Марина

Pilatova Maryna
PERSONAL
INFORMATION

Poltava, Ukraine
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Date of birth 11.05.1984
Nationality Ukrainian

EXPERIENCE

Key skills and competences

Experience in coordination and cooperation with UN partner organizations, Government
counterparts at the local authority level, NGOs, communities, and other partners.

Experience in monitoring the progress and evaluating effect of partnership projects,
ensuring that planned activities comply with the project budget, ensuring that project
implementation complies with the plan, and evaluating reports

Experience in project management, writing grant applications, monitoring project
implementation, identifying, assessing, and minimizing risks, and preparing project
reports.

Experience in team management and leadership.

Interaction with the authors of social projects and assistance in fundraising for these
projects.

The skills of actively searching for clients, counterparties, conducting effective
negotiations and concluding contracts in the B2B market.

Experience in successful conflict management with partners, clients and contractors.

The skills of team selection, organization, management and teamwork.

Experience in ensuring uninterrupted operation of the logistics company unit.

Experience in organizing events, trainings, forums, charity events and presentations.

Experience
1.2025 – 11.2025 Assistant CCCM Cluster Coordination Officer, UNHCR
Responsibilities:
 - Representing UNHCR and CCCM Cluster in inter-agency cluster processes,
GCM, HOCG and ABC meetings;
- Establish and maintain appropriate contacts and productive working
relationships with local authorities, other UN agencies, NGOs and other actors;
- Participation in the preparation, organization and conduct of high-level
missions;
- Assisting the supervisor in ensuring that UNHCR delivers on its
commitments and accountability as co-lead of the Global CCCM Cluster;
- Providing advices for decision-making and operational responses relevant
for CCCM at country-level;
- Preparation of reports and presentations;
- Evaluation of partners' applications for compliance with the conditions for
the allocation of funds;
- Monitoring the progress and evaluating effect of partnership projects,
ensuring that planned activities comply with the project budget, ensuring that
project implementation complies with the plan, and evaluating reports;
- Collaborating with other humanitarian actors to contribute to the planning
and evaluation of IDP cluster approaches to Camp Coordination and
Management;
- Conduct field visits to monitor project activities and assess progress;
- Conduct field visits to monitor the living conditions of people of concern (PoC),
define gaps and prioritize needs;
- Maintain effective collaboration and communication with PoCs, partners, and
key stakeholders to identify and address gaps in line with the CCCM Global
Cluster Strategic Framework;
- Support maintaining site information management systems and monitor
service provision including cross-cutting services;
- Work with NGO and government partners to promote the use of a community-
based approach to camp coordination and management;
- Representing UNHCR within interagency coordination bodies and at
meetings on issues related to the displacement management in and out of
camps;
- Support camp management agencies and local authorities as they facilitate
the search for durable solutions for the displaced population;
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to
seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility.

05.2023 – 12.2024 Site and Settlement CCCM Associate, UNHCR
Responsibilities:
- Coordination and cooperation with partners in the areas of Case Management,
Individual Protection Assistance (IPA), Child Protection, Camp Coordination and
Camp Management (CCCM), Community-Based Protection;
- Participation in the preparation, organization and conduct of high-level
missions;
-Monitoring of partners' compliance with contractual terms and fulfillment of
indicators;
- Evaluation of partners' applications for compliance with the conditions for the
allocation of funds;
 - Monitoring collective centers and places of compact residence for compliance
with the requirements of IDPs' living conditions;
- Interaction and coordination with implementing partners, representatives of
local authorities and CCCM cluster to improve the living conditions of IDPs;
- Coordination with the authorities on opening/closing of collective centers and
settlement/resettlement/eviction of IDPs;
- Verification of the need and approval of purchases of equipment and materials
necessary for the functioning of the collective center;
- Preparation and compilation of reports on the results of monitoring visits to the
CCs;
- Participation in the mid-year and annual reviews of the partners' activities and in
budget planning for the next year;
- Participation in the multifunctional team for the selection of houses to be
repaired after shelling and collective centres for repairs;
- Review and preliminary assessment of cases submitted by partners for the IPA;
- Assessment of premises to create child-friendly spaces;
- Analysis and approval of partner procurement for collective centres;
- Organizing and conducting trainings for outreach facilitators;
- Participation in the selection of organizations to receive mini-grants.

