ديمة القسوس, Exchange Programs, Scholarships and Career Planning Manager

ديمة القسوس

Exchange Programs, Scholarships and Career Planning Manager

AMIDEAST

البلد
الأردن
التعليم
ماجستير, Communications Studies
الخبرات
14 years, 10 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 10 أشهر

Exchange Programs, Scholarships and Career Planning Manager في AMIDEAST
  • الأردن - عمان
  • أبريل 2013 إلى أبريل 2015

- Administer locally, and regionally, several US Government-funded, private-sector funded or foundation-funded scholarship exchange programs
- Ensure that the programs are well promoted
- Conduct pre-departure orientations and serve on scholarship selection committees.
- Invigorate the alumni engagement activities
- Organize local and regional activities and conferences for alumni
- Report on a timely basis the activities to the U.S. Embassy and AMIDEAST HQ
- Build and maintain a database of scholarship and exchange program alumni.
- Manage and update program budgets, review and analyse financial reports of the department, participate in annual planning and budgeting processes.
- Develop a comprehensive annual business plan
- Write and coordinate the development of proposals in response to RFPs
- Serve as the Acting Country Director in the absence of the Director

Media Advisor Consultant في Oxfam-Québec – Women Economic Empowerment Program
  • الأردن - عمان
  • يناير 2013 إلى أبريل 2013

Drafting communication guidelines, newsletters, press releases, website content and other marketing tools to highlight positive achievements of the project in the region.

Public Relations and Communications Manager في Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (German International Cooperation)
  • الأردن - عمان
  • أكتوبر 2010 إلى ديسمبر 2012

- Plan and implement public relation activities according to GIZ corporate design
- Support the update of the country brochure and projects/programme printing materials
- Maintain database on existing PR material and photographs
- Support coordination of update of GIZ Jordan internet homepage
- Create invitation/ Eid/ Christmas cards
- Maintain picture archive for brochures and other publications
- Send information and updated news to the GIZ intranet
- Manage GIZ internal, regional and international workshops, trainings and conferences

Senior Information and Cultural Officer في Embassy of Japan
  • الأردن - عمان
  • مايو 2005 إلى سبتمبر 2010

- Write English and Arabic press releases
- Write English and Arabic articles for the embassy’s newsletter
- Draft Ambassador's speeches
- Follow on Jordanian press and prepare a weekly report
- Act as an Arabic-English interpreter
- Produce posters, brochures and booklets
- Organise cultural events and seminars
- Manage the embassy’s scholarships and Exchange Programs
- Maintain the embassy's English, Arabic and Japanese homepages

Conference Assistant في University of Leeds
  • المملكة المتحدة
  • أغسطس 2007 إلى يناير 2008

Working as an Administrator/ assistant for The Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds for a one day conference entitled Broadcast News and the Active Citizen http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen/

Press and Information Assistant and Translator في Delegation of the European Commission to Jordan
  • الأردن - عمان
  • يونيو 2004 إلى مارس 2005

- Write English and Arabic articles for the delegation’s newsletter and oversee the production of it
- Follow the Jordanian press and prepare press reviews
- Assist the Cultural Section in organizing events
- Translate documents, press releases, press clipping and statements issued by Delegation in Amman or Brussels from Arabic into English and vice versa
- Act as the Delegation’s interpreter
- Manage the information centre
- Prepare calendar of events for the Delegation’s annual report

Senior Online Editor and Webmaster في The International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • الأردن - عمان
  • أغسطس 2003 إلى مارس 2004

- Update the IOM’s “Security and Safety Unit” website with information regarding the situation in Iraq
- Edit UN releases and publish information on the website
- Translate documents

Communications Assistant في Joint NGO Emergency Preparedness Initiative (JNEPI)
  • الأردن - عمان
  • مارس 2003 إلى يونيو 2003

JNEPI is a short-term project initiated by International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Save the Children/US, and World Vision. It is designed to provide a range of services to the humanitarian agencies (International NGOs, local NGOs, UN agencies, government authorities and International Organizations) involved in emergency preparedness in the Middle East (Iraq).

- Act as the Director of The Communications Department when Communications officer is away
- Network with NGOs from all over the world by e-mail, phone and in person and informing the international community of the humanitarian situation in Iraq and Middle East
- Gather humanitarian information and news from internet, newspapers, television and other sources
- Manage and maintain the flow of information to/from the JNEPI office
- Write weekly situation reports on NGOs’ activities and daily humanitarian news on war in Iraq in English and sending these reports to targeted audience
- Write country fact sheets on all Middle East countries in English by phoning around or research to facilitate things on international organizations.
- Web publish all of the above and updating the website on daily basis
- Interact with web clients by signing new ones up, solving problems and posting messages of NGOs on website
- Build the JNEPI contact list

Communication Officer and Senior English Editor في The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN)
  • الأردن - عمان
  • أكتوبر 2002 إلى فبراير 2003

- Write Arabic and English articles, features, press releases and news for the media and Al Reem magazine
- Brainstorm, edit and write content for brochures, leaflets, booklets etc…
- Contact journalists and media agencies by Telephones, Faxes, e-mails and preparing meetings
- Conduct interviews inside and outside RSCN
- Work on RSCN website, revamp it, provide all content and update it
- Travel inside Jordan and visit all nature reserves supervised by RSCN to come up with ideas for features or cover an occasion there

English Portal Editor في Arabia Online
  • الأردن - عمان
  • مارس 2000 إلى أكتوبر 2002

- Work on news, business, life, entertainment and sports articles.
- Contact organizations and other institutions for events such as movies, exhibition, lectures, musical events, special films, etc…
- Cover workshops and press conferences held by organizations such as UNICEF
- Hourly posting of arabia.com news and up-to-date information services and agenda to mobile networks

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, Communications Studies
  • في University of Leeds
  • سبتمبر 2007

Specialties & Skills

English

اللغات

العربية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس