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Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Coordinate FPU's strategic litigation efforts and lead drafting of amicus curiae briefs.• Coordinate FPU's legal support for journalists in distress.• Support the management of FPU's emergency response mechanisms for journalists in distress worldwide (i.e. Reporters Respond, Media Freedom Rapid Response practical support fund, Legal Defense Fund).• Leading the development of FPU's strategy for legal work to address legal threats against journalists.• Represent FPU in networks of civil society organisations working on emergency response programming and the safety of journalists (i.e. Journalists in Distress Network, Civicus' VUKA!, Building Responses Together).

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Support and guide the Share-Net Netherlands secretariat in formulating a country strategyin line with Share-Net International’s overall vision and ambitions.• Overall supervision and quality assurance of the work of the Share-Net Netherlandssecretariat.• Serve in decision-making board for selection of small-grants.• Approval of annual work plans and budgets.• Approval of annual technical and (audited) financial and monitoring reports.• Support fundraising efforts.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Support the Built Environment team with rolling out the strategy and five-year strategic plan of the Foundation's Built Environment Programme – to accelerate progress towards an inclusive and regenerative urban built environment that prioritises decarbonisation and inspires healthy living and working spaces. • Support the delivery of the programme by conducting due diligence, developing grant conditions, designing and implementing grant monitoring and evaluation processes, as well as assisting monitoring and evaluation activities.• Coordinate with the team tracking pipeline of partnerships and stakeholders to inspire, innovate, evidence, and advocate for regenerative buildings - and in establishing a coalition of actors capable of delivering systemic change.• Assist the aspects of convening thought leaders, stakeholders, and partners to promote dialogue on the goals of the Built Environment programme.• Assist the inception of the organizational and programmatic learning strategy.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Portfolio manager of the Voice-funded multi-country (or global) projects. All funded projects aims to strengthen the influencing capacity of civil society organisations and representatives of so-far marginalized groups to increase their (political) participation in mainstream development processes. Focus is to work with: indigenous peoples and/or ethnic minorities; LGBTI+ communities; women facing violence, abuse, and/or exploitation; people living with disabilities; and people facing discrimination based on their age (i.e. youth and the elderly).• Promotion of Linking and Learning between multi-country (or global) grantees to document lessons learned, promote cross-pollination, and foster innovative approaches.• Ensure the strategic alignment between the projects implemented by grantees, and create synergies between multi-country projects and national/local level projects.• Social innovation, learning, and pitching facilitation.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Strategic and technical support to 5 (2 regional and 3 country-level) programmes funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria covering 26 countries in Latin America, Southern Africa and South East Asia.• Management and technical support of the TB and HIV integration "Building Models for the Future" project in The Philippines.• Development of the organizational-wide "Gender Equality and Diversity Inclusion Strategy"• Portfolio Manager of Stop Aids Now! funded projects.• Technical adviser in advocacy and organizational strategy (Gender issues, HIV, SOGIE, SRHR, human rights, intelectual property rights and free trade agreements).• Promotion of constant learning across regional programmes to document lessons learned and good practices, promote cross-cutting collaborations, and foster innovation.

Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Taught the practical component of the course “Methodology for Social Sciences Research” to a group of approx. 30 students• Supported the administrative and grading procedures related to the course.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Writing comments and recommendations for the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Costa Rica in regards to the provisions related to the crimes of the Rome Statute and international judicial cooperation in their Criminal Law Codes.• Assisting the work of the Senior Programme Officers: conducting research in international criminal law topics and preparing weekly updates with recent news related to international criminal procedures and cases.• Translating into Spanish and preparing documentation for meetings with Latin American Parliamentarians, to promote the ratification of the Rome Statute and enhance the cooperation of their respective states with the International Criminal Court.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Reviewed administrative and court files in: the Superior Courts of Administrative Litigation, the Superior Tribunals of Tax Litigation, the National Institute for Defense of the Peoples Access to Goods and Services (INDEPABIS) and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (TSJ)• Supported diverse legal and administrative processes between the firm’s clients and the Venezuelan Public Administration institutions• Conducted research in different international and local legal affairs such as: commercial and investment arbitration, international public law and international conflict of law, energy and oil matters, telecommunications and environmental issues

Master Of Arts (M.A.) Degree In Public Policy, Political Economy And International Development

Master Of Arts (M.A.), International Law And The Settlement Of Disputes

Juris Doctor (J.D.), International Law And Legal Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies