Los Angeles Social Services
Resume:
Armando Gonzalez
**** ***** ******, *** *******, CA 90042
ad748l@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
A bilingual Director of Social Services with over 20 years of combined experience in community and government relations, fundraising and business development, operations and fiscal management, and staff/volunteer supervision.
Experience
Sept 2022- Present
Project Management and Social Services Consultant
Lunamar Group, Inc., Los Angeles
Managed day-to-day operations for an artists’ collective located in Los Angeles and provided administrative oversite for a large art project installation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Providing logistical support to assist the project needs and concerns of an artists’ collective.
• Managing the budget spreadsheets and fiscal responsibilities for the owner of the artists’ facility.
• Managing the execution of rental agreements and collecting rent payments from the tenants/artists.
• Working with vendors and managing the maintenance and repairs of the artists’ facility.
• Providing logistical support to curator for a significant art installation project with the LADWP.
• Managing a $25,000 budget and consolidating spreadsheets, paying artists and vendors and submitting expense reports to the curator and the LADWP.
• Providing administrative support, drafting artists/borrower agreements, correspondence with artists and assisted in the full execution of agreements between artists and the LADWP. Sept 2014- Dec 2021
Director of Operations and Program Development
Pueblo del Sol Community Service Center, Los Angeles Managed the day-to-day operations of the Pueblo Del Sol Community Service Center and supervised staff and college student interns to engage with and provide health, workforce, and youth development programs to residents of the Pueblo Del Sol’s Public Housing community in Boyle Heights. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Managing a $250k + annual budget and all fiscal responsibilities.
• Managing the development, assessments, and outcomes for all program activities.
• Engaging with residents and families to participate in self-sufficiency programs and special events.
• Coalition building and maintaining of networks with local social services organizations and employers to connect residents to wellness and job-readiness programs.
• Working closely with Cal State L.A.’s Center for Engagement, Service and Public Good (EPIC) to provide a formal field placement for undergraduate student volunteers.
• Supervising and providing guidance to Cal State L.A.’s EPIC student volunteers that helped to coordinate community health and workforce program activities.
• Working closely with Cal State L.A.’s Public Health Department to provide a formal field placement for undergraduate Public Health students.
• Supervising and providing guidance to undergraduate Public Health students from Cal State L.A.’s Public Health Department that helped to coordinate community health and workforce program activities.
• Facilitating community meetings with residents and local stakeholders to discuss community issues, such as safety, immigration, and affordable housing.
• Coordinating and supervising a team of staff, volunteers, and student interns to help hosts job fairs, employment trainings, food give aways and holiday events.
• Creating and submitting quarterly reports of all program activities to funders.
• Working closely with the Pueblo Del Sol’s Executive Team and the Housing Authority City of Los Angeles to improve the deliverables of social services at the Pueblo del Sol Public Housing Development. June 2018- Dec 2020
Community and Government Partnership Consultant
Educational Community Health Outreach Local Dental Pilot Project (Echo-LDPP), Los Angeles Assisted the ECHO-LDPP Executive Team at Cal State L.A. and the University of Southern California to execute a $16 million dollar grant by leveraging new and existing partnerships with non-profits organizations and offices of local elected government officials to establish formal agreements and expand access to oral health services for children and youth ages 0-20 in low- income communities in Los Angeles. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Serving as a representative of Cal State L.A.’s ECHO-LDPP team in meetings with civic and community leaders.
• Outreaching to and executing formal collaboration agreements with local social service organizations and elected officials to provide oral health screenings, dental health education and access to free dental health supplies, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss.
• Helping to connect the ECHO-LDPP team with organizations and elected officials to coordinate special events, such as health fairs and dental health supplies give aways.
• Managing a database of current and prospective resources and partnerships.
• Consolidating project outcomes into quarterly reports and submitting documents to ECHO-LDPP’s Executive Team. July 2010- Sept 2017
President and Founder
Soul Skating Los Angeles
Founded and managed the day-to-day operations of a social enterprise-model skateboard shop located in the community of Boyle Heights. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Managing all fiscal and administrative tasks for running a small business, such as sales, profit and loss statements, city, and state taxes, purchasing of products and research on the skateboarding industry.
• Hiring and supervising local youth and young adults to manage inventory and sales of skateboarding products, such as decks, wheels, bearings, and safety gear.
• Hiring and supervising local instructors to provide skateboarding classes.
• Working directly with vendors from the skateboarding industry to provide skateboarding goods and donation items.
• Managing and sponsoring a skateboarding team of ten inner city youth to compete in skateboarding competitions and represent the brand.
