Kate Jackson

November 2021 – Current

• Provided training on the European Commission Funding and Tendering platform (OPSYS)
• Provided logistical and technical support to European Delegation Operational Managers and project partners on maintaining up to date project portfolio and results reporting portfolio in OPSYS
• Liaison between system developers and OMs
• Managed non-key experts in encoding and coaching exercise 
• Created and managed workplans 
• Created guidance materials 
• Trained on IPA and GAP Performance Frameworks, and cross cutting issues in project evaluation 

October 2019 – November 2021

• Member of ROM Enlargement Core Team
• Contributed to ROM Review Mission planning and Results Data Collection mission plans 
• Coordinating with European Delegates on ROM review mission planning
• Trained in Results Data Collection, Logframe encoding, and OPSYS Change Management
• Developed and maintained business communication platform (MS Teams) 
• Provided support and guidance documents for professional platforms
• Managed and maintained pool of non-key experts  

September 2019 – July 2021

• Developed and implemented project evaluation tools using open-source technologies
• Presented at virtual events sharing project results
• Collected and analysed data from Italian, German and French implementing partners related to project KPIs
• Produced Final Evaluation Report for Digital Skill Shift Project

March 2019 – 

October 2019

Women’s Economic and Social

Think Tank

(WESTT)

• Researched topicsrelated to humanrights and draftedbriefs and articles 
• Provided finaledits and formatting support on articles by other contributors
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March 2017-

June 2019

Brussels International Center for Research and Human Rights

(BIC)

Department Manager

- Outreach

Department

• Developed and implemented a technical skillstransferability project for refugees and local residence (Phoebus project).
• Managed Outreach department annual planning, hiring and budgeting
• Organized eventsto promote research and policy     recommendations.
• Represented the organization as a presenter at conferences and events
• Moderated public events
• Created systems to measure impactsof research and programs
• Developed project management IT tools

Supported Website development

November 2016

- November 2019

• Coached professionals on technical communications skills in person and online sessions
• Managed digital student database

March 2018- February 2020

• Provided fundamental aid through resource distribution and first aid to asylum seekers living in the Calais and Dunkirk regions
• Mental Health Unit - Assist the mental health division during an aid distribution mission for asylum seekers, taking note of future needs and changes in population
• Needs Assessment Unit Coordinator  
• First Aid Unit Assistant
•  Photographer

October 2018 &

April 2016

• Assisted in story construction, managed equipment, supported the editing process, coached interviewees, maintained procedural documents, operated second    camera, provided French interpretation.

October 2016-

September 2017

• Provided structured programming for children living in a refugee residence facility one evening a week.

Tech English/

German to Refugees group

• Provided personally tailored coaching to newcomers with refugee backgrounds in Hamburg.

February 2013 -

September 2013

Seoul, 

South

Korea

Camerata Music Company

(CMC)

• Helped plan new outreach projects and events
• Performed at events.

February 2010-

August 2010

Center For Addictions and Mental Health

(CAMH)

• Built a client database to be used to calculate demographic information and researched various topics related to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

August2009 -

December 2009

Women for Change

(WfC)

• Built and managed library management system 
• Organized and wrote a grant application, created and published new advocacy materials, drafted annual department budget for 2010.
• Organized public awareness events
• Liaised with local media

University of Kent, Brussels

School of International Studies (2016-2017)

Master of Arts

International Relation, with secondary specialization in 

International Migration

Thesis title: Refugees in discourse: the fallacy of permanence

Saint Francis Xavier University 

Antigonish, Nova Scotia,

Canada (2007-2012)

Bachelor of Arts with Honours - Psychology with a subsidiary major in Music

Thesis title: Pedestrian cell-phone use and the distractions it causes.