05.2022 – 04.2023 Supervisor of Children’s Point Spilno from UNICEF, SportLab
LLC
Responsibilities:
- Negotiating with local authorities and obtaining permits for the establishment of
Children's Point;
- Organization and provision of uninterrupted operation of the point,
- Search, recruitment, training and adaptation of personnel;
- Drawing up a work schedule;
- Organizing and conducting leisure activities for children;
- Searching for and making arrangements with other teachers and trainers to
conduct developmental activities;
- Purchase of equipment and materials necessary for work;
- Monitoring of the activity of the point;
- Resolving non-standard and conflict situations;
- Preparation of financial reports and all required documentation.

10.2019 – 04.2023 Project manager, "ZMIST POLTAVA" NGO
Specialization of the company: online media with crowdfunding platform.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research on potential funding sources and donor priorities;
- Maintain a database of potential donors and funding opportunities;
- Developing ideas and funding proposals, writing and submitting applications
and concept notes for grant projects in accordance with the task;
- Search for partner organizations, preparation of memorandums of cooperation;
- Search and selection of contractors, drafting and execution of contracts;
- Organization of implementation and control over project implementation;
- Track project progress and identify potential risks and challenges;
- Preparation and design of analyses and reports on projects and presentations
 for donors;
- Organizing and holding events and meetings with partners;
- Organizing and conducting training sessions for NGO employees and other
activists;
- Cooperation with the authors, design and placement of projects on the
crowdfunding platform "ZMIST";
- Organizing of media support of projects.

10.2018 – 01.2019 Project assistant and sales manager in “Feel Good Event”
Specialization of the company: organizing events and team buildings

05.2015 – 11.2016 Acting Director of the Regional-structural subdivision of
Aero Express LLC in Poltava
Specialization of the company: international and domestic Ukrainian transport of goods
and correspondence.
Responsibilities:
- Recruitment, training and adaptation of department personnel,
- Organization and management of team work;
- Ensuring uninterrupted operation of the unit and execution of internal flights
assigned to it;
- Implementation of the planned financial indicators of the department;
- Control of timely maintenance and repair of the unit's vehicles;
- Searching for and selecting contractors/service providers and concluding
service agreements
- Support of claims work with counterparties in case of disagreements;
- Resolution of controversial and conflict situations with counterparties, clients;
- Control of settlements with counterparties;
- Control of receivables.

11.2013 – 04.2015 Sales specialist of the Regional-structural subdivision of
Aero Express LLC in Poltava
Responsibilities:
- Search and attracting new clients to cooperation;
- Ensuring cooperation and conducting negotiations with clients on all aspects of
interaction;
- Calculation and formation of commercial offers, conclusion and maintenance of
contracts;
- Planning, implementation and control of the volume of sales of services.

05.2011 – 08.2013 Administrator in PE Ivko
- Ensuring the operation of the office;
- Providing oral and written translation services;
- Resolving conflicts with clients and contractors.

04.2007 – 08.2013 Private Entrepreneur
Specialization of the company: retail food products.
Responsibilities:
-Organization of the trading process;
 -Arrangement of a point of sale;
-Ordering products;
-Payments to suppliers;
-Direct trade implementation;
-Preparation of financial statements.

09.2010 – 08.2011 Teacher of Ukrainian Language and Literature and Foreign
Literature at the Poltava Cooperative Technical School

08.2007 – 08.2010 Teacher of English and Ukrainian language and literature of
the Secondary school in Yaresky and Specialized School in
Shyshaky, Poltava region.

