Renee Andrae

Experience

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  Central Kitsap School District

  Sept 2002 - May 2004

  Classified Substitute
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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  May 2004 - Dec 2006

  Task Support Specialist

  • Prepared weekly agendas and recorded meeting minutes• Composed correspondence• Effectively communicated with federal staff, contractors, and grantees while maintaining confidentiality• Provided training to government employees on Funds Planning System database and communicated related software updates• Reviewed and processed expense reports• Coordinated travel • Developed and implemented an Access database that calculated budgetary information and aided in the reconciliation of funds• Developed and implemented an Access database that documented contacts with grantees in order to show measurable outcomes to the Office of Head Start management• Developed an expense report cheat-sheet that was distributed to all regions supported by Booz Allen Hamilton Show less

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  City of Bainbridge Island

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  Finance & Administrative Services Department Secretary

  • Organized frequently occurring public meetings while interacting with Mayor, City Council, City Administrator, and department heads. In depth knowledge of developing agendas, meeting minutes and using audio recording instruments• Back-up to the City Clerk including staffing City Council meetings and coordinating public records requests (FOIA)• Supervised office support staff• Managed 60 years of essential city documents and records located in vault and multiple offsite storage locations• Updated the Finance Department’s web pages• Maintained and updated Access database documenting items sent to vault• Managed the mail system • Developed and implemented a tracking database for public record requests• Worked with City Clerk to obtain a grant. Was awarded $23,700 for efforts relating to records management• Led an interdepartmental team that developed the city’s record retention plan based on State guidelines, revising the city’s record management doctrine Show less

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  Catapult Consultants

  May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Administrative Assistant

  Head Start Support Contract for the Office of Head Start, Region 10.

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  ICF International

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Administrative Assistant IV

  Training and Technical Assistance contract for the Office of Head Start, Region 10.• Prepared weekly agendas and recorded meeting minutes• Composed correspondence• Effectively communicated with federal staff, contractors, and grantees while maintaining confidentiality• Provided training to government employees on Funds Planning System database and communicated related software updates• Reviewed and processed expense reports• Coordinated travel • Developed and implemented an Access database that calculated budgetary information and aided in the reconciliation of funds• Developed and implemented an Access database that documented contacts with grantees in order to show measurable outcomes to the Office of Head Start management• Developed an expense report cheat-sheet that was distributed to all regions supported by Booz Allen Hamilton Show less

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  Catapult Consultants

  May 2010 - Aug 2015

  Data Support Specialist

  Provided administrative support to the Office of Head Start, Region 10.• Tracked incoming waiver requests and tracked and supported the routing and approval process.• Developed and maintained management-approved templates for waiver request approvals and disapprovals.• Tracked the grantee monitoring system, schedule follow up reviews, compile reports on findings.• Contributed to weekly task report.• Prepared letters for grantee new hires.• Maintained management-approved local operating procedures in shared drive.• Maintained electronic grantee files on shared drive.• Maintained shared drive folder structure.• Developed and maintained management-approved correspondence templates.• Developed reports, correspondence and presentations to include spreadsheets, Word documents, and Power Point presentations. • Collated and develops material for staff presentations or in anticipation of staff needs.• Designated note-taker for weekly Program Specialist meetings, and State meetings.• Provided informal technical assistance for webinars and conference calls as requested.• Special projects for management as assigned.• Provided support preparing and during Regional Conferences.• Provided support for the DRS paneling process.• Provided back-up support for scheduling conference rooms, and mail duties.• Review expense reports for accuracy• Reconcile monthly travel plan to invoice ensuring accurate billing Show less

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  DSFederal

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2018

  Project Administrator

  Act as a liaison between the client (Office of Head Start, Region 10), consulting companies, and staff.• Communicates DSFederal policies and procedures, escalates questions and issues from staff.• Meets regularly with client, consulting companies, and staff to ensure that project objectives are being met.• Mentors onsite staff and provides regular, ongoing feedback.• Develops recommendations for client, consulting companies, and staff to resolve contract performance issues and streamline operational processes.• Tracks staff attendance, approves timecards.• Develops and maintains position descriptions.• Conducts performance evaluations.• Serves as backup for data and administrative staff in their absence – correspondence, filing, receiving phone calls and visitors, attendance report.• Track and manage workflow but issuing a daily work items report• Works in partnership with Data Support Specialist II to enhance and maintain a system for logging applications, correspondence, grantee directory, and daily work items.• Provide Program Information Reports (PIR) to federal staff as requested. • Review and analyze various program work processes and work flow to improve effectiveness and efficiency.• Propose and develop process documentation, including flowcharts, charts, and other visual aids.• Develop reports, correspondence and presentations to include spreadsheets, Word documents, and Power Point presentations. Reports required may be recurring or special in nature and can contain both technical and administrative information.• Collate and develop material for staff presentations or in anticipation of staffs needs.• Assist Regional Program Manager (RPM) with performance review process by routing documents for review, signature and filing.• Assists RPM in conducting research and writing communication for internal and external audiences as requested.• Track the grantee monitoring system, schedule follow up reviews, compile reports on findings. Show less

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  BCT Partners

  Sept 2018 - now

  Program Analyst

  • Conduct comprehensive analysis of specified business processes and systems and draft recommended process and procedures to improve effectiveness and timeliness• Develop training materials as well as procedures to ensure effective implementation of modifications and improvements• Provide effective project management support to ensure the timely completion of projects and initiatives, including coordination of workflow and activities, data aggregation and analysis, and quality assurance of various work products related to such projects• Document and follow up on important actions and decisions; identify and raise concerns, recommend solutions; help ensure project deadlines are met• Utilize internal and external data management systems to develop timely and accurate data sets, summarize facts, trends, and conclusions, and produce reports and information in support of the project; develop additional data management processes to supplement existing systems• Develop forms and protocols to support internal data collection, conduct data collection and entry activities, and develop quality assurance processes to ensure the validity of data collection• Organize meetings; prepare necessary presentation materials and distribute as needed; attend and take notes; distribute minutes to all participants; participate in and facilitate meetings as needed• Provide user training and technical support for processes, platforms and devices that are part of provided government equipment (i.e., videoconferencing, learning apps, printers)• Troubleshoot devices, systems, hardware, and software• Support project onboarding and offboarding activities• Arrange travel and accommodations• Manage ongoing office functions, preparing correspondence, scheduling meetings, and overseeing all other internal office administrative activities• Develop reports, spreadsheets, correspondence, presentations, and other materials as requested or in anticipation of staff needs Show less