Elizabeth Karberg

Provides training and technical support to office-wide federal project officers on grants management, including around grant policies, forecast and notice of funding opportunity processes, reporting, and compliance requirements.

Develops and maintains a digital library of standardized tools and templates for effective office-wide grant administration, such as training materials for each grant panel review, instructions on reviewing and approving quarterly progress reports, continuation applications, and modification requests in GrantSolution. Ensures these resources are updated annually as needed.

Serves as a federal project officer for grants and cooperative agreements, administering a division grant program to support emerging scholars, from forecast release through closeout, overseeing each stage to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.

Provides clear, consistent, accurate and responsive communication with colleagues in my office and in the larger federal grants field, as well as grantees.

Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative for projects that use contract support.

Maintains up-to-date expertise in procurement and grant-making rules and procedures.

Implements, monitors, and uses systems for data collection and analysis pertaining broadly to human services issues.

Provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance and oversight on strategic planning, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement. Understands and explains complex evaluation, statistical, and data analysis methodologies and findings to non-technical audiences.

Represents the organization in collaborations, at briefings, and at other meetings regarding the justification, approval, design, conduct, findings, and use of research/evaluation, performance management, and analyses.

Led large-scale research and evaluation projects from federal funders.

Served as Principal Investigator, Project Director, or Project manager for projects receiving contract support.

Kept informed of national trends, legislative developments, and relevant research and evaluation.

Planned, designed, and performed evaluations, applied research, and performance management, including data management and analysis activities.

Provided training and technical support to organizations receiving federal funds to administer human services programs such as teen pregnancy prevention and healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs.

Conducted or directed studies using survey, research, evaluation, statistical, and social science methods.

Utilized appropriate research, evaluation, and statistical techniques to assess effectiveness and identify ways to improve human service programs.

Established and maintained effective, constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Communicated and disseminated study findings in forms useful to various audiences ( e.g. federal, state, and local) on research, program, and policy to inform improvement of organizational programs and policies.

Supervised three staff over five years.

Administered small grants as part of a cooperative agreement from ACF.