Bethan Prescott

⦁ Managed outbound academic mobility programs for undergraduate students across Canada, the USA, the UK, Lithuania, Estonia, and India. ⦁ Guided & supported students throughout their journey, from destination selection to visas, insurance, housing, transportation, and cultural adaptation. ⦁ Oversaw university partnerships by handling budgeting, planning, contract negotiations, billing, and logistics. ⦁ Researched & developed new academic collaborations to expand international opportunities. ⦁ Administered individual international mobility projects for undergraduate and graduate engineering students, including humanitarian missions, internships, and language study programs. ⦁ Led the coordination of international events such as "International Day" to engage global partners. ⦁ Managed international communication materials, including the Label Bienvenue en France – Campus France, English-language pamphlets, and Efrei’s website. Environmental Advisor for the International Relations Department ⦁ Represented the IR department in sustainability initiatives by assessing Efrei’s carbon footprint for the 2021-2022 academic year. ⦁ Implemented a new grant program to financially support students choosing low-carbon transportation for their mobility programs.

⦁ 1Planet4All Project Coordinator - Awareness-raising on climate change and sponsoring environmental organisations' actions: developed partnerships with 6 French universities and 4 French journalism schools, organised and participated in multiple events (incl. European Youth Event at the European Parliament, Strasbourg), performed capacity-building workshops, created infographics based on IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scientific reports and the UN's SDGs, designed the "1Planet4All" gamified app published on AppStore and Google Play to share environmental news and current affairs. ⦁ Environmental Projects Assistant - research and testing of environmental evaluation tools for humanitarian aid projects in the field, creation of communicational material on ACTED's Environmental projects including 3Zero Houses in the Philippines and Tadjikistan. ⦁ EUAV Coordinator: supported EU Aid Volunteers with their deployments to ACTED field missions, supervised project management i.e. budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, reporting to the European Commission, communication on project's social media pages. Designed and developed an induction programme based on the organisation's Code of Conduct policies.

WHV (Working Holiday Visa) position in the Fullers Great Sights office in Paihia. Advising tourists (mostly French and Spanish-speaking) on the company's tours around the Bay of Islands and tickets sales. Top sales performer for several weeks running in a team of 6.

⦁ Logistics : Procurement and transport of essential items for field projects from HQ to operating countries, travel management for humanitarian aid workers (visa procedures, organising all travel aspects to and from the field) ⦁ HR: Organisation of bi-weekly induction training for new employees ⦁ Event Management: Organisation of major events throughout the year (Country Director's meeting, HQ meeting with 150+ staff) ⦁ Office Management: Procurement of office supplies, welcome desk

Two weeks spent at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany as an interpreter (French, English and Portuguese to Spanish) for the Fundación Biosfera delegation, translating conferences and networking with international environmental organisations.

Fundacion Biosfera is a local environmental NGO located in the province of Buenos Aires. It has a holistic view of environmental issues and works towards inclusive and collaborative climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. Tasks: Event planning and organisation of the 4th International Meeting of Environmental Ministers from regions, states and provinces of Latin America and the Caribbean that took place on October 5th, 2017 in León, Mexico. An event that brings together regional environmental leaders, grassroots environmental NGOs and international environmental funding agencies to learn from one other and create synergies. Attended local environmental policy meetings with local authorities and governmental representatives in Buenos Aires.

⦁ Translation of a wide range of documents (legal, academic, commercial, media etc.) in: French <-> English Spanish -> English Spanish -> French ⦁ Project Management, collaborating with translators from around the world.

Courses: Language and culture courses in Spanish, English and Brazilian Portuguese, International cooperation, Project Management, International Affairs (European and International Business Law, Marketing, Competition Law), Computer Science First Class Honours

Courses : Advanced translation and interpretation courses (English, French, Spanish), Accounting and Business Management

Courses : English, Spanish and Russian language courses, Law, Economics and Business Management, Computer Science, Communication