Professional summery

* ***** ** ********** **********, running and managing local and international projects in Azerbaijan. Acted as a Research assistant in the frame of “Hope and Heal” gun violence and community building project implemented in Hamilton Heights, Saint Louis. Direct practice experience in working with youth with the disability.

Education

Master’s degree

Washington University in St. Louis 2016-2018

Emerging Master of Social Work Practitioner on working with Children Youth and Family

Bachelor’s degree

Baku Eurasia University-2009-2011

Simultaneous translation

Skills

Communication - NGO management, building up local international relations, fundraising project management, Russian-English, Turkish-English and vice-versa translation skills.

Research - Data collection, evidence-based and culturally competent practice search and analysis, literature review, appraisal, analyze and translate findings,

Direct practice - working with the linguistically diverse population

Data analyses – analyzing pre and post survey, program evaluation results by utilizing SPSS statistical software

System thinking – applying system dynamic thinking framework on analyzing addressed issues, stella software, applying group models building.

Professional Experience

Starkloff Disability Institute 2018, January – present

Intern

Utilize research to develop programs based on evidence-based practices

Aid in organizing monthly meetings with participation of candidates and experts

Reach out guest speakers and experts for inviting them to the monthly meetings with the candidates

Documenting one on one meetings and phone call notes of the candidates

Conduct phone surveys and report the findings

Comply with strict standards of confidentiality as required by organization policy

Paraquad Disability Experts September-December 2017 Assistant organizer of Youth and Family Program

Operated under own initiative and with the supervision of the expert to develop a curriculum for the youth group titled as “Respond to Bullying”

Co-facilitated monthly youth group “Advocacy as a Tool for Rights”

Contacting and making follow-up calls to the parents/guardians of the participants for the relevant notifications

Collection and entry participants data to the organization's database

Prepare proposals for the program development

Complied with strict standards of participant confidentiality as dictated by two institutional reviews boards and Federal policy

The Department of Psychiatry at Washington School of Medicine May-August 2017

Research Assistant

Project “Hope and Heal” Community Building” gun violence prevention program

Conduct literature search for locating best practices in relation to the gun violence prevention models

Collect and analyze research findings and report to the program manager

Assist in organizing community meetings

Utilize Access and Excel databases for updating and maintaining project related information

Document meetings note and submit for the project team discussions

Coordinated with research team members in developing new strategies for improving documentation acquisition, office organization, and confidentiality

Perform other duties as indicated by Project Manager and Center Director

Previous Professional experience

European Movement Azerbaijan 2012 - 2016

Project Manager

Developing grant proposal related community surveys

Assist in grant writing and submission to the international donor organizations

Establishing cooperation with the international organizations in Europe

Recruiting volunteers for the local project (Recruited and managed 50 volunteers for the Eurovillage 2016 Baku festival)

Managing Youth Exchange Programs with the partnering organizations

Act as written and consecutive translator as required during the project implementation

Establishing collaborations with diplomatic missions of the European countries in Azerbaijan for conducting Europe Year project

Assisted in organization of and conducting "Regional Training on Increasing Youth Social and Political Participation" in 17 regions of Azerbaijan

Projects

Youth in Action

Youth Internship Programs with the organization in Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey

Regional Training on Increasing Youth Social- Political Activities

Young Leader Network in rural settlements

“Peacebuilding: Seeds of Confidence”

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