Kar-tina Roberts
Consultant
Baker,LA
Summary
Dear Hiring Executive,
With 24 years of transferrable extensive knowledge and successful qualifications as a program administrator, director, chief of staff, supervisor, presenter, grant manager/reviewer, and team player to fill the current position.
Consider my flexibility/adaptability managing city-parish, federal, and statewide programs including but not limited to onboarding, operations, and task executions of people, places, and processes including waivers, disaster recovery, and training and technical assistance conferences for 1500 participants with national presenters and vendors, and virtual team meetings. I also taught online and face-to-face undergraduate classes in management, critical thinking, ethics, cultural diversity, and reading methods. Please see the educational qualifications below. Thank you for your time and consideration of my candidacy. References available upon request.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kar-tina Roberts
Ph.D. Business Management and Organizational Leadership Professional Summary Experienced Supervisor and Program Administrator Effective Chief Operating Officer Talented Policymaker Sustains Compliance Requirements Expert Manager and Leader Exceeds Team Performance Goals Strengths In Management / Leadership Development Credentialed In Organizational Management And Applied Leadership
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
17
17
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Program Administrator
CITY OF BATON ROUGE
Baton Rouge, LA
- Increased enrollment from 600 to 900 students in 30 days
- Maintained 865 students over 90 days
- Managed $14 Million Dollars in Multi-Grant Funding
- Verified staff and student documentation
- Developed Social Media, Marketing Billboards, Phone Tree, and App for Program Communication
- Provided daily leadership and governance on program management, planning, and oversight
- Identified and provided ongoing training, technical support, and professional development using data driven performance measures
- Identified targeted area for improvement
- Developed strategic planning and implementation for program improvement
- Improved success of program by making proactive adjustments to operations
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations
- Oversaw team of 165 personnel focused on program design, program management, and program operation
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and directors
- Developed data driven performance based continuous improvement program from ground up, laying out framework and defining roles
Workday Grants Business Manager
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
- Fiscal management - 100% post-awards
- Tracked operational data and PI regulatory compliance
- Utilized Workday for key ERP decisions and grant documentation
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
- Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
Education Consultant
Louisiana Department Of Education
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
07.1997 - 08.2017
- Division Manager / Chief of Staff
- Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, LA
- Provided recommendations for modification, development or improvement of fiscal and educational programs as chief of staff for 37 fiscal grants
- Collaborated with cross-functional team of 50 + advisors, boosting expenditure of funds awarded in excess of $2 billion annually to over 66 + LEAs, Charter Management Organizations, Non-Profit, and For-Profit Collaborative Partnerships
- Statewide Agency Fiscal Management
- Partnered with school administrators, and approved over 4000 annual grants to provide students with appropriate and adequate in school educational federal funded support.
- Performed detailed and comprehensive evaluations on all program applications and over 100 RFPs/ contracts for state and federal funded initiatives
- Controlled costs by 50%, Streamlined budget operations
- Scheduled staff daily tasks, Governed division operations
- Guided recruitment, hiring, training, managed staffs retention of 50 (+) staff
- Improved operational process flows
Education
Ph.D. - Applied Management and Decision Science, Management & Decision Science (AMDS
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN 11.2015 - 05.2020
Master of Philosophy - Management, Leadership and Organization Change
Walden University
11.2015 - 02.2019
Master of Arts - Organizational Leadership
University of Phoenix
01.2000 - 09.2002
Master of Science - Special Education
Southern University And A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA 01.1995 - 07.1997
Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology & Audiology
Southern University And A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA 06.1990 - 07.1994
Skills
Strategic Leadership
undefinedTimeline
Ph.D. - Applied Management and Decision Science, Management & Decision Science (AMDS
Walden University
11.2015 - 05.2020
Master of Philosophy - Management, Leadership and Organization Change
Walden University
11.2015 - 02.2019
Master of Arts - Organizational Leadership
University of Phoenix
01.2000 - 09.2002
Education Consultant
Louisiana Department Of Education
07.1997 - 08.2017
Master of Science - Special Education
Southern University And A & M College
01.1995 - 07.1997
Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology & Audiology
Southern University And A & M College
06.1990 - 07.1994
Program Administrator
CITY OF BATON ROUGE
Workday Grants Business Manager
Louisiana State University
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