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Métropole Du Cap, Cap-Ouest, Afrique Du Sud

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Cape Town

Head of the dedicated Research and Parliamentary Support Unit for the Democratic Alliance caucus, managing a team of 4 media liaison and legislative support officers;Provision of diligent plenary support services to the Chief Whip, committee chairpersons, and alternate members at all levels of the legislative and parliamentary process; Research, speechwriting, content creation and development, and political communication for the Standing Committee Chairpersons on Economic Development, Finance, and the Department of the Premier;Communication strategy including campaign creation and design, issue-driving, and target-specific political content creation.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Interim Head of Department for Senior French responsible for the Cambridge IGCSE and Swiss International Baccalaureate curricula;Management of education outcomes and curricula development.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for researching, translating, and populating data on public entities and officials involved in financial and organised crime in francophone Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean;Coordination of large-scale research projects on financial entities related to the European Union, including the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank;Provision of editorial and research support to the Thomson Reuters international research network, including correspondence with offices in Washington D.C, Santiago, London, and Singapore; Quality control of both French and Italian data translation.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Contract position responsible for providing plenary and legislative support to members of parliament preceding and during the first post-election sitting, and for the constitution of the Fifth Parliament following the 2014 General Elections;Portfolio-specific research and communications strategy to set out an issue driving framework and legislative support protocol;Training and development of new members on parliamentary procedure and legislative process.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Completion of a paid traineeship within the Multilingualism Department’s e-Learning Unit, responsible for lingual support during committees, foreign missions, and plenary sessions in Strasbourg, France;Assistance in the development of a business plan for the European Parliament’s Virtual Coaching Tool to train prospective interpreters across Europe via videoconference;Drafting of the unit’s monthly newsletter for circulation within the European Institutions;Conference interpreting for European trainee committees from French to English.

I tutored engineering students in critical thinking and language development courses. This included English enrichment and writing skills which equipped university students with the skills to formulate a written argument and provide substantiation.

Ba (Honours), Translation And Interpreting Studies

Activities and Societies: Activate Student Society

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), French And International Relations