Todor Zlatev

Experience

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  Media Development Center

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Intern in Media and Communications

  Organized a round table conference between members of the mainstream political parties in Bulgaria concerning the inclusion of the local minorities in society. Was responsible for contacting NGOs and journalists to promote the event and to later monitor the coverage in the national media. Furthermore was tasked with finding a moderator for the meeting and to negotiate with them their participation at the conference. Conducted a weekly monitoring on the activities of the World Bank in Bulgaria and their coverage in the national media.Conducted a daily media monitoring regarding the state of the Bulgarian media environment and the activities of the Council for Electronic Media and the Association of Bulgarian Broadcasters. Show less

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  D:istinkt

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Intern in PR and Communicaitons

  Organized a three-day working visit of a delegation from the Kosovar Parliament. Was responsible for formulating the delegation's program, for arranging the delegation's meetings with several Bulgarian MPs and political journalists, and for ensuring the delegation's transport to and from the Parliament building to the hotel.Organized a working visit of Albanian journalist, working on a project of the European Commission. As part of the organisation arranged and scheduled interviews with members of the Bulgarian Parliament, representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and local NGOs. Furthermore provided logistical and language support during the journalist's visit in the form consecutive interpretation from English to Bulgarian and vice-versa.Conducted monthly reports on the PR and marketing strategies of Societe Generale Expressbank in Bulgaria.Conducted a daily media monitoring, concerning the PR and Advertising environment in Bulgaria. Show less

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  European Parliament

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

  Main responsibilities revolved around following the work of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Delegation for relations with the United States and the Subcommittee on Security and Defense at the European parliament. Researched and prepared briefings for meetings, conferences, interviews and official visits. Attended high-level meetings and conferences between MEPs, representatives from the European Commission and officials from the Council of the European Union. Attended political assembly meetings and provided language support in the form of simultaneous interpretation from English to Bulgarian and vice-versa. Was involved in the organization of an informal discussion on the equal access to quality healthcare throughout the member states of the European Union between MEPs and local and international NGOs. Participated actively in the preparation of an art exhibition and a conference on Bulgaria's communist past in terms of preparing invitations for the event, contacting the offices of the MEPs and NGOs, ensuring the provision of the necessary technical equipment, negotiating with companies over the price of interpretation for the conference and assisting with raising awareness for the event via social media. Translated official letters, statements and news articles from and into English, which were later uploaded on the MEP's website. Show less Main responsibilities revolved around following the work of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China at the European parliament. Assisted the MEP by providing brief reports on the relationship of China with its neighbouring countries and with the European Union, as of result of the country's new leadership. Was tasked for the organisation of a visit of a group of Bulgarian mayors of regions and students to the European Parliament, involving ensuring accommodation, transport to and from the airport and reserving dinners for the guests. Show less Main responsibilities revolved around following the work of the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee on Culture and Education and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence at the European parliament. Conducted extensive research reports on the legislative activities of the Parliament in terms of the adoption of the PIF directive on the protection of the financial interests of the EU. Prepared summaries on the recent Committee meeting on the evaluation of the Hercule II programme and the implementation of the Hercule III programme. Followed up the activities of OLAF in the past year and the relationship between OLAF, their Supervisory Committee and the European Parliament, in regards to the resignation of the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli in 2012. Show less

  • Trainee at the Office of Andrey Kovatchev, MEP

    Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  • Trainee at the Office of Vladimir Urutchev, MEP

    Nov 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Trainee at the Office of Monika Panayotova, MEP

    Oct 2013 - Nov 2013
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  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

  Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

  Intern at the Secretariat of UNHCR Representation in Bulgaria

  Assisted in the administrative operations of the representation. Daily conducted letters to government officials, state agencies, embassies and NGOs. Handled the incoming and outgoing national and international correspondence of the representation, as well as its email. Maintained communication with partner organisations and NGOs on upcoming events. Acted as a simultaneous interpreter (English to Bulgarian and vice-versa) in biweekly meetings with the Bulgarian Red Cross, the State Agency for Refugees and the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee.Arranged visits of UNHCR staff to the reception and integration centers for refugees throughout the country in order to monitor their living conditions and the renovation works on the centers.Responsible for preparing the monthly "petty cash" budget of the representation. Duties included monitoring the spending of the budget, following-up on the validity of the required paperwork and reimbursing staff members.Participated in the Age, Gender and Diversity monitoring of refugees in Bulgaria by going to the accommodation center in Kovatchevci, collecting anonymous data and contributing to the completion of the annual report. Show less

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  Human Dynamics - Public Sector Consulting

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2016

  Project Management Support

  As an assistant to different project managers in the firm, I was working on the implementation of two EuropeAid projects in Georgia and one in Belarus, focusing on support for reforms of the Constitutional Court and the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees in Georgia, as well as developing technologies for the development of green economy and supporting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection in Belarus. My responsibilities included but were not limited to: • Assisting directors and managing project finances in terms of financial accounting and reporting;• Elaborating on the preparation of the interim narrative and financial reports for the projects. In charge of preparing the mandatory financial documents, before submitting them for auditing.• Responsible for negotiating with experts and communicating with Beneficiaries, as well as Delegations of the European Union in the aforementioned countries;• Training of newly recruited office managers within the project countries in terms of administrative and financial procedures;• Liaising with clients, consultants and staff for the projects. Show less

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  Brightive

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2021

  Senior Business Consultant

  As a Senior Business Consultant at Brightive I was involved in a transformation programme of a major telecom company in the UK, aimed at delivering new functionalities, improving customers’ experience and simplifying the client’s services for both consumers and small and medium businesses. My responsibilities were in the management of the programme’s risk, issues and dependencies, as well as coordinating the programme’s change governance process.In my previous engagement, I was involved in a major pharmaceutical company’s programme to refresh its IT strategy by setting and designing the Agile governance ceremonies for the project team, as well as owning the project plan. In addition, I was responsible for managing the programme plan, producing a Strategy-on-a-Page document and submitting weekly LT-level reports on current progress.In other client work, I was engaged in a GDPR compliance programme of a major Belgian telecom, where I was the responsible lead for analysing, shaping and scoping the centralised PMO service of the programme. My responsibilities included:• Actively setting up and owning the PMO service for the programme, in terms of the programme plan, RAID log, reporting templates, best practices, etc;• Carrying out scoping exercises with workstream leads to drive out as-it state of each of the workstreams, assist documenting the legislative and transition requirements, current dependencies and budget constrains;• Implementing project controls in terms of reporting on both a workstream and programme level. Facilitated the weekly Programme Board and monthly Steering Committee meetings.• Analysing the as-is state of Clarity and configuring the tool to serve the programme’s needs (e.g. portlets and dashboards). Show less

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  Baringa

  May 2021 - now

  As a Manager in Baringa, I am currently acting as the PMO lead of the transformation programme of a UK government agency, aimed at transforming the client's corporate network. I am responsible for owning the overall governance of the programme, including planning and reporting responsibilities. In addition, I'm looking into introducing process improvements through simplification and automation of reporting to both the risk and change management process through Microsoft PowerBI and Jira;

  • Senior Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Manager

    May 2021 - Apr 2024