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Montréal, Québec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

► Responsibilities:✔ Fundraising and revenue diversification☛ Mapping donor foundations and socially responsible companies☛ Writing and tracking funding proposals☛ Applying to calls for projects✔ Supporting project coordination☛ Creating project briefs to estimate institutional needs☛ Creating digitalized questionnaires for partner institutions☛ Liaising with partners---► Achievements:✔ Mapping donor foundations and companies practicing corporate social responsibility✔ Creating 3 online questionnaires to generate reports aimed at measuring social impact

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

✔ Assist 3 philanthropic development advisors✔ Peform data entry using our CRM✔ Reconcile data, perform necessary audits of campaign-related files✔ Follow-up with accounting

Montréal, Québec, Canada

✔ Covering the reception area and being the first point of contact for the company✔ Providing customer service✔ Ensuring general management of the office (organized, classified and archived emails from the last 10 years)✔ Providing administrative support to the operations and special projects of the administration department✔ Following up on files and writing evaluation reports✔ Monitoring billing according to the internal procedure: invoices, contracts, statements of accounts✔ Created a Facebook page and advertising campaigns through social media

Montreal

✔ Innovation☛ Developing 7 inclusion programmes to reach specific communities (LGBTQ2 + youth, Indigenous youth, Black youth, youth supervised by child protection, gifted youth, young survivors of sexual exploitation)☛ Building programs with community partners ☛ Recruiting volunteers and matching young people with adult mentors☛ Creating programme budgets, identifying potential public and private funders and writing requests for financial support☛ Developing promotional material and documentation☛ Ensuring targets are met and providing reports and evaluations✔ Research and evaluation☛ Conducting a literature review of main studies and evaluation strategies☛ Developing and implementing impact measuring tools for youth and their families☛ Coordinating our ongoing impact research✔ Strategy☛ Coordinating our Strategic Clarity Committee and mobilising the team in the theory of change exercise☛ Liaising with the team and the consultants accompanying the organisation

Geneva Area, Switzerland

► Responsibilities:✔ Structured Anouk Foundation's online and offline communications (design and update of communication tools: brochure, annual report, newsletter, cartoon, website, social media, advertisement, press pack, flyer, and so on)☛ Organised and participated in public or private events to position Anouk Foundation, raise awareness and identify potential partners☛ Organised initiatives to engage local communities (workshops for companies, Kids4Kids programme, Art4Impact Challenge, etc.)✔ Raised funds and diversified sources of income☛ Researched donor foundations and and socially responsible companies☛ Created a new funding proposal template and attracted new donors☛ Applied for funding and followed-up on applications✔ Supported the development of Anouk Foundation☛ Designed an impact study to demonstrate the social value of Anouk Foundation’s work in collaboration with beneficiaries (patients, residents, staff), the private and academic sectors☛ Summarised the scientific literature about the influence of art on well-being and designed a questionnaire for beneficiaries---► Achievements:✔ Created a mapping of donor foundations and companies practising corporate social responsibility✔ Increased social media audience by 50 %

Geneva Area, Switzerland

I wrote a funding proposal for the Swiss Changemakers programme: Ashoka Switzerland's flagship programme whose purpose is to create a community of changemakers and redefine social innovation in Switzerland.✔ Defined objectives, positioning and structure of the programme✔ Crafted value creation strategy✔ Mapped stakeholders✔ Defined selection criteria✔ Wrote proposals for partners✔ Designed logical framework and performance benchmark✔ Carried risk analysis and planned mitigation steps

Geneva Area, Switzerland

► Responsibilities:✔ Developed the Impact Programme in Switzerland (programme whose goal is to support social/environmental ventures in rethinking their strategy, help them elaborate a social business and compile best practices to circulate them to the whole social sector).☛ Coordinated the programme (design, partners identification, communication, call for projects, training content development with speakers, recruiting volunteers, supporting laureates and coaches, reporting, follow-up, impact evaluation and so on)☛ Nurtured the Impact community and built synergies (200+ stakeholders: laureates, coaches, speakers, partners)☛ Coordinated multicultural teams☛ Redesigned the website ☛ Compiled and built upon best practices✔ Supported Ashoka's development in Switzerland ☛ Structured Ashoka's online and offline communications (design and update of communication tools: brochures, newsletter, websites, social networks, and so on)☛ Organised 15 public and private events to position Ashoka in the sector, raise awareness about social entrepreneurship in Switzerland and identify potential partners☛ Researched partnership opportunities and sent proposals which led to financial support or skill-based sponsorship ✔ Identified and supported innovative social entrepreneurs: the Ashoka Fellows---► Achievements:✔ Scaled-up the programme (initially carried out at local scale for two years and then extended to national scale) ✔ Supported 19 social ventures in the development of their social business plans✔ Tripled social media statistics

Paris Area, France

I carried out a strategic study on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment in a potential market: South Africa. ✔ Produced a market assessment report✔ Compiled strategic and operational recommendations in a roadmap✔ Presented conclusions to the Management Committee

Paris Area, France

I supported the General Coordinator in her different duties, among which :✔ Think tank & advocacy☛ Assisted in programming the research led by the think tank☛ Participated in the translation, proof-reading and follow-up of publications (especially the Barometers)☛ Coordinated the research team (working groups, student groups, microfinance and social business clubs)✔ Events and communication ☛ Contributed to programming the 2012 Convergences World Forum, an annual event gathering 5,000 participants and 300 speakers for 3 days and offering a unique opportunity to create innovative synergies and partnerships between all public, private and solidarity-based actors involved in reducing poverty and inequalities in developed and developing countries.☛ Handled relations with the Forum’s 120 keynote speakers☛ Preselected the business plans competing for the Convergences Awards ☛ Organised and scheduled events hosted by Convergences and/or partners☛ Managed internal communication ☛ Contributed to creating communication tools ☛ Handled press relations✔ Platform coordination ☛ Prepared staff meetings and managed the diary ☛ Monitored the budget ☛ Coordinated the working groups with the Coordination Committee☛ Canvassed potential partners, drafted contracts and followed up with 30 partners ☛ Coordinated human resources: interns and 50 volunteers

Master'S Degree, Intercultural Management And Communications

Training in: project management, communications, human resources, intercultural dialogue, corporate social responsibility, business.

Bachelor'S Degree, English-Speaking Literature And Civilizations

Bachelor'S Degree, Spanish-Speaking Literature And Civilizations