
Olivia Rusandu
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About me
Public manager
Education

European Studies Faculty from Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2005 - 2006Masters in Work and Human Resources Masters DiplomaActivities and Societies: Human Resources, Designing Personnel Strategy, Personnel recruitment, head-hunting, selection, motivation, evaluation and training, Organizational Diagnosis, Improvement and Development, Marketing, managing database, personnel management, designing job descriptions, evaluation fiches

National Agency for Civil Servants
2011 - 2011Document Management in Public InstitutionsActivities and Societies: Documents’ Information Flow and Management; Internal Working Procedures’ Elaboration; Electronic Signature

Romanian Training Institute
2011 - 2011Authorized trainer Training Authorized Trainer DiplomaActivities and Societies: Train of trainers Communication and presentation abilities Trainees evaluation Training session design Group dynamics Handling difficult trainees Techniques and methods of training

National Agency for Civil Servants
2010 - 2010Specialised Training Program for Occupying a High Civil Servant Position Public AdministrationActivities and Societies: Human resources management Financial and budgetary management Strategic Management External Communication Project management Structural Funds Managerial abilities Modern and efficient public administration

PO DCA Project: “Public Administration for citizens”- with EU funding from Structural funds, implemented by National Authority for Youth and Sport
2010 - 2010Organizational Management occupation specialised training Organizational Management Graduation CertificateActivities and Societies: Organizational Management Leadership

Ministry of Administration and Interior- National Administration Institute
2008 - 2009Young Professionals Scheme (YPS3) Public administration Graduation Certificate and Public Manager DiplomaActivities and Societies: Human resources management Financial and budgetary management Strategic Management External Communication Project management Structural Funds Managerial abilities Modern and efficient public administration Public Policies and Strategies Regional Development

British Council Romania
2008 - 2008IELTS Advanced English-advanced IELTS Certificate
International Relations and European Study University, Romania
2006 - 2008Masters Program International RelationsActivities and Societies: International and EU studies, Project management, Structural funds, Strategy and performance, Marketing, Organizational culture, Identifying specific types of funding, Business planning, Feasibility studies; Implementing, monitoring and evaluating projects, Regionalization studies and theory. Skills covered:Developing knowledge, specific skills and competencies in EU affairs;Developing skills and attitudes for negotiation, communicating and marketing (creating and promoting institution’s positive image); Developing skills and attitudes for team work, public-private partnerships; interregional and European partnerships; Developing skills and competencies to determine the needs for change, analysis, evaluation and finding solutions, best practices

CEPECA Training Centre
2007 - 2007Institutional/ business English Institutional English Knowledge CertificationActivities and Societies: Advanced-high in Institutional/ business English

Public Administration National Institute, Society for Excellence in Public Administration, Romania
2007 - 2007Human Resources Management in Public Administration CertificateActivities and Societies: Human Resources, Designing Personnel Strategy, Personnel recruitment, head-hunting, selection, motivation, evaluation and training, Organizational Diagnosis, Improvement and Development, Marketing, Managing database, Personnel management, Designing job descriptions, Evaluation fiches, jobs management, Designing and organizational chart, Organizing contests for vacant jobs, Personnel promotion and payment, Work legislation knowledge

Psychology Faculty- Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1998 - 2002Psychology Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyActivities and Societies: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychodiagnosis, Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Cognitive Psychology, Logics, Work and Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Organizational Diagnosis, the ability to work with psychological tests and instruments, to conduct various experiments and interpret their results - Working with children from nursery, pre-primary school (kinder garden), primary and secondary school and teenagers - Therapy and counselling for children, young people and adults - Psychological testing

Tudor Vladimirescu” Theoretical College, Targu-Jiu, Gorj, Romania
1994 - 1998Foreign Languages Class in High school High school High school diploma
Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca
2006 - 2007Master's degree International Business
Experience

SC IRIMIES IMOBILIARE SRL,
Apr 2003 - Jan 2004Secretary and HR consultant▪ Database management; ▪ Employees IT database management; ▪ Updating Agency’s website;▪ Relating to clients and providing counselling based on database research according to their particular needs and requirements;▪ Recruiting, selecting, integrating, training and evaluating agency’s employees.

