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Yaroslav Kuzyshyn

Date of birth: 25/09/1991 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: Male Phone number:

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Address: Kyiv, Ukraine (Home)

WORK EXPERIENCE

ENGLISH TEACHER – SKARB LYCEUM – 09/2025 – Current – KYIV

• planning and delivering engaging English lessons aligned with curriculum objectives (Wider world, Gateway);
• teaching grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills;
• assessing student progress through regular testing and individual feedback.

ENGLISH TEACHER – BEZMEZH LYCEUM – 01/09/2024 – 08/2025 – KHOTIV, UKRAINE

• planning and delivering engaging English lessons aligned with curriculum objectives (Gateway);
• teaching grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills;
• assessing student progress through regular testing and individual feedback.

ADVOCACY MANAGER – DEJURE FOUNDATION – 01/2024 – Current – KYIV, UKRAINE

• planning and leading advocacy campaigns on Bar (Association of Attorneys) and Legal education reforms,
including meetings with key stakeholders (internationals, government, NGOs);
• moderating the work of an expert group on the Bar reform and writing the Bar reform roadmap;
• writing reports, articles, posts, and policy briefs concerning Bar and legal education: ;
• analyzing laws, draft laws, and writing notes, and proposals regarding them;
• giving interviews to media;
• translating materials from Ukrainian to English;

MEAL (MONITORING, EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING) OFFICER – NGO "STEP IN" – 07/2023 –
12/2023 – UKRAINE

• writing logic models (theory of change, results framework, logical framework);
• writing monitoring and evaluation documents (performance management plan, data flow map, summary
evaluation table, communication plan);
• conducting evaluation through field visits, interviews, surveys, and writing evaluation reports;
• preparing and leading All-Hands meetings.

PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR – NGO "STEP IN" – 04/2022 – 07/2023 – UKRAINE

https://step-in-project.org/
• Coordination of procurement of medical equipment and medicines for medical facilities including:
• contacting hospitals and specification of needs;
• publication of tenders on Zakupki.prom platform or invitation of tender participants via email;
• collection of tender proposals and their evaluation;
• signing of contracts and delivery notes;
• arranging deliveries with suppliers and hospitals;
• drafting documents needed for procurement (call for tender, procurement evaluation table, order letter,
contract, delivery note, humanitarian aid donation letter, tender report)
• arranging hospital visits for MEAL officer;
• Legal support:
• registration of STEP IN in Ukraine;
• drafting and revising purchase, rent and other contracts;
• obtaining necessary documents for expats for their work and residence in Ukraine (work permit, work
visa, residence permit and house registration);
• drafting internal policies;
• Searching of accommodation and cars for longterm rent.
STAFF MEMBER OF SECRETARIAT (FROM MAY 1, 2022 - PART TIME) – SYNOD OF BISHOPS OF THE UKRAINIAN
GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH – 09/2021 – 31/05/2023 – KYIV, UKRAINE

• preparing all necessary documents and logistics for the meetings of the Synod of bishops and the Permanent
Synod of the UGCC;
• responsible for logistics (accommodation, transportation, catering) of the meetings of the Synod of bishops and
the Permanent Synod of the UGCC;
• responsible for communication between the Synod and the bishops of the UGCC.

PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANT – THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF UKRAINE (PARLIAMENT OF UKRAINE) – 12/2014 –
08/2015 – KYIV, UKRAINE

• drafting laws and supplementary documents;
• writing amendments to laws and draft laws;
• conducting researches on constitutional and administrative law (court system reform, police reform, local
government and rules of procedure of parliament).

LAWYER – RISE-MAKSYMKO PJSC (UKRLANDFARMING GROUP) – 01/06/2012 – 12/2014 – KYIV, UKRAINE

• representating company at commercial courts;
• writing claims, counterclaims, appeals, and supplementary court documents;
• conducting legal research and writing memoranda;
• drafting and revising contracts;
• translating legal documents from English to Ukrainian and vice versa.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

09/2008 – 06/2014 Kyiv, Ukraine
MASTER OF LAW National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)

Website https://www.ukma.edu.ua/eng/

01/10/2010 – 23/06/2011 Cracow, Poland
EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN LAW Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Law and Administration

Website https://www.uj.edu.pl

09/2015 – 06/2021 Kyiv, Ukraine
MASTER OF THEOLOGY Kyiv Three Holy Hierarchs Theological seminary of the UGCC

Website https://ktds.org.ua/

10/2019 – 02/2020 Rome, Italy
EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN THEOLOGY Pontifical Gregorian University

Website http://unigre.it

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): UKRAINIAN
Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH C1 C1 B2 C1 C1

RUSSIAN C2 C1 C2 C1 B2

POLISH C2 C2 C1 C1 B2

ITALIAN B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

SKILLS

Zoom chatgpt Google Drive Google Docs Social Media Collaboration (Teams, WebEx, Skype, Miro, Slack,
Slido) Project Management Tools (Notion, Trello) Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) VCHASNO

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

Doctrine of piercing the corporate veil,Kherson State University Law Journal, Kherson, Ukraine, May 2013.
Control of government by parliament in Ukraine and Poland,Publication of conference 'Current developments of public
law and protection of human rights in Ukraine', Lviv, Ukraine, April 2012.

DRIVING LICENCE

Driving Licence: B

JOB-RELATED SKILLS

Job-related skills

Persistent, sincere, responsible, open-minded, reasonable, hard-working, open to new challenges and tasks

SUMMER SCHOOLS

Summer Schools

Jun – Jul 2013: “Law in Germany” at NaUKMA, obtained a certificate with distinction; Language of instruction: German.
Aug 2012: “Intercultural German Studies” at University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Language of instruction: German.

UNIVERSITY PROJECTS AND COMPETITIONS

University projects and competitions

May 2012: captain of NaUKMA team in Central and East European Moot Competition, Valletta, Malta.
•W rote memoranda and was a competitor in oral rounds;
• Was awarded a Speaker’s Award.
Dec 2011: Seminar “How does democracy work in “established democracy”, Jena, Germany.
• Prepared presentation “The functioning of the Bundestag”
Nov 2011: Seminar “Guaranteeing Democratic Processes and Forms of Organization”, Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Prepared presentation “Proportional electoral system on elections to Ukrainian parliament. Should it be
changed?
Feb – Jul 2011: Research project “Georgia between West and East”, Cracow, Poland – Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Wrote short report “Reforms in Georgia after Rose revolution”
• Participated in meetings with representatives of various institutions: Georgian Public defender, Transparency
International Georgia, Georgia Young lawyers association.
Jun 2010: International Youth Exchange “World war II. Different people – one history”. Essen, Germany.
• Organized workshop “The situation in the Western Ukraine during World War II: different regimes, different
armies.”