Position: Project Manager
Category: Java
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 6

Successfully bidding for EUR 809,950 over three years.
Successfully managing of all project technical, administrative and financial parts.
Being a very quick learner.
I am a professional with relevant experience (6+ years) in the fields of Project Management and International Cooperation - which I gained working with NGOs and private consultancies. I have a proven track record of substantial performances in several Project Cycle Management phases: needs assessment, Project Planning, Project Implementation, M&E and technical, administrative and financial reporting.
During my most recent job assignment I was deployed in Lebanon where I worked as Project Manager for COSV, an Italian NGO, in an AID project with total budget amounting to 483,913 euro. My duties involved technical and financial management for the project but, similarly to my previous experience in Scotland, I had to build the NGO’s network of contacts in an area where COSV didn’t previously work. I found myself active in liaising with public and private, international and national stakeholders, with whom seeking the creation of partnerships and collaborations.
From 2011 to 2013 I was involved in two projects of social cohesion in Northern Albania and Eastern Ukraine: while the two projects mainly focused on vulnerable groups I also had the possibility to deepen my knowledge of several International Donors’ funding procedures: in Albania I assisted the Country Representative in the planning of one AICS funded project on social entrepreneurship; in Ukraine I worked on planning and implementation of several LLP Youth in Action projects funded by the European Commission.
First in Brussels, then in Glasgow, I have been working with a wide range of European clients, planning and/or managing all phases of many Horizon2020 and Erasmus+ projects. In the last four years I have secured funding summing up to 809,950 euro.
At ESF I have been called to build the activity of the office from scratch, and I rapidly have found myself in charge of project planning, sales campaign (for which I travelled and still travel throughout the UK and Europe), proposal drafting, grant management, project M&E and final reporting. Besides, I have worked closely with the Managing Director in market evaluations, finance planning (salaries, cash flow, overdraft capacities), measurement of results achieved.
Finally I have been constantly relating myself with private companies, SMEs, training providers as well as donors and National Bodies across Europe, for which I have developed a versatile mind in order to meet their different needs, requirements and demands.
I see myself in charge of the project management, supervising to the implementation of all activities, leading the team towards successful results.