ANCA GABRIELA POPA Public Notary Office,
Feb 2004 - Jul 2006HR consultant (and assistant public notary)▪ Analysing legal correspondences, properly identifying the documents required for legalising official documents;▪ Drafting monthly reports to Cluj County Notary Chamber; ▪ Relating to clients, counselling clients in legal matters; ▪ Designing and writing official notary papers, contracts, declarations etc;▪ Database management; ▪ Employees IT database management; ▪ Recruiting, selecting, integrating, training and evaluating office’s employees.

Cluj County Agency for Labour Force Employment,
Aug 2006 - May 2008Human Resources Inspector (civil servant) Analysing labour market current situation and trends; Managing jobs and personnel files; Drafting and implementing institution’s HR strategy and HR policies; Applying personnel management criteria; Providing counselling and collaborating with each employee in elaborating his/ her own personalised career plan; Recruiting, selecting and integrating Agency’s personnel; Researching and proposing possible measures for improving working conditions; Drafting the organizational chart and structure with optimal jobs distribution for each department; Drafting the HR training plan, based on organisation’s and employees’ professional training needs; Building and updating personnel’s IT database; Contributing to the implementation, maintenance and improvement of institution’s quality management system. Show less

INA
Jan 2007 - Jan 2008Public Manager
Scottish Government - DG Education-Schools Directorate - Curriculum Division - International Educat
Nov 2008 - Mar 2009Intern in a Fast Stream Programme for Civil Servants▪ Building a SharePoint Database for International Delegations Records’ Management (incoming and outgoing delegations: date, purpose of visit, delegates’ names, results etc);▪ Ensuring strategic management and optimising the interconnection of the activities of Ministers, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and main stakeholders and partners in the education community, using SharePoint and other ICT tools; ▪ Drafting speeches and briefings for ministerial events; ▪ Researching and analysing the national results of PISA and other European surveys on education (teaching languages, tackling social inequalities in schools, children and young people early education); ▪ Drafting background notes and answers to parliamentary questions on education topics;▪ Researching and benchmarking using Eurydice extranet;▪ Drafting background notes on sustainable development, education and curriculum for pupils with special needs etc;▪ Attending training courses on “eRDM”, “SCOTS” (Scottish Government’s ICT systems), “Engaging with Europe and the EU”, “Policy Environment in Scotland”, “Mentoring, Strategy and Performance”. “Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Systems” etc;▪ Shadowing the divisions and teams in DG Education (Support for Learning, Schools, Children, Young People and Social Care and also Scotland Performs Team and Strategy and Performance Division;▪ Shadowing Agencies and National Public Bodies with responsibilities in education provision (LTS, HMIE, GTCS etc). Show less

Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport
Nov 2009 - Dec 2011Public manager▪ Elaborating and implementing the National Youth Strategy and measures dedicated to disadvantaged, poor or/and disabled young people;▪ Researching, collecting and adapting EU MS best practices in the area to the national context, in the complex process of elaborating strategies and public policy documents;▪ Collaborating with stakeholders: young people and youth organisations;▪ Drafting, implementing and monitoring the Strategic Institutional Plan, project laws and project of Government’s decisions regarding young people; ▪ Drafting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the organisational development and reform projects;▪ Identifying organisational development opportunities, drafting project proposals in order to apply for financial assistance for strengthening institutions’ capacity and providing support in projects’ implementation;▪ Analysing and monitoring the correlation between Authority’s legislative program and the Governing Program’s youth and sport objectives and initiatives, the public policies promoted by the Government and the European regulations and recommendations in these areas;▪ Providing training on the job, in its expertise areas;▪ Elaborating and implementing intra and inter-institutional communication and management strategies Show less

