Daria

CURRICULUM VITAE
Daria Varyvod
Ukrainian
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Dnipro, Ukraine

Areas of Expertise:
• Experienced Humanitarian Worker, Data Manager and Language Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry.
• I am a strong information technology professional skilled in Intercultural Communication, Human Rights, Linguistics, Translation, Training, Teaching, Foreign Languages, and Interpreting.
• 10 years of teaching and strategical planning.
• More than 9 years of international experience and general Service.

Professional career:

August 2022 – Present
Senior Field Assistant at IOM, UN

• Ensure referrals are streamlined within the field teams: information referred is complete and up to date.
• Review all referrals are tracked to enable a follow-up when no response is received.
• Cooperate with cluster partners in the field for better humanitarian response.
• Build capacity and autonomy of the field assistants by identifying both strengths and areas of improvement in all staff and developing working plans accordingly.
• Supervise the onboarding of incoming staff.
Achievements:

• More than 30 community consultant meetings hold.
• Around 150 Collective Centers in 3 region received support.
• More than 60 Assessment of the new Collective Centers for IDP done.

June 2022 – August 2022
Data Manager at CF «Right to Protection»

• Evaluate current data collecting systems, and develop data collection and evaluation methodologies, to improve the quality of the reporting.
• Review, reflect the information in the system IDPs CRM and use the system to build reports for donor.
• Comply monthly reports on monitoring findings and other reports requested by the Protection Coordinator.
• Analyze and assess information provided by Community Assistants, and provide comments.
• Сonducts ad-hoc monitoring and formulates, implements, and enforces proper data collection policies and procedures.
Achievements:

• More than 10 comprehensive reports for cluster done.
• 5 new team members trained on Cobo tool box.
• 3 thematic reports prepared.

April 2015 – May 2022
English Language Assistant, OSCE SMMU
• Responsible for the written translation of texts and documents, such as Ukrainian state and local laws, official letters, announcements, newsletters and so on.
• Provide simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation from Ukrainian and/or Russian into English, and vice versa.
• Accompany mission members, provide interpretation during meetings, conferences, and other public events, including media appearances, and prepare reports on those events as required.
• Assist in all aspects of planning: establishing suitable location, informing and inviting local authorities, preparing agenda, informing participants.
• Regular team patrolling the area of Contact Line in Eastern Ukraine in order to observe and detect the ceasefire violation and breach of international (Minsk) agreements.
Achievements:
• Participated in more than 720 patrols in Hostile Environment Areas (including staying at Forwarded Patrol Base).
• Contributed to the creation of thematic reports: “The impact of mines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive objects on civilians in the conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine”; “Checkpoints along the contact line: challenges civilians face when crossing”; “Impact of the conflict on educational facilities and children’s access to education in eastern Ukraine”.
• Successfully organized 2 OSCE Cafes with a team.
• Due to the constant presence of my team at the Line of Contact considerably decreased the number of ceasefire violations and was built the pedestrian bridge in Stanitsa Luhanska Entry-Exit Check Point.

September 2011 – April 2014
HR-manager/secretary, LLC – Enterprise “Prodmashstroy”
• Ensured the management of around 50 people within the organization, including employee recruitment, training.
• Dealt with correspondence from abroad and translated international contracts.
• Maintained database and communicated with our partners from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Poland, China, Iran, and Azerbaijan.
• Performed task of a personal assistant, new member’s admission, and organization of official meetings and events, handling visitors (including foreign partners).
Achievements:
• Set up a core system to organize incoming mail which eliminated distribution hurdles completely.
• Scheduled 5 large annual events without a single evident problem on any of the 5 occasions.
• Resolved disputes between different departments and staff members through problem-solving skills.
• Helped new staff members to adjust to the new office environment quickly.
January 2011 – April 2014 -Polish teacher, Euro-pa Consult Group
April 2014 – April 2015 - Head of Educational Department at Euro-pa Consult Group
• Developed of non-stressful teaching methodology, taught, strategical planning, introduction to Polish culture, preparation for the university exam.
• Liaised with our partners from Poland, and accompanied them to different events and interpretations during them.
• Organized meetings with parents, study trips to Poland.
Achievements:
All of my students (around 120) had passed Polish Language Qualification Exam or joined educational institutions.

March 2009 – August 2011 - Freelance translator
Written translation of text and documents (legal texts, personal documents, international contracts, etc.).

Volunteer experience:
September 2009 – March 2010
Ex-volunteer at EVS program Youth in Action (Step 2).
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/tools/youth-in-action.en.htm
• Took part in different educational seminars dedicated to personal development and cross-cultural communication.
• Helped in organizing 2 educational group trips to Krakow, Poland (historical seminars, visit to memorial sites, museum visiting, leisure activity).
• Helped in organizing “Poster Biennial”, an exhibition of posters dedicated to Human Rights and “Krakow poetry salon”.

Volunteer in ASF e. V. organization
September 2009 – September 2010
https://www.asf-ev.de/english/volunteer-service/partner-countries/
• Worked for a year in the International Youth Meeting Center in Oswiecim, organizing educational seminars for international students and conducting research in the archives.
• Helped to organize a study trip to the Polish memorial place Auschwitz. Translated survivor’s stories and personal letters, engaged in catologization of the library.
Achievements: More than 10 seminars for students held, around 20 study trips organized, 2 international summer camps prepared, and more than 150 books properly added to the library system.

July 2012, Volgograd, Russia, Summer Camp Volunteering Program
https://www.asf-ev.de/de/freiwilligendienste/sommerlager/
Two weeks of gardening in synagogue and Jewish cemetery, combined with the historical project “Jewish history in Volgograd”. Excursion, exhibitions, conversations with survivors of WWII, workshops.

Education:
2017 – 2019, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Humanitarian Department, Master's degree in Social Work
2005 – 2011, Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Slavic Languages Department, Master's degree in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and Literature

Licenses and Certifications:
• Introduction to History of Humanitarism, Save the Children, online Kaya, February 2021
• I Know Gender 1.1 Women, Peace and Security, UNW, online, May 2020
• Comprehensive E-learning Course for OSCE/ODIHR Observers, January 2020
• Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster, HarvardX, July 2019
• Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects, Ukrainian Institute for the Future, April 2019
• International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice, Coursera, October 2019

Strong points:
• Easily find a common language with people of different backgrounds
• Respect for diversity and work effectively with a team
• Effectively provide independent analyses of available information
• Very flexible in changing circumstances
• Good at making a detailed plan of small steps for achieving common goals, can receive and provide active feedback.

Computer literate: good knowledge of Word and Excel, 1C version 7.1 for HR managers, CAT tool (based on Trados).

Driver`s License: category B with the ability to drive a manual transmission.

Languages: English (C1), Polish (C1), Russian (native), Ukrainian (native), German (B1 in the process of learning), Spanish (A1 in process).

Hobbies and interests: History and social study, reading, traveling, music, yoga, and modern dance.