Violette' Grimsley
West Palm Beach
Summary
Dynamic and result-oriented professional with extensive experience in municipal administration, community engagement, program management, and strategic planning. Proven ability to lead teams, implement innovative strategies, and successfully execute complex projects. Strong interpersonal and analytical skills complemented by a passion for building collaborative relationships and driving impactful outcomes.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant to the City Manager
City of Riviera Beach
Riviera Beach
09.2022 - 03.2025
- Develop, coordinate, implement special projects and assignments to meet municipal goals
- Conduct research and analysis to effectuate citywide outcomes
- Track State, Federal legislation impacting city initiatives
- Manage and provide oversight to City's Communications team
- Manage and provide oversight to City's Youth Violence Prevention program
- Manage, oversight, and implementation of City's rebranding
- Plan community engagement events and outreach initiatives
- Initiate annual data driven community citizens' survey to actuate fiscal/goal planning
- Plan, and coordinate City's quarterly community mailed magazine
- Emergency management team member providing coordination of communications, and logistics supports
- Prepare personal service contracts for external vendors providing services complementing City Administration vision
- Serve as liaison between City Administration, Executive Departments and the community
- Investigate and provide resolute to citizen complaints and inquiries
Emerging Community Center Program Director
City of Riviera Beach
Riviera Beach
10.2006 - 03.2025
- Manage and provide oversight of day to day programmatic operations
- Development of community programs to strengthen community, youth, and families
- Develop and maintain program performance matrix to analyze programs and maintain compliance
- Identify potential programmatic gaps
- Develop policies, procedures, and processes to ensure effective program progressive performance
- Manage and provide oversight of $500K program budget to include municipal, County, and State of Florida grant funds
- Foster positive relationship between community, area schools, and law enforcement
- Compile and analyze statistical data to create annual fiscal budget and reporting
- Program development, and organizational compliance to align with funding requirements
- Annual planning and implementation of out of state youth college engagement tour
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal reporting and monitoring of funding
- Payment of contractual invoices
Acting Parks & Recreation Director
City of Riviera Beach
Riviera Beach
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Manage and oversight of $7 million Parks budget
- Provide transformational leadership to 25 employees
- Coordinate and supervise community recreation programs (youth football, softball, and basketball)
- Monitor continued progress of the Parks Master plan
- Supervise and oversee beach and aquatics programs
- Provide oversight of external partnerships
- Provide oversight of facilities rehab
Acting Director of Health & Human Services
City Of Ottawa
Riviera Beach
03.2020 - 08.2022
- Cultivated strong relationships with customers by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
- Completed thorough opening, closing, and shift change functions of COVID19 vaccination/testing site to maintain operational standards each day.
- Managed citywide COVID19 community engagement activities and logistics for testing and vaccination
- Coordination with City Emergency Management team to ensure seamless execution of public health initiatives
- Train and provide oversight of Emergency Management community phone bank
- Collaborate and supervise community food distribution and PPE deliveries to community residents
- Provide oversight of Emergency Management administrative data entry staff to ensure accuracy and confidentiality of client information into Health Department/State of Florida database
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
Barry University
Miami, FLSkills
- Project management
- Data analysis
- Legislative tracking
- Community engagement
- Communications oversight
- Budget management
- Strategic Planning and Policy Development
- Leadership Development
- Community Engagement & Program Implementation
- Program Development & Quality Compliance
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate
- High Performance Leadership Certificate - ICMA
- IS 100, 200, 300, 700, 3300 FEMA Certificate - Emergency Management Institute
- Certified Professional Life Coach - International Coaching Federation
- Trauma & Resilience Certification (Level I & Level II) - FSU
Memberships
- International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
- National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Acting Parks & Recreation Director
City of Riviera Beach
09.2023 - 03.2024
Assistant to the City Manager
City of Riviera Beach
09.2022 - 03.2025
Acting Director of Health & Human Services
City Of Ottawa
03.2020 - 08.2022
Emerging Community Center Program Director
City of Riviera Beach
10.2006 - 03.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies
Barry University
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