We are in the habit of handpicking the most precious textile before it gets to the garbage bin, and turning it into adorable useful recyclable customizable personal belongings. Lots of talent and muscle flow into the knots we seal with love and tenderness.

Main responsibilities: covering the reception, time tracking, data processing, communicating updates to all staff, and streamlining processes.Involvement in support activities for different departments, including Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Facility, Technical Publication, Marketing, Production Management and Planning.

Worked on projects aimed at building a team’s capacity (developed concepts for internal trainings and external communications).

Improved customer service by providing mailing statistics to a portfolio of clients in coordination with several service centers; processing inquiries, and supporting the Sales and Accounts Departments as necessary. Worked with developers toward process optimization and automation. Performed claims management tasks.

Digitalized the training history of the State Community College (Volkshochschule) nationwide.

Provided input for the layout and content of a semi-annual English-language publication in the field of mining technologies.Communicated with contributors from Germany as well as countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. Set out guidelines for the submission of entries. Translated (DE-EN), edited and/or proofread written material to ensure variety of content and consistency of style throughout entire issue.

Grouped, tagged and captioned ca. 10,000 digital resources on FLO’s database, including images, visit reports, producer profiles and internal communication files in order to optimize keyword search.

Planned, oversaw and coordinated the complete transformation of an office-space into a functioning hostel, including: procurement of services within budgetary and timeline constraints; generating cost-efficient and creative interior design ideas, and providing owners with ready-made solutions for future operations (e.g. personnel recruitment, marketing, networking, and strategies for continuous improvement of services).

Coordinated the entire range of activities for a British/Canadian-run Teacher Training Center dedicated to promoting social integration through English language teaching and training with a particular emphasis on introducing modern, communicative teaching practices. Main duties and responsibilities: Recruit project participants from various underrepresented groups countrywide; handle internal and external communications, PR- and Marketing-related activities; process tender documentation and contribute to project proposal development; provide bookkeeping, filing, and database updates; handle all administrative tasks.

Proactively supported an indigenous USAID legacy organization focused on empowering vulnerable groups by means of raising their skills and competences through training programs countrywide.Main duties and responsibilities: Recruit project participants from various professional backgrounds on national scale; handle internal & external communications; ensure compliance with project funding requirements; provide adequate project-related filing and reporting; perform secretarial & administrative duties as necessary for a team of four.

Contributed to the day-to-day operations of a multi-year USAID-funded program aimed at providing tailored trainings abroad for Bulgaria’s leading professionals during the years of transition to democracy, rule of law and free market economy.Description of main duties and responsibilities as Project Officer (6 years):• Provide input for annual training plan decisions made by donor institution;• Ensure that ongoing operations are in compliance with donor’s procedural guidelines and policies;• Play an active role in the planning and implementation stages of training events (ca. 30 items per fiscal year on average);• Identify training objectives, goals, and anticipated results in coordination with stakeholders – USAID technical assistance project(s) and target institution(s);• Handle logistical and procurement aspects of training events delivered home or abroad;• Draft estimated budgets, monitor expenses and prepare final financial reports;• Facilitate training events on-site as required; and• Solicit feedback from trainees upon completion of each training program, summarize and report results, as well as follow up to track short-term impact and collect material for potential success stories (approximately 300 individuals annually, evenly divided among 3 team members).

Hindi and Sanskrit at the Chair of Asian Indian Studies, Sofia University: syllabus development and teaching classes for the undergraduate study program.

Handled secretarial duties and translation/interpretation for a team of five.