
Pedro Machado
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About me
Head of HR
Education

Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
2015 - 2015Psychological Intervention in Situations of Disaster Psychology
Universidade de Coimbra
2014 - 2015Post-Graduation - University of Coimbra Faculty of Law Human Rights
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto
2012 - 2013Post-graduation Couples Sexual Health
Universidade de Coimbra
2013 - 2015Master's degree - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Educational Sciences
Instituto Universitário da Maia - ISMAI
2002 - 2006Licenciatura Graduation in Psychology
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto
2008 - 2011Post-Graduation Health Psychology
Experience

Junta de Freguesia de Ramalde
Jan 2005 - Jan 2006Trainee PsychologistSupport to the regional schoolsPsychological intervention and evaluationTrainer

Private Practice
Jan 2006 - nowPsychologistPsicólogo Clínico e Organizacional em prática privada

APAV - Portuguese Association for the support of Victims of Crime
Jan 2007 - Apr 2011Psychologist & Victim Support TechnicianVictim support technician at APAV – Portuguese Association for Victim Support. Responsible for: 1) Managing and supervising victims support processes; 2) Clinical intervention with victims of crime; 3) Trainer in the areas of victim support.

NORPSI - Human Resources
Jan 2008 - Jan 2009PsychologistAvaliação Psicológica de CondutoresGestão do Processo de Recrutamento e SeleçãoAvaliação Psicológica

Miragaia Highschool (AE de Miragaia)
Jan 2009 - Jan 2010Local Intervention PsychologistIntervenção com Jovens em Risco no âmbito de projeto PIEFIntervenção ComportamentalAconselhamento de Jovens e Apoio no Processo de Tomada de Decisão Vocacional

Learning & Professional Development
Mar 2010 - Mar 2013Trainer & Training ManagerParental Training;Bullying;Domestic ViolenceInterpersonal TrainingGender EqualityWorkplace health and securityHuman Trafficking Employment and Career management

Various Events
Mar 2011 - nowInvited Speaker & Participation in Scientific Events2016 - "Intervenção Psicológica com Idosos", Seminário “Cuidar o presente, programar o futuro”, Fundação ADFP, Miranda do Corvo2016 - “Tráfico de Seres Humanos – Intervenção Multidisciplinar” – Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Lamego2015 - Seminar "Fazer a Ponte" Sessão de (In)Formação para Técnicos com Intervenção Direta em famílias Multidesafios”, CLDS da Guarda2015 - “Tráfico de Seres Humanos – Intervenção Psicológica em Emergência ”, “III Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia, II Conferencia Internacional do Envelhecimento Ativo”, Coimbra2015 - "Intervenção em Tráfico de Seres Humanos e Pessoas em Situação de Sem-Abrigo", 1º Ciclo de Ciências da Educação, FPCEUC, Coimbra2015 - Oral Presentation “Técnicas disciplinares parentais e teoria PART”, no “II Congresso Nacional Conversas de Psicologia, I Conferencia Internacional do Envelhecimento Ativo”, Coimbra2012 - Oral Presentation "Intervenção Psicológica com Pessoas em Situação de Sem-Abrigo", Seminário “Desafiando Sentidos na Situação de Sem-Abrigo”, Rede Social de Coimbra2012 - Oral Presentation “Dead to the World: Comportamento suicidário e situação de sem-abrigo”,"9 Jornadas sobre Comportamentos suicidários", Luso2011 - Oral Presentation “A intervenção protetiva e social com crianças emigrantes e os seus constrangimentos”, Seminário “O Centenário da Proteção à Infância: A Proteção dos Direitos da Criança Emigrante em Portugal", Coimbra Show less

Coimbra Municipality | Child Protection Services
Apr 2011 - Mar 2013PsychologistPsychologist at “Câmara Municipal de Coimbra” (Municipality of Coimbra), with functions in the Department of Social Action and Family, and in Child Protection Services of the district of Coimbra. Responsible for: Managing and supervising child protection processes ; 2) Recruitment and management of the Homelessness Support Team; 3) Trainer in the areas of child protection and intervention with vulnerable groups.

Non Govermental Organizations
Mar 2013 - Feb 2019Project Manager / Project CoordinatorConsultant and Project Coordinator in the area of (Inter)national Projects and funding. I am responsible for developing the following activities: 1) Analysis, drafting and submission of the international projects; 2) Projects implementation and coordination (team recruitment, team management and supervision); 3) Internal and external evaluation; 4) Partnership brokering and management; 5) developing multi-stakeholder processes.Working Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish & FrenchProject Manager & Project Psychologist in (Inter)nationally funded projects: - EmPoder Delas ( Project Manager) - Projecto Aguarela (Psychologist) - Project CAP (Psychologist) - CHAPTER - Children Help movement Against Physical Threatening and Emotional Repression (Project Manager, on going) Show less

Saúde em Português
Mar 2013 - Apr 2014PsychologistProject Manager de Projectos FinanciadosElaboração e Submissão de Projectos Financiados (Inter)nacionaisAvaliação e Intervