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Lawren Giroux-Benjamin

Largo,FL

Summary

Seasoned Grant Specialist successful at identifying funding options, processing grants and distributing funds. Methodical and quality-driven mentality. Seeking to offer 15 years' experience and take on a fast-paced, growth-oriented position. Talented at overseeing grants preparation, development and submission. Focused on maintaining fiscal guidelines with thorough cost evaluations. First-rate communication and problem-solving abilities.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Grant Clerk

Pinellas County School Board
Largo, FL
08.2020 - 01.2023
  • Provide day-to-day project management on all District Teacher’s grants, including report monitoring
  • Provide day-to-project management on all FL Department of Education Charter and Private School grants.
  • Provide day-to-day managing and monitoring of District Department Grants.
  • Reviewing grant proposals, including conducting fundamental financial analysis of organizational and programmatic budgets, summarizing proposal highlights, and identifying points of ineligibility and concern

CLERK SPECIALIST II

Pinella's County School Board
Largo, FL
03.2014 - 08.2020
  • Coordinating and Managing Department of Education Leadership grants.
  • Managing and monitoring University sub-grants.
  • Managing a budget in the average of one. million for Pinellas County School District –Professional Development Department
  • •Maintaining all monitoring of grant funds and resources
  • •Payroll
  • •Contracted Services
  • •Coordinator of Leadership Cohorts- A-prep & A-prep 11
  • •Purchases of all Department needs (TERMS)
  • •Processing Applicant information for Principal and Assistant Principal Database.

High School Front Office Clerk

PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL
Pinellas Park, FL
12.2010 - 03.2014

OFFICE CLERK

  • Performed administrative duties, including acting as liaison between students/parents and Guidance Department personnel. Duties included but were not limited to arranging parent and student conferences with teachers and counselor
  • Managed school and student records to maintain integrity and accessibility typing correspondence, student guidance newsletter, lists and reports for several guidance counselors and, in some cases, the registrar: recording minutes of guidance department meetings
  • Maintaining guidance-related files on each student; keeping track of counselor and occupational specialist appointments; screening calls; assisting parents and students in guidance-related matters; may become involved in confidential situations requiring liaison activities between the guidance department and other services
  • Information input/retrieval and generating reports of student data
  • Train, oversee, and grade student assistants in routine clerical tasks

Education

Associate of Science - Theology/Counseling

Wesst Indies School of Theology
Trinidad
06.1998

Skills

  • Grant Mangement
  • Grant writing
  • Due Diligence
  • Invoicing
  • Research and Analysis
  • Grants Management

References

 

Dawn Bingham -Pinellas County School – 727-458-3120 

Maria Ortiz -Pinellas County School – 727-421-6445 

Kathy Madzimbamuto -Pinellas County School – 727-288-1252

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Quote

The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Niels Bohr

Timeline

Senior Grant Clerk

Pinellas County School Board
08.2020 - 01.2023

CLERK SPECIALIST II

Pinella's County School Board
03.2014 - 08.2020

High School Front Office Clerk

PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL
12.2010 - 03.2014

Associate of Science - Theology/Counseling

Wesst Indies School of Theology
Lawren Giroux-Benjamin