• Co-creating the Soul Academy, a gang prevention mentoring program that utilized skateboarding classes as a tool to develop leadership skills and reduce negative behaviors.
• Partnering with local non-profit organizations and elected officials to expand skateboarding classes as a gang prevention effort.
July 2012- June 2013
Social Work Field Supervisor
Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc. (SEA), Los Angeles Established a formal partnership between SEA and Cal State L.A. to provide a field placement site for Social Work student interns that provided case management services to SEA’s youth and families. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Working closely with Cal State L.A.’s Social Work Department to provide a formal field placement for undergraduate Social Work students.
• Supervising and providing guidance to undergraduate Social Work student interns from Cal State L.A.’s Social Work Department that provided individual case management services and resources to families living in the Ramona Gardens Public Housing Development community in Boyle Heights.
• Providing weekly supervision site visits, student field placement evaluations and skills development assessments.
• Providing verbal and written feedback on the use of client assessment tools and case management documentation.
• Providing feedback and student evaluations regarding social work ethical principles and important professional responsibilities, including client confidentiality, the practice of cultural competency and client termination.
• Assisting interns in creating a treatment plan and learning agreements with clients and introduced students to working with small groups, organizations, and communities with diverse populations. July 2008- June 2012
Director of Development
Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc. (SEA), Los Angeles Assisted the Soledad Enrichment Action Executive Team in securing 2.5 million dollars for gang prevention and intervention programs and managed the day-to-day operations for SEA’s Development Department that served high-risk youth and families enrolled in seventeen charters schools in L.A. County. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Working closely with SEA’s Executive Office, SEA gang intervention workers and grant writers to write and submit grant proposals for gang prevention and interventions programs from the City of Los Angeles’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development Office.
• Managing research in grant funding, proposal submissions, fundraising opportunities, and special events planning.
• Leading the coordination and planning of all logistical tasks for hosting Soledad Enrichment Action’s annual gala dinners.
• Managing a database of donors and funders.
• Assisting in the archiving of gang prevention/intervention evidence-based research.
• Assisting in program development for gang prevention and youth leadership programs.
• Assisting in creating budgets for gang prevention and youth leadership programs. May 2007- June 2008
Area Director
City of Los Angeles Council District 14
Supervised a team of field staff and managed the day-to-day operations of constituent services for Los Angeles City Councilmember, Jose Huizar’s Boyle Heights Office. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Managing a high volume of constituent requests, including meetings with city representatives, infrastructure repairs and processing of permits for special events.
• Supervising field staff with a service area of 75,000 constituents.
• Managing fiscal and budget responsibilities.
• Managing large systems of public records and databases that encompass contact information for a large volume of stakeholders.
• Providing weekly reports and presentations to the City Council District 14 Strategy Team.
• Assisting in building coalitions between city departments (i.e., LAPD, HACLA, Public Works, Department of Transportation, etc.) and community stakeholders (i.e., residents, business owners, land developers, social services agencies, schools, financial supporters).
• Coordinating large-scale community meetings and events (i.e., Boyle Heights Town Hall Meeting, Annual Fireworks Shows, Christmas events, etc.).
• Serving as an official representative of the Office of Councilmember Huizar in community functions and business engagements.
Jan 2003- April 2007
Project Director and Coordinator
Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles Managed the day-to-day operations of a middle school-based program that served high-risk youth and families and assisted the Pat Brown Institute in managing gang prevention and health policy programs. Priority tasks and responsibilities included:
• Providing academic, case management, and wellness support services aimed at helping at-risk youth and parents achieve self-sufficiency in the community of Boyle Heights.
• Providing staff supervision, program fundraising, grant writing and budget management.
• Providing quarterly progress reports and presentations to the Board Members of the Pat Brown Institute.
• Coordinating administrative responsibilities for gang intervention training program at Cal State L.A.
• Assisting in facilitating roundtable discussions to address youth and gang violence in the City of Los Angeles at Cal State L.A.
Education
Aug 2004- Dec 2004
Certificate in Youth and Gang Violence Intervention Training Program California State University Los Angeles
Aug 2000- Sept 2002
BA in Social Work
California State University Los Angeles
Aug 1996- June 2000
AA in Liberal Arts
East Los Angeles Community College
Skills
• Excellent administrative management skills (20+ years)
• Excellent fiscal management skills (20+ years)
• Excellent supervision and staff development skills
• Excellent partnership networking and coalition building skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized
• Bilingual (Spanish)
References
• Available upon request
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