Office Assistant Manager

REBECCA SHANE

*** ************* *** ** *** ***, Washington, DC 20001 addz4t@r.postjobfree.com 949-***-****

EDUCATION

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA May 2019

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and History; minor in Human Rights School for International Training, Geneva, Switzerland Fall 2017 International Relations and Multilateral Diplomacy GPA:3.9 / 4.0

Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Dean’s List (each semester), Edward J. Sexton PPE Fellow, Elbaz Postgraduate Fellow Thesis: The Important of Cultural Identity to Liberal Democracy

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freedom House, Washington, DC Sept 2019 – Present

Human Rights Fellow

● Contribute technical input for five proposals for USAID and U.S. Department of State-funded programs

● Work with regional teams to draft public-facing document on how Freedom House programs have adapted to the pandemic

● Post 5-10 tweets per day for President Mike Abramowitz’s personal Twitter on issues of human rights and good governance

● Support executive team with research for 15 public speeches and with planning for 20 in-house events

● Create and code internal database with over 450 past and current foreign aid projects

● Oversee two summer interns, including drafting orientation documents, planning onboarding, mentoring, and interviewing

Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, Claremont, CA Sept 2015 – May 2019 Student Assistant; Student Manager

● Managed annual Careers in Human Rights Panel consisting of five panelists and over 50 student attendees, leading all speaker recruitment efforts, managing the budget, and owning conference logistics

● Provided legal research for pro bono lawyer on cases for victims of sexual violence seeking asylum in the United States

● Contributed secondary research on missing Chibok schoolgirls for CNN reporter Isha Sesay

● Led bi-weekly meetings with 15 student employees and 2 faculty advisors

● Presented student work at 8 Board of Trustee retreats, presenting on student work

Enough Project, Washington, D.C. June 2018 – August 2018 Investigative Research Intern

● Used open-source research to expose business connections between kleptocratic leaders and foreign exchanges for the report

“A Hijacked State: Violent Kleptocracy in South Sudan” published Feb 2019

● Distilled information gathered by the field team into dossiers and briefs for U.S. Treasury and the State Department

● Attended and participated in external events with professionals and advocates on issues of accountability and governance

Human Rights Watch, New York, NY June 2017 – July 2017 Communications Intern

● Synthesized Week in Rights newsletter to send to an international email list of 180,000 people

● Consulted with the organization’s communications department to rebrand the organization’s website, Twitter, and Facebook

● Analyzed website publication and newsletter traffic using Engaging Networks, Google Analytics, and SharePoint

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Center for Civic Engagement,Claremont, CA Sept 2015 – May 2019 Academic Tutor; Site Manager

● Meet weekly with 20-25 students from local elementary schools for academic tutoring

● Specialize primarily in mathematics and reading tutoring

● Manage Claremont McKenna’s 15 undergraduate tutors on site

Katie Porter for Congress, Irvine, CA; Claremont, CA Aug 2018 – Nov 2018 Volunteer; Volunteer Coordinator

● Call registered voters in California’s 45th congressional district to communicate Katie Porter’s campaign platform

● Engage and educate public on Porter’s campaign through door-to-door canvassing

● Train and organize Claremont students to communicate Porter’s platform via banking on campus INTERESTS AND SKILLS

Skills (technical): HTML, WordPress, Salesforce, Full Microsoft Suite, Air Table

Skills (language): Spanish (elementary -- written and oral), Hebrew (elementary -- written and oral)

Interests and Activities: Working for Craft Kombucha at Union Market in DC, Cooking, Kickboxing, Reading Historical Nonfiction

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