Pierre Hegay

Experience

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  Lycee Francais de Chicago

  Sept 2008 - May 2009

  Educator

  Part-time job as an educator for an afterschool program for children aged 3 to 11:• Assisting with homework and developing after-school activities• Organization and animation of a day camp during the students' holidays• Organization of field trips for the students

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  Vanderbilt-in-France

  Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

  French Tutor

  Part-time job as a French tutor for American students from Vanderbilt University:• Welcoming the students and providing orientation sessions• One-on-one tutoring in French (spoken and written)• Organization of events (cultural evenings, field trips, etc)

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  ORAM - Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration

  Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

  Project Assistant

  Project assistant in legal research, grants and translation at ORAM, an organization working with LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers:• Translation of legal documents (French/English/Spanish)• Legal research and writing of case briefings• Grant writing and drafting of a basic manual on project cycle management• Contacting and interviewing NGOs for a global study of organizations providing services to LGBTI refugees (http://www.oraminternational.org/images/stories/PDFs/oram-opening-doors.pdf) • Organization of events (conferences, demonstrations, etc) Show less

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  UNPO

  Dec 2011 - Jul 2014

  Program coordinator at UNPO, with a focus on human rights advocacy, training and development projects for minority groups and indigenous peoples:• Overseeing and coordinating the work of the Secretariat team (around 6 people): research projects, publications, fundraising activities, UN monitoring, training, media and communications• Writing and securing grants for projects from EUR 1,200 to EUR 331,000, including projects in Chile, Uganda and Mauritania• Responsible for certain elements of project management (including operational aspects and reporting to funders)• Attending UN human rights sessions (Forum on Minority Issues, UNPFII, Human Rights Council)• Supervision of drafting of alternative human rights reports (ICCPR, CESCR, CERD, UPR)• Providing several training in human rights, communications and project cycle management for groups of 20-50 people• Organization of events (training, General Assembly of the organization, parallel events to Human Rights Council sessions, press conferences, etc) Show less

  • Program Coordinator

    Apr 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Project Assistant

    Dec 2011 - Apr 2012
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  European Commission

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  Member of the Liaison Committee at DG EAC (Blue Book Trainee status). The Liaison Committee supports the Traineeship Unit in organising the administrative welcome and the integration of the new group of Blue Book Trainees:• Organization of the welcome conference and administrative welcome for the new 637 EC Blue Book Trainees• Organization of the elections of the new Stage Committee and subcommittees• Responding to Trainees’ enquiries on the phone, by email and through social media• Regular updates of the website and social media• Executing financial decisions of the Committee and keeping track of all operations in accounting Show less Blue Book Trainee in the Communication Unit of the Directorate-General for Budget:• Preparation of the daily press review for DG BUDG• Proofreading and contributing to draft publications (including "EU Budget 2013" and "A beginner’s guide to EU funding - An overview of EU funding opportunities in 2014–20")• Answering citizens and journalists’ questions related to the EU budget and the Financial Transparency System• Coordinating press and media actions with the Unit and the Spokesperson's Service• Producing and editing draft press releases, press packages, briefings and other materials needed for media relations• Collecting and preparing speeches and presentations for the Commissioner and the DG• Analysis of DG BUDG social media strategy• Organizing opinion polls and surveys and studying and disseminating the results• Management and update of the Financial Transparency System Show less

  • Treasurer and Communication Officer

    Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

  • Blue Book Trainee in Communication

    Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
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  EDF Belgium

  Sept 2015 - May 2017

  Economic and Political Monitoring Officer

  International Corporate Experience ("V.I.E." status) in political, legal and economic monitoring of the energy sector in Belgium and the Netherlands:• Monitoring and analysis of EU and national energy legislation• Preparation of the daily press review• Translation of press articles from Dutch to French• Monitoring of the production market evolutions• Producing business intelligence analyses and presentations

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  Europe Direct by Communi-k

  May 2017 - Feb 2021

  Supervisor at the Europe Direct Contact Centre (EDCC) framework contract with DG COMM. EDCC is the general information service of the European Commission and answers citizens' questions about the EU by phone or email in any of the 24 official EU languages:• Second-line resolution for politically sensitive and/or specialized questions• Escalations to the back offices of the European Commission for third-line support• Responsible for the cooperation with the Secretariat-General, DG BUDG, DG JUST, DG HOME, DG EMPL and the Your Europe Advice (YEA) and SOLVIT services• Back-up for the cooperation with DG MOVE, DG ENV, DG ENER, DG CLIMA and DG MARE• Managing a team of 4 to 6 Communication Officers• Creating and providing training (obtained the project management yellow belt certification for revamping the HOME and JUST training programmes) Show less Communication Officer at the Europe Direct Contact Centre (EDCC) framework contract with DG COMM. EDCC is the general information service of the European Commission and answers citizens' questions about the EU by phone or email in 24 official EU languages:• First-line resolution for general questions over the EU in French, English and Spanish over the phone and in writing• Monitoring the developments of EU policies• Contributing to the team’s Knowledge Database• From November 2017: acting as a back-up for the supervisor in charge of DG JUST and DG HOME as well as the YEA and SOLVIT services Show less

  • Supervisor

    May 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Communication Officer

    May 2017 - May 2018
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  Serco

  Feb 2021 - now

  Member of the Serco Europe bid team, with a focus on the Space, Defence and EU Institutions portfolios:• Daily monitoring of new tender opportunities, primarily through the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)• Preparing governance documents to support bid/no-bid decisions• Cooperating with the bid team to understand customers’ requirements and expectations• Preparing supporting documents to bids (administrative documents, project references, CVs, etc.)• Writing key sections of bids (in English and French) and integrating external inputs when necessary• Ensuring the overall coherence and quality of bids prior to submission Show less

  • Bid Manager Europe

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Senior Bid Writer

    May 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Bid Writer and Support

    Feb 2021 - Apr 2022