virginia schrick

project analyst

About

In Honduras, I gained understanding of the context and worked alongside others committed to community-level and structural change. I'm analytical and goal ... EcoAdventures, Inc. September 2003 – June 2004 (10 months)San Jose, CA.

Country

united states

City

raleigh

Industry

program development

Skill

grant writing, technical writing, project planning, project management, spanish, spanish translation, german, french, intercultural relations, teaching english as a foreign language, interpreting, teamwork, program management, analysis, budgeting, microsoft office, report writing, progress monitoring, simultaneous interpretation, collaborative problem solving, large group facilitation, communication, public speaking, multilingual, nonprofit organizations, continuous improvement

Experience

project analyst

icon plc

2016-4 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

Translated proposals, evaluations, audits, manuals, and other documents mainly from Spanish to English for organizations with operations in Latin America

project officer

asociación para una sociedad más justa

2007-6 - 2014-2 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Raised a total of over 1.4 million dollars through successful project proposals funded by institutions such as USAID, Open Society Foundations and Kindernothilfe (KNH) - Collaborated in preparing the organization’s two-million-dollar 2014 budget - Improved information management, collaboration and efficiency by creating a database for consolidating and processing project information, by initiating the centralized management of Project Management Office (PMO) files and by helping to standardize and document PMO procedures Notes: 1) ASJ is the Honduran chapter of Transparency International. 2) From June of 2007 through December of 2009, I worked part time at ASJ and part time at MCM. 3) Between August of 2011 and March of 2013, I took leave for graduate studies.

program assistant for community development

ministerios cristianos de mayordomía

2004-9 - 2009-12 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Designed and facilitated a participative evaluation of the micro-credit program and formed part of a donor’s evaluating team for its tri-annual evaluation on the organization as a whole - Elaborated proposals in education and networks, program plans and the 2008 annual report - Taught English to children and adolescents in grades 4-12 and to adults in continuing education (2005-2006) in a low-resource, high-crime neighborhood Note: From June of 2007 through December of 2009, I worked part time at MCM and part time at ASJ.

operations assistant

ecoadventures

2003-9 - 2004-6 · 10 mos

Prepared an operations manual and edited tour descriptions - Managed tour, flight and payment information and travel documents

promoter of american language and culture

robert bosch foundation

2002-10 - 2003-8 · 11 mos

Taught advanced conversational English at Otto-von-Guericke University and Magdeburg-Stendal Technical University - Organized cultural events attended by some 200 students each and led a small English conversation group

caregiver and life coach

leave of absence

2014-3 - 2015-10 · 1 yr 8 mos

Addressed medical, accounting and estate resolution needs for an ill and mourning family member, who is now much improved, and assisted with a cross-country move - Continued translating independently (see "Independent Translator"), volunteered at weekly youth group meetings and served as a clerk at local elections