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Kyiv, Ukraine

• Works with the Civil Society for Enhanced Democracy and Human Rights project, aimed at fostering reforms across the country.
• Supports community engagement efforts of with regional civil society organizations by creating concrete activities geared to engage youth to volunteer with CSOs.
• Drafts media communications posts such as press releases, news articles, and social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram posts.
• Works with different internal stakeholders such as communications teams, and other projects in UNDP to organize events, and small initiatives such as the Global Goals Jam.
• Conducts research on issues regarding human rights, democratization, and civic engagement and prepares them for senior staff.
• Partnering with UNV, and different civil society organizations, assess and creates initiatives aimed at getting more youth to be better involved in civil society, and public participation through volunteer work.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Created and maintained external stakeholder relations by partnering with different organizations across Scarborough in delivering workshops and providing services for their clients, seeing a boost in client intake and.
• Worked directly with community NGOs, social service providers, and government agencies to ensure the coordination of employment services between our organizations.
• Coordinated and facilitated workshops geared toward improving the employability skills of clients such as resume and cover letter writing, job interviews, workplace essential skills, and second career
• Delivered, motivated, and encouraged vulnerable participants through effective training techniques in both one-on-one and group classroom dynamics.
• Conducted initial resume critiques and interview preparation with clients.
• Act as resident expert on all internal and community resources available to assist clients in meeting their employment related goals.

• Worked with students in editing and proofreading their resumes, cover letters, and job applications
• Provided advice for students regarding their applications, and ways to further highlight their qualifications, resulting in an increased number of them obtaining job interviews and work
• Conducted mock interviews for students, particularly those wishing to enter medical school, testing them on their critical thinking, and communication skills as well as demonstrations of empathy

• Counseled different youth returning to school in the fall about resume and cover letter writing, job search, career options, and job readiness skills.
• Provided workshops for different youth in order to improve their employability skills such as resume and cover letter writing, job search, customer service skills training.
• Liaised with different companies regarding their job openings and placing youth with them.
• Established and maintained relationships between the organization and different private sector actors for better job matching.
• Managed databases and records as well as performed various office administrative work.

Hanoi, Vietnam

• Connected with different economic stakeholders with the organization in order to promote the services that the organization provides.
• Conducted knowledge sharing sessions that aim to leverage youth engagement as well as engage the organization’s target beneficiaries.
• Innovated and promoted the different types of services that the organization offers to different private and public sector actors in order to improve project outcomes.
• Formulated research questions and conducts interviews and surveys with key economic stakeholders in Vietnam to collect primary research data.
• Compiled primary and secondary research to assist in the completion of a final report geared toward designing strategic intervention strategies for an economic sub-sector.
• Conducted soft-skills training workshops in order to improve the skills of Vietnamese youth within partner schools and organizations.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Co-facilitated weekly peer-led drop-in group sessions in order to foster support programs, and create safe spaces for LGBTQ communities in the neighborhood.
• Collaborated and conducted outreach with HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ-serving community organizations, strengthening the service’s support programs within Toronto.
• Conducted research, and providing workshops to youth which are geared toward the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS issues.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Assisted teachers and staff with the flow and order of an elementary school after-school program.
• Planned daily activities for 45-60 children to promote healthy lifestyles, and study habits.
• Interacted and assisted children with homework and various program activities.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Adult Education And Community Development

Bachelor’S Degree, International Development Studies

Honours B.A. in International Development Studies with a minor in Political Science