EDUCATION

2007 – 2010 Poltava National Technical University named by Y.Kondratyuk,
Center for Postgraduate Education, Finance Specialist

2002 – 2007 Poltava State Pedagogical University named by V.Korolenko,
Teacher of the Ukrainian language and literature and English
language and foreign literature.

COURSES, TRAININGS

April-May 2024 – Protection Case Management Foundational Training

November 2023 – Training on Identification and Referral of Potential Victims of
Human Trafficking

October 2023 – CCCM Workshop: Legal Framework for Collective Sites Functioning

October 2023 – Training for Trainers on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

May 2023 – Training on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and sexual
Harassment

May 2023 – IDP Collective Site Management Induction Training

December 2022 – Training on risks associated with explosive objects and armed

conflict for opinion leaders; Handicap International

August 2022 – Training on mine safety and ways to protect against various types of

weapons; ZMIST Poltava NGO

June 2022 – Training in providing first aid; ZMIST Poltava NGO

October-November 2021 – School for writing grant projects; Development Center
"Time of Changes"
July 2021 – Training “Tools for conducting a successful crowdfunding campaign: how
to raise funds, how to find authors, sponsors”; RazomGo platform

April-November 2020 – GNR.NEXT Programme; International Institute of
Management
August-November 2020 – School of Municipal Development; NGO "Analytical Center
"ZMIST"
February 2020 – Training "Effective public control over security services in Ukraine";
CO "Light of hope"; Training "Access to public information"; CO
"Light of hope"
November-December 2019 – Poltava Deputy School, NGO "Nova Poltava", NGO
"Poltava Platform"
November 2019 – Fundraising training, GO "ZMIST Poltava"
October 2019 – Training "Gender-oriented budgeting in communities"; NGO Bureau of
Gender Strategies and Budgeting; Training "Women in Politics";
Institute of Political Education; "Hub of party innovations. Women";
Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives
September 2019 – Participant of the Youth Movement of the Yalta European Strategy
International Forum YES 2019; Training “Social Entrepreneurship
in Ukraine: From Idea to Practical Implementation”, NGO “Light of
Hope”
August 2019 – Training for activists from Amnesty International Ukraine
July 2019, September 2019 – Media Training “Down the Wall! Building Bridges of
Understanding in a Divided Society”, N-OST
July 2019 – Erasmus+ International Project “Young Parents - Youth Empowerment”
Training “How to run a successful advocacy campaign?”, NGО “Institute
of Analystics and Advocacy”
June 2019 – School of Tolerance on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, NGO
Gender Z; Anti-corruption tools: control of power on the military district”,
NGO “Institute of Analystics and Advocacy ”
May 2019 – Workshop “How to get information from utility companies”; Educational
Inclusive Forum “Available School”; Forum of responsible people;
April 2019 – “Communication and Conflict”, Regional youth center
February 2019 – Training “Emotional burnout, how to prevent it”, Regional youth
Center; Training “Media, communications, design”, NGO “Institute of
Analystics and Advocacy”
February 2018 – English speaking courses.

Additional Information
Communication skills: good communication skills (emotional intelligence, cohesion
and clarity of expression, friendliness, empathy, respect)
gained through experience as a teacher, sales specialist,
project manager and a number of trainings.
Organizational/
management skills: good organizational and management skills (ability to organize
and manage a team, select employees, set tasks and achieve
goals, confidence in decision-making and responsibility for
 results, ability to resolve conflicts and smooth the situation,
setting and meeting deadlines, responsibility, time
management, the ability to draw up schedules, organization of
events), acquired thanks to the experience of working as a
project manager, department head and teacher.

Work skills: ▪ I easily work in a team and rally people
▪ pleasant, attentive, well-mannered and polite in communication
(according to colleagues)
▪ focused, purposeful and hardworking (which is an absolute prerequisite
for achieving goals)

Additional information:
Advanced PC user, MS, 1C,
driver's license category B.