Joyce Armstrong Matthews Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Clients included: European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Grills Spirits, and many more. Technical expertise in research, monitoring & evaluation, strategy development, project management, public relations, SEO, content strategy, email marketing, writing and editing.

Clients included Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), European Association for International Education (EAIE), Museum Volkenkunde, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), KIT Royal Tropical Institute, and many more.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Key Responsibilities:* Project management: All aspects including generating leads, acquiring funding and hiring and managing additional volunteers as needed. * Communication and relationship management with external stakeholders, partners and funders. Representing the organization, networking and public speaking at industry events.* Writing, editing and publicizing project outputs. Writing proposals, memos, budgets and schedules. Completing other sundry research tasks as needed… Show more Key Responsibilities:* Project management: All aspects including generating leads, acquiring funding and hiring and managing additional volunteers as needed. * Communication and relationship management with external stakeholders, partners and funders. Representing the organization, networking and public speaking at industry events.* Writing, editing and publicizing project outputs. Writing proposals, memos, budgets and schedules. Completing other sundry research tasks as needed. * Consultation on potential and ongoing projects, research-related and otherwise.Portfolio of Projects and Partners Includes:* Market research into business-sector interests in global talent mobility. Partners include the International Organisation of Employers and the Global Forum for Migration and Development.* Survey and interviews examining how businesses in eight global cities assist in the integration of migrants and refugees in their communities. Partnered with Maastricht University. * Addressing labor market gaps and skills shortages in Rotterdam via multi-sector partnerships. Partners include the Port of Rotterdam, the City of Rotterdam and Erasmus University.* Content analysis of 200 corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies with the goal of determining the prevalence of migration-related key terms and concepts within these policies. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Editor of the Migration Information Source, the Migration Policy Institute's prize-winning and internationally recognized online journal. The Source is a unique publication, disseminated online and via bimonthly e-newsletter, that melds the best features of serious migration scholarship, policy analysis and data expertise in a way that is accessible and newsy for readers who are interested in migration but are not necessarily specialists in the field. The Source’s authors include some of the… Show more Editor of the Migration Information Source, the Migration Policy Institute's prize-winning and internationally recognized online journal. The Source is a unique publication, disseminated online and via bimonthly e-newsletter, that melds the best features of serious migration scholarship, policy analysis and data expertise in a way that is accessible and newsy for readers who are interested in migration but are not necessarily specialists in the field. The Source’s authors include some of the most well-respected migration researchers and policy analysts, and its audience includes journalists, professionals in government and the NGO community, policymakers and other opinion leaders.As editor, I was responsible for all facets of production, dissemination, and marketing for the Source, including:*Identification of Source coverage topics on migration developments in the United States and internationally, developing an editorial vision and strategy and maintaining a long-term editorial calendar*Recruitment of and communication with authors from conception of the article through rounds of editing and on to publication, managing relationships with multiple authors at once and at various stages of the editing process *Reworking existing research, journal articles and book chapters into shorter-form Source articles*Researching and writing a bimonthly editor’s note and the Source e-newsletter, as well as writing brief original content for MPI’s Facebook presence and web copy for the Source site*Coordinating the online publication of the work and ensuring the sound operation, content delivery and design improvement of the www.migrationinformation.org website Show less

The Hague Area, Netherlands

* Development and Substantive editing of the book "Building Institutional Cooperation between the Diaspora and Homeland Governments in Africa."* Coordinated publication of the aforementioned book with externally hired designers, printers and a copyeditor.* Researched, wrote, repurposed and/or edited much of the organization’s web and print products including a thrice-yearly newsletter, policy reports, position papers, proposals, conference proceedings and advocacy pieces.*… Show more * Development and Substantive editing of the book "Building Institutional Cooperation between the Diaspora and Homeland Governments in Africa."* Coordinated publication of the aforementioned book with externally hired designers, printers and a copyeditor.* Researched, wrote, repurposed and/or edited much of the organization’s web and print products including a thrice-yearly newsletter, policy reports, position papers, proposals, conference proceedings and advocacy pieces.* Represented the organization as rapporteur at development conferences, seminars and expert meetings in Brussels and The Hague* Assisted in managing relations with current and potential donors, stakeholders and program partners Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

ICF International is a multinational professional services and technology firm with 4,500 employees in 60 offices worldwide. In my time with the company, I coordinated a large-scale, long-term project documenting forced labor, child labor and human trafficking in nearly every country of the world. This work was published in 2009 as the five-volume "Annotated Bibliography of Child and Forced Labor Information" (http://bit.ly/KFLPwe). Key Responsibilities:* Managed the work of dozens… Show more ICF International is a multinational professional services and technology firm with 4,500 employees in 60 offices worldwide. In my time with the company, I coordinated a large-scale, long-term project documenting forced labor, child labor and human trafficking in nearly every country of the world. This work was published in 2009 as the five-volume "Annotated Bibliography of Child and Forced Labor Information" (http://bit.ly/KFLPwe). Key Responsibilities:* Managed the work of dozens of writers as far afield as Ghana, Russia and Thailand as well as a team of interns. * Researched, wrote and/or edited thousands of pages of documentation for publication. Ensured quality control of all deliverables. * Created and maintained a specialized style manual and standards guide for all deliverables.* Maintained a positive working relationship with contract client, US Department of Labor. Show less

Ukraine

* Conducted courses in social studies, foreign literature, theater and English as a foreign language for more than 200 primary and secondary school students* Founded the region’s first English-language pedagogical resource center, American Media House, which is accessible to more than 10,000 local Ukrainian English learners and educators and is economically self-sufficient* Secured and administered a $3,350 grant and obtained an additional $4,000 in funds and in-kind donations from… Show more * Conducted courses in social studies, foreign literature, theater and English as a foreign language for more than 200 primary and secondary school students* Founded the region’s first English-language pedagogical resource center, American Media House, which is accessible to more than 10,000 local Ukrainian English learners and educators and is economically self-sufficient* Secured and administered a $3,350 grant and obtained an additional $4,000 in funds and in-kind donations from international sources to provide full funding for the development and creation of the resource center* Organized and actively promoted a pedagogical methodology conference for more than 50 local educators with numerous representatives of news media; presented as Master of Ceremony* Authored a 150-page comprehensive teacher’s guide utilizing and demonstrating Western teaching methodologies in the instruction of English as a foreign language * Counselor at summer camps throughout the country, included one focused on building self esteem among girls. Show less

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