Stacey Newton

Work History

Management and Program Analyst

United States Department of Agriculture

Auburn, AL

10.2022 - 09.2025

Company Overview: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Responsible for supporting agreement management activities throughout the full agreement life cycle to include assisting Program Managers in initiating the NFO, execution, monitoring and close-out on all agreements assigned to the state of Alabama.
Conducts post award management and oversight to include monitoring of the use of funds and activities by recipients, assists the technical points of contact with agreement management activities to monitor agreement work.
Assists Program Managers, both internal and external to NRCS, in developing documents, facilitating, and managing the agreement initiation, monitor, and control processes so that agreements are properly authorized, and performance is in accordance with established schedules.
Maintains all agreements with new and current Recipients by coordinating with Recipients, other entities involved in partnership with NRCS, and the Grants and Agreements Specialists to ensure all required documentation is accurate and uploaded to the Service Now Portal to activate agreements in the ezFedGrants system so that Recipients may commence work with local partners and landowners.
Once agreements are finalized in the ezFedGrants database, ensures Recipients receive all documentation for their records and maintains an ongoing relationship with all Recipients throughout the lifetime of the agreement to ensure timely submission of all reports and payments via the ezFedGrants Portal, assist in resolving any issues, monitors and tracks all quarterly and annual reports, assist Recipients in answering any questions to complete the required documents via the ezFedGrants Portal.
Facilitates all Amendments with Recipients and Grants and Agreements Division in resolving any issues and timely completion.
Ensures that as requests for payments are made, all documentation is completed accurately, supporting documentation is sufficient and that the Recipient is current in the SAM.GOV system.
Provides technical advice to management and program officials on the interpretation of regulations and guidelines and their application to complex problems.
Ensures operations conform to appropriate principals and standards, provides the required degree of internal controls to meet compliance and reporting requirements that directly affect program goals and objectives.
Initiates and formulates the execution of policies and procedures and directives for implementation and interprets regulations to ensure statutory compliance.
Takes part in planning sessions and discussions of innovative ways to carry out assigned programs and new programs.
Researches and identifies existing program concepts and techniques to achieve an effective outcome.
Monitors activities identified for special interest to keep leadership informed of developments through conferences and briefing papers.
Studies work methods, administrative and business guidelines, procedures, work assignments, delegations of authority, management controls, information, and documentation systems.
Documents findings of studies and prepares recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, and organizational changes to make the organization conduct operations more effectively.
Develops strategies and initiatives designed to conduct research and analyzes outcomes and outputs related to programs, workforce and organizational development.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Program Analyst

United States Department of Agriculture

Auburn, AL

05.2016 - 10.2021

Company Overview: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Supports the technical point of contact with project management activities to monitor project work.
Monitors and analyzes ProTracts database data and National Easement Staging Tool (NEST) data to ensure organizational requirements and objectives are met in a timely and efficient manner including expiring contracts, modification approvals, status reviews, etc.
Assists with tracking financial obligations, de-obligation, and payments through Financial Management (FNM) for easements.
Performs Field Office Quality Assurance through data collection from reports, reviews of files and contracts, and interviews from the team and field office staff.
Responds to audits and provides requested documentation as required.
Inputs all requests for Equitable Relief into the National Equitable Relief Database.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Secretary

United States Department of Agriculture

Auburn, AL

06.2013 - 05.2016

Company Overview: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Performed all secretarial duties in support of the Engineering and Technology Staff in the NRCS State Office, filled in for the State Conservationist secretary and the Programs Section secretary in their absence.
Provided assistance to both the State Conservation Engineer and Assistant State Conservationist for Technology by performing all secretarial administrative and clerical duties.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Human Resources Specialist

National Guard Bureau

Indianapolis, IN

02.2010 - 06.2013

Company Overview: Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)
Managed non-prior service soldiers ship dates for Initial Active-Duty Training.
Liaison with Military Entrance Processing Station personnel to ensure shippers had orders, transportation and lodging the night prior to shipping.
Managed the office records for all background security checks on applicants; ensured that all documents were in order.
Enforced all regulatory guidance and verified eligibility of medical or moral waivers prior to submission for review and subsequent approval/disapproval by the appropriate higher headquarters.
Conducted quality control and electronic validations of all applicants records prior to their arrival to ensure a smooth processing experience for the applicant and prevent any delays in their processing for enlistment into the National Guard.
Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)

Personnel Services Noncommissioned Officer and Recruiter (Master Sergeant)

United States Army and Indiana Army National Guard

09.1987 - 03.2010

Company Overview: Active Guard Reserve
Drafted such directives as Standard Operating Procedures, letters of instruction, and implemented procedures pertaining to military personnel and administration.
Reviewed and consolidated reports, statistics, and personnel actions submitted to higher headquarters; advised the commander on personnel strength, shortages, and overages; reviewed enlisted promotion packets, and disposition of packets after convening of promotion board; established work priorities, organized work schedules, and assigned duties.
Served as the Senior Military Entrance Processing Station Guidance Counselor and led the Indianapolis Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) to become the number one ranked MEPS in the nation and earn the Top MEPS Award for fiscal year 2006.
Various administrative duties and Battalion Mail Clerk at the 2nd Medical Battalion, Camp Casey, Korea; personnel actions with the Personnel Service Branch at Fort McNair, Washington D. C., and all casualty assistance duties from insurance claims, paperwork for death benefits, funeral arrangements at Arlington National Cemetery, and other duties as required to surviving family members while assigned to the Casualty Assistance Office at Fort Myer, Virginia.
Active Guard Reserve

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Work History

Management and Program Analyst

Program Analyst

Secretary

Human Resources Specialist

Personnel Services Noncommissioned Officer and Recruiter (Master Sergeant)

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