were met; implemented on-line Compliance module; created AR Team Concept Module; responded to inquiries, timely; reported performance of the unit's efforts to the OHN Director and Deputy Superintendent of the Division of Operations & Support.
Prepared and submitted special briefings, memorandum, and reports to higher-level management on project status; researched findings to alert management of positive trends as well as deficiencies and inconsistencies.
Assisted with providing guidance, monitoring and technical assistance to SFAs administering CNPs; performed comprehensive statewide accountability activities; monitored program requirements by conducting on-site evaluations of SFAs participating in the school meals programs; assigned, monitored fiscal integrity and claims for reimbursement deadlines.
Under limited supervision, developed, implemented and coordinated an effective and efficient training methodology; provided training to local public and non-traditional school systems to ensure federal accountability standards were maintained; conducted regional and state-wide trainings for SFAs and OHN staff on program requirements through formal and informal presentations.
37.5 Hours/Week Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.
Supervisor: Thaisha N. Tate, MS, CLC

Complince Specialist09/2013 to 10/2014
Richland One School District Student Nutrition Services, Columbia, SC

Responsible for monitoring quality assurance of forty school preparations, purchasing, operation of all schools nutrition programs.
Conducted inventory and record keeping, assists forty-school menu planning, development, product identification, nutrition information and disseminating nutritional information to staff, students, and community.
Collaborated with state department to provide education and training, community outreach, marketing and coordination of programs and activities, and develop of standard operations.
40 Hours/ Monday-F 7:00 AM Week.
Supervisor: Penny Hardin, MPH,MS,HFS,CHES Friday.
Health Promotion Flight, Shaw AFB -6:00PM.
803-895-4902: penny.hardin@shaw.af.mil, Main Duties and Responsibilities:.
Coordinated, planned, administered, assessed, and supervise all functions related to nutrition and wellness programs.
Assisted base dietitian and ensured comprehensive outpatient and community based nutrition program was developed and enforced.
Facilitated environmental assessment and community-based education/intervention to encourage healthy lifestyles.
Implemented programs to encompass the needs of the active duty population, family members, and Department of Defense (DOD) personnel.
Served as liaison and focal point to the base, medical treatment facility, first sergeants, unit commanders, and supervisors on all nutrition related activities.

Education

Master of Science: : Public Administration, 03/2014

Bellevue University - Bellevue, NE

Bachelor of Science: : Healthcare, 06/2011

Bellevue University - Bellevue, NE

Associate of Applied Science: : Dietetics and Nutrition, 08/2006

Commuinty College of The Air Force - Montgomery,AL

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

United States Department Of Agriculture
Office Of Health And Nutrition, OHN
Richland One School District Student Nutrition Services

School Attended

Bellevue University
Commuinty College of The Air Force

Job Titles Held:

Senior Program Specialist
Compliance Specialist
Complince Specialist

Degrees

Master of Science : Public Administration , 03/2014
Bachelor of Science : Healthcare , 06/2011
Associate of Applied Science : Dietetics and Nutrition , 08/2006

Senior Program Specialist Resume Example

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