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Romania
Dec 2011 - Dec 2012Public manager- External Relations Department
Ramsar
May 2012 - Jul 2012COP 11 Romanian Logistic Team- Assisting with visas for delegates to COP 11 Ramsar- Assisting the Ramsar Secretariat before and during the COP 11- Responsible for the bilateral meetings between the National Coordinator of COP 11 Ramsar- Secretary of State and high officials from other countries- Responsible for coordinating the volunteers for COP11 Ramsar

Ministry of Labour and Social Justice Romania
Sept 2012 - Jan 2025Public Manager▪ Member of the Inter-ministerial Working Group for elaborating “The National Strategy for the Digital Agenda for Romania” and “The National Strategy for E-inclusion”;▪ Representing the Ministry at technical reunions on social protection issues, with the IMF mission, EU COM and the World Bank;▪ Focal point in Romania for Component 3 of the China Social Protection Reform Project, financed by the EU COM & Chinese Government; ▪ Representing the Ministry at seminars, working groups, expert reunions, conferences, organised at national, European or international level, on social inclusion, human rights etc;▪ Member of the inter-ministerial working group for elaborating Romania’s proposal of Sustainable Development Objectives, Agenda Post-2015;▪ Official delegate at the UN/CDO’s UPR, in Romania’s delegation;▪ Member of the Steering Committee of the Roma Inclusion Fund - Swiss-RO Cooperation Program;▪ Contributing to the elaboration of the National Strategy of Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty 2014-2020 and the National Strategy on Active Aging 2014-2020, in close cooperation with the World Bank;s experts;▪ Drafting official documents reflecting Romania ‘s position (as EU MS) in the area of social protection;▪ Implementing MSEVR project financed by the EU COM and SASM Project financed through a loan from the World Bank;▪ Elaborating and analysing strategies, public policies, action plans etc; ▪ Contributing to the elaboration of the Partnership Agreement for the structural funds 2014-2020 and of relevant documents for fulfilling RO’s ex-ante conditionalities, as well as drafting the OPs 2014 – 2020;▪ Elaborating lines to take, speeches, replies to information requests from international and national NGOs, European and international institutions, foreign diplomatic missions, mass media etc;▪ Drafting instructions, recommendations, regulations and other similar documents regarding social inclusion and implementing relevant legislation in this area. Show less

Samusocial
Jun 2013 - Oct 2014Clinical Psychologist - VolunteerActivities in the area of:* Psychodiagnosis and clinical evaluation (evaluating the clinical board / psychological etiopathogenic mechanisms and health conditions / sanogenesis mechanisms);* Psychological intervention (for both promoting health and personal development as well as for the treatment of mental disorders and / or of those involving psychological mechanisms in ethiopathogenesis)Respectively:* Investigation and psycho-diagnosis of mental disorders and other pathological conditions involving psychological mechanisms in etiopathogenesis, within the competence limits, * psychological evaluation of mental health, as a prerequisite for carrying out activities involving psychological examination* cognitive and neuropsychological assessment* behavioural assessment;* subjective-emotional assessment;* personality assessment and coping mechanisms assessment * specific psychological issues for couples, families or other groups assessment * assessment of family, vocational, social (eg, quality of life, social functioning), economic, cultural context, where psychological problems manifest themselves;* assessing the judgment degree of patients, within competence * assessing psychological development* other assessments in situations involving clinical psychological componentsApplying psychological instruments used in clinical evaluation: * interviews (structured, semistructered, free);* psychological instruments (tests, questionnaires etc) Show less

MDRAPFE (Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and EU Funds)
Apr 2017 - Jan 2018Public Manager
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Nov 2024 - nowSocial Protection Associate
Licenses & Certifications

Clinical Psychologist
Copsi Romania
Volunteer Experience
Clinical Psychologist
Issued by Samusocial Romania on Jun 2013
Associated with Olivia Rusandu
Languages
- roRomanian
- enEnglish
- itItalian
- frFrench
- grGreek
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