Parween Ali
Springfield, VA 22153
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Employment Experience
May 5, 1997 - May 31, 2008
UNHCR
Legal Assistant - Legal Section
**** * ******, *.*., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006
Duties: Provide legal assistance duties for Legal Section. Maintain and
update IC legal files in computer database (Power Base). Open new IC files
and close completed files in database, arrange for archive. Assist the
Legal Section with translation of documents and correspondence from Dari to
English and vice-versa. Act as interpreter for Farsi-Speaking ICs and
other Farsi speaking interlocutors. Contact with Asylum Officers in INS
regarding the location of detainees and update and send documents like UN
Torture Convention, Asylum Self-Help materials, country reports, Expedited
Removal Documents, list of non-profit organizations etc. to help asylum
seekers in detentions all over the U.S.
Screen incoming telephone calls for the Legal Section. Type and finalize
drafts of letters, memos, e-mails, faxes, reports and general
correspondence. Prepare information from RefWorld and internet sources
(for example country conditions). Perform other duties as required.
October 1986 - May 2, 1997
The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.
Investment Assistant
Trust Department
808 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Duties: Typing of all letters and correspondence, special reports, cash
tickets, distributing mail, making travel documents, ordering supplies,
preparing timesheets, preparing material for the Investment Policy
Committee and Portfolio Examining Committee meetings, wire transfers.
Custody of and financial reporting of all opening and closing trust
accounts, preparing information from SEI, account transactions, statement
of assets, cash lists and all other information fro SEI. Finding
information from Bloomberg, prepare forms for purchase or sell of stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, treasury notes and treasury bills. Update the Value
Line Reports, S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Standard and Poors' files, check the
balance in checking accounts, trust accounts and cover the overdrafts.
September 1984 - September 1986
The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.
Administrative Assistant and Librarian, International Division
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1980 - 1981 International Labor Organization (ILO)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Administrative Assistant
1971 - 1980 United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
P.O. Box 5, Kabul, Afghanistan
Administrative and Personnel Assistant.
Education:
1997 - 1999 NOVA, Alexandria, VA
Courses: Financial accounting, French, Computer classes
1971 BA from Faculty of Education, Kabul, University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Languages: English, Dari
Certificates:
"United Nations Basic Security in the Field - Safety, Health and
Welfare".
Course completed on August 01, 2003.
"UN staff member course on the Prevention of Harassment, Sexual Harassment
and Abuse of Authority in the Workplace."
Course Completed on September 27, 2006.
"UNHCR Protection Induction Programme"
Course completed on October 10, 2006.
"Advanced Security in the Field - United Nations Department of Safety and
Security"
Course completed on 9/5/2007.