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About me

I believe, first, in my family, balancing between lifestyle & work, in teamwork, which is key to success and in commitment, responsibility & accountability which is key to career development.

I am motivated in working for a multicultural, multinational organisation. My experience of interacting and understanding people with varied backgrounds comes from living in several countries across the world in the past 20 years. During my stay abroad as an expat, I was extremely involved in each country’s social and cultural events. That included lots of charity work and commitment to learning new languages and traditions of the host country. Our travelling adventure took us to Luanda (Angola), Pointe Noire (Congo), Tripoli (Libya), Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris (France), Dubai (UAE) and finally, Abu Dhabi (UAE).

Each country has added new experiences and challenges to my life in specific and unique ways and I know I can transfer those attributes to my job. 

I set myself to be a good listener and communicator, capable to argue and negotiate convincingly and assertively. As well as showing independence and integrity, being stress-resistant, a team player, creative, innovative and challenge-minded.

Languages come easy to me. Besides Danish being my mother tongue, I’m also fluent in Arabic, English, French and German. I enjoy listening to and learning a new language.

Skills

Google trainer assessment
Google Level 1 & 2 Certification
continuous learner
Creativity and problem solving
teamplayer
languages

Work experience

Fine Arts Department Administrative Assistant

American Community School of Abu Dhabi
August 2019YTD
Providing administrative support to the Directors of Choir, Band and Drama, in all aspects of the management and organization of the department. This includes but not limited to the following: 

Organizing high level trips - Preparing and arranging for all documentation required for registration/ flight and hotel bookings and ADEC approval.

Registering students for Music Festivals such as TAISM and AMIS

Liaising with tour organizing companies regarding payment and registration for students

Liaising with travel agents regarding tickets and at times hotel bookings for travel

Liaising with host schools regarding invitation letters and all other necessary student information such as allergies, roommate preferences etc.

Assist in the planning of transportation needs for traveling groups manage the booking process.

Basic Budgeting skills to ensure that all members of the team are complying with the specified budgeted amounts and keeping track of payments made.

Yearbook Team - Coordinating with the whole school to collect and assemble a memorable yearbook, that includes contacting printing presses and publication.

Expo 2020 coordinator - Arranging and coordinating all government and Expo 2020 requirements for our school to be part of expo and also to send the whole school visiting.

Executive Secretary - Middle School

American Community School of Abu Dhabi
April 2019July 2019

Long term subbing as executive secretary at the Middle School Office. 

Serving as a face of the middle school, greeting students and parents and providing them with information. 

Scheduling appointments, answering phones and providing administrative support to staff.

Maintaining record on students on veracross

Taking main attendance on veracross and registering with ADEC. 

High School TA - Technology

American Community School of Abu Dhabi
August 2018March 2019

Working with the High School TVP production classes in setting up and making sure that all equipment, cameras etc are working and teaching the students how to use them properly.

Assisting in the FabLab, in design class, with laser cutting, 3D printing and CNC router.

Checking in and out any equipment needed for the students to create high end video and photography.

Making sure the advertising/informational screens around the school are updated and working.

Assisting with live streaming of various event. 

Sales & Marketing Executive

Ceramics City
March 20152017

Responsible for maintaining client engagements, marketing of the company products and sales in the active U.A.E construction market. Contributed to the growth of the company through securing new contracts

Volunteer at orphanage

20082010

While in Congo, I worked with different orphanages. Trough connection via Schlumberger and other expats living in Pointe Noire, Congo, we were a group of spouses that organized events and charities where the profit went to supply as many orphan congolese children as possible.

In my time there we managed to get Schlumberger to donate a big water tank for one orphanage, so they could have clean water.

We made sure to provide them with non-expired medication 

Ofcourse we provided with the basics, such as food, clean water, mosquito nets etc...

Schlumberger Spouses Association (SSA) Coordinator

Schlumberger
20082010

 Receives information on arriving spouses/partners from Schlumberger and personally welcome them, also take the necessary actions to make sure they have smooth settling in process as well as reporting any issues they may face.

Maintain responsibility for coordinating the local Chapter in the spirit of SLB/SSA Mission Statement and Guidelines. Chair board meetings and oversees all activities. 

Communicate monthly with SSA Global Board Area Coordinator and completes Bi-Annual Reports as requested. 

Setting up SSA Chapter budget and make sure of the timely preparation of the annual budget. 

 Ensures accurate costing and monitoring spending vs budget as well as take corrective actions for any deviation.

-Mediate and resolve problems arising and relays this information to the SSA Global Board Area Coordinator. 

 Liaise with local Schlumberger Health Safety and Environment (HSE) and communicates the information to the Chapter, in addition to Coordinate with local HSE Manager to identify trainings where needed.

Business Analyst

WAFA Services
20062007

Identifying the business needs and determining solutions to the business problems. Wafa was relatively  new when I started, so organizational and strategic planning was needed. My job also included managing the employees and developing the company policy book.

Executive Secretary

iCapital
20052006

Supporting and Managing high-level executive department of the IT software company. Providing administrative support and performing numerous duties, including scheduling, writing correspondence, emailing, handling visitors, routing callers, and answering questions and requests.

Translator

Simon Consult - Denmark
20022003

 Translating from English to Danish and from Danish to English

At hospitals, doctors and private clinics.

Administrative Secretary.

Terkel Pedersen ApS - Denmark
20002001

Managing the flow of all incoming and outgoing mail sent between the organisation and external parties.

Responding to inquiries regarding files’ correspondences and references.

Maintaining and keeping the files up to date.

Assisting in planning and organizing meetings and conferences.

System Administrator (7 months temporary job)

Roskile Buissness College - Denmark
19992000

System debugging, Installation and troubleshooting

Assisting in system operation

Established ability to work under pressure, meeting deadlines

Developed my communication skills by interaction with different departments

Education

Bachelor Computer Software Development

Anglia Polytechnic University
20012002

Bachelor of Science with Honours - Upper Second Class

Diploma Advanced Computer Science

Roskilde EDB-Skole
2000

Personal interests

My little family is the center of my world. I love traveling to explore to world. Reading and learning.