Professional summary: Self –driven and goals oriented HR professional is looking for a new challenge. Proven HR professional with various HR experience as HR Manager, HR Consultant, Senior HR / Admin. Assistant, and Military HR. Three years as trainer for adults, three years as linguist. Very strong administrative experience. Five years in journalist, one year as in editorial capacity.

Personal Info:

Visa status: Employment visa (Immigration)

Nationality: Macedonian

U.A.E. driving license: No

Notice period: Negotiable

Languages & Certificates: Cambridge Proficiency in English (2008) Cambridge First Certificate in English (2000)

IETLS (1997). Full oral and written proficiency in English, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian.

Education:

2009 - 2012 M. Sc. State University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” Institute for Sociological, Political and Legal Research

Master Thesis: E - advertising and e - recruiting Average grade: B+ (9.33)

1995 M.A. State University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Dept. of General and Comparative Literature

Bachelor of Arts in General and Comparative Literature. grade B- (8.68)

Computer skills: Standard Microsoft Office Package - full working proficiency

Profile synopsis:

Astute leader with over 8 years of rich experience in HR different functions with in depth knowledge of best HR Management practices excellent. Expertise in delivering sustained organizational growth in dynamic environments, establishing structure, riving vision and achieving critical strategic goals.

Competencies in managing full spectrum of HR functions – Human Resource Planning, Managing full cycle of Recruitment and Hiring Process, Administering and Educating Employee Benefits, Managing Employee Development & Relations, Legal & Compliance practices and Performance Management

Proven track record of implementing complex cross-functional HR strategic initiatives and incorporate processes and policies, unique to the needs of the business. Liaising between senior management, employees & other stakeholders to ensure proper lines of communication critical in addressing/ resolution of issues.

Agent of change – fully able to do organizational redesign of the company to optimize performance of all organizational entities and employees.

Fully capable of handling difficult decisions and senior managerial assignments in the Corporate Sector.

Clear and effective oral and highly - developed written communications skills. Proven organizational skills & ability to make things work. Excellent understanding of admin. processes and policies, gained in worldly known organizations with more than 50000 employees..

2015 – present Human Resources Manager Emirates Vacation Club (DUBAI)

Dealing with HR priorities, supervising and training of HR personnel, ensuring smooth HR Dept. daily operations.

Recruiting, developing job descriptions and specifications, preparing job adverts, short listing, interviewing background check and selecting candidates.

Assisting line managers to implement HR policies and procedures

All Managers and staff performance appraisals

Developing and implementing HR policies

Oversee the evaluation, classification and rating of occupations and job positions

Pay grade, promotion and benefits

Overseeing payroll and attendance report completion

Interpreting and advising on employment law

Dealing with grievances of employees and managers and implementing disciplinary procedures

Developing with line managers HR planning strategies regarding immediate and long-term employment

Prepare personnel forecast and budgeting to project employment needs

Supervising attendance, pay-roll and Office support team

2012 - 2013 Operations Specialist (Military HR) Mission Essential (AFGHANISTAN)

Generated orders for all newly hired linguists and time - off Returnees Theater wide (local national linguists and U.S.A. passport holder linguists).

Tracked all medical leaves of absence and leave without pay absence returnees (their processing and medical clearances), assigning them back/ reassigning them to the next Theater priority.

Tracked all linguists released from units and their counseling packages completion until their reassignment

to different mission requirement throughout Afghanistan.

Worked closely with Retention unit (Merit assignments).

Responsible for all internal transfers of linguists within the same Major Command/Sub Command.

Responsible for the annual language tests.

Created lay off matrix for linguists reduction due to operations downsizing.

Bagram and Kandahar Air field’s transient reports.

Total size of Theater Operations – 7000 linguists

(Received Certificate of Appreciation / Merit Award from Mission Essential)

Jan. 2012 - 01 Oct. 2012 Editor Publishing house “Tabernakul” (MACEDONIA)

Prepared, rewrote and edited copies to improve readability of the final copy.

Read copies and proof - read them to detect and correct errors in translation, spelling, punctuation, and syntax.

Verified facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.

Provided appropriate cover in the Managing Editors' / Publisher's absence.

Aug. 2008 - 01 Oct. 2011 Linguist Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (KOSOVO)

Translator / Interpreter from English into Serbian and vice versa for different military units including PsyOp (Psychological Operations), OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), Liaison Maintenance Teams & other units supporting US peacekeeping operation in Kosovo.

Documents, subtitles and print media products.

Performed summaries, extracts and full transcripts and translation of audio and written material, ensuring preservation of nuances and sublets of original text.

Translated, transcribed, and analyzed work of Serbian media/language audio files in English and vice versa.

(Received several merit awards from US Army personnel)

Jan. 2005 - 01 Jul. 2008 HR Consultant ITC Co, HR Consulting (MACEDONIA)

Professional input in different recruitment and selection processes.

Led the creation of recruiting plans for all open positions assigned to myself / developed salary proposals for new recruits.

Screened all applicants based on their qualifications and background.

Screened all resumes prior to making a short – list/conducted job interviews.

Organizational redesign for two medium size enterprises/facilitated organizational change process, including two lay - offs.

Dec. 2005 - Apr. 2008 Educator of Local Leaders United Nations Development Program (MACEDONIA)

Preparation and delivery of different trainings in support of strengthening the local self - government.

Facilitated the process of writing reports and projects evaluation.

Responsible for coordination and organization of my workshops.

Local needs analysis on the basis of participants' input.

Measured the progress in different projects implementation.

Facilitated the process of writing reports and projects evaluation.

(Up to 20 hours per week and weekends only)

2003 - 2004 Part - time Intern American Chambers of Commerce (MACEDONIA)

Explored possibilities for foreign investments (mines in Macedonia).

Organized Am Cham events and luncheons, together with Am Cham employees.

Edited and wrote Am Cham newsletter, wrote and collected texts for Am Cham quarterly magazine.

Performed other related duties, as required.

2002 - 2003 Senior HR /Admin. Assistant Cosmofon Mobile Telecom Services (MACEDONIA)

Induction trainings for all new employees.

Coordinated meetings, developed meeting content and presented all updates.

Created monthly and quarterly reports/all relevant administrative correspondence.

Created and maintained, and updated employees' personal records.

Created and revised both Administrative/HR forms.

Wrote and developed most of the Administrative/HR policies.

Assured that the work meets quality standards by reviewing the work for the rest of the team.

Maintains employee information by entering and updating employment and status-change data.

Maintains employee confidence and protects operations by keeping human resource information confidential.

2000 - 2001 Project Admin. Assistant Ministry of Health International Unit (MACEDONIA)

All written correspondence (memorandums, minutes and reports).

Daily Educative Center daily administrative tasks.

Screened and routed incoming calls and messages when necessary.

Managed staff and participants' schedules and timesheets.

Monitored office usage of supplies and reordered when needed.

Tracked spending and budgets.

Consecutive interpretation of Continuous Medical Education presentations and written translations of the teaching materials.

Transportation organization of all participants and lecturers.

Handled production and timely distribution of teaching materials.

1999 - 2000 Gratis Personnel Clerk UN ICTY (MACEDONIA& NETHERLANDS)

Gathered information of mission program from Kosovo and its processing for the Administrative Unit at The Hague.

Maintained all teams' attendance records, record keeping of all individual files.

Logistics reports for the Admin. Unit at The Hague.

Responsible for the Post Mission Report, together with Intelligence Analysts (field facts and figures input).

Correspondence, reports and meeting notes.

1999 Med. Admin. Assistant International Organization for Migration (MACEDONIA)

Acted as point of contact between refugee camps, medical screening and flights schedule organization.

Supervisor (one of two supervisors) for nine administrative clerks.

Responsible for medical documentation for 40.000 Kosovo refugees' individual files - future USA immigrants.

Verified facts and dependents of the primary visa applicant.

1996 - 1999 Free - lance journalist Multiple employers (MACEDONIA)

& Movies translator

Daily newspaper “Dnevnik”, Macedonian Radio Television, Telma Television, monthly magazine “Woman”

ALL CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMAS/BACKGROUND CHECKS/RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

References:

David “Buck” Cassidy, Deputy Director, Mission Essential, Afghanistan

+93 1-614-***-**** glgnxg@r.postjobfree.com

Bryan Umberger, Operations Manager, Mission Essential, Afghanistan

+93 1-614-***-**** glgnxg@r.postjobfree.com or glgnxg@r.postjobfree.com

Petar Atanasov, Full-time University Professor, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodious”, Macedonia

+389-******** glgnxg@r.postjobfree.com or glgnxg@r.postjobfree.com

Contact this candidate