Project Management Specialist
National Archives, Department of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months
Project Management Tasks:
- Acting as a Steering Committee Member for the Archives New Center for Restoration & Preservation Project
- Approving LPO’s, issuing payments and analyzing variances in costs
- Creating and Updating Project Plans
- Creating Action Plans
- Creating Risk Registers, Communication Management Plans and Charters
- Creating Project and multiple year Departmental Budgets
- Creating Departmental and Project Organizational Structures
- Creating and editing monthly Project Progress Reports
- Creating and presenting Project Briefs
- Coordinating activities for multiple company projects
- Maintaining and updating all project documentation both in electronic and paper format
- Maintaining Contact Information
- Creating and distributing meeting agendas
- Writing and distributing Minutes of Meetings
Communication and Event & Delegation Planning Tasks:
-Helped oversee the organization of a Symposium with international speakers for IT specialists of UAE Government ministries titled “ Permanent Records Management in M-Government”
- Planned and helped oversee the organization of a Symposium with international speakers for Director Generals and Executive Directors of UAE Government ministries titled “Symposium on Records Management for the 21st Century”
- Planned and helped oversee the organization of an International Consultation for 25 participants
- Coordinating communication with international organizations including UNESCO, ICA, and Manchester City Football Club
- Writing Reports on Delegations
- Organization of Delegation Trips and creation of trip schedules (including the booking of tickets, setting up of Visa Waivers, car reservations, research on best flight & hotel rates and options, price comparisons)
- Creation of Event Budgets
Archiving Related Tasks:
- Created an Archive Evaluation Checklist / Form based on ISO standards
- Evaluated a company Archive and wrote an archive evaluation report with suggested companywide improvements
- Benchmarking various world archives websites and comparing offered services
- Researching archival and project related information
Legal Tasks:
- Drafting and editing MOU’s, contracts and other legal documents
- Negotiating contract terms and conditions
- Summarizing Contracts
- Researched information for an iPad application
- Conducted interviews and wrote articles for the company’s internal magazine
- Electronically organized newspaper articles about the company
- Translated Polish website information into English
Graduated with Distinction – University of Wisconsin – Madison Recipient of UAE’s Distinguished Student Scholarship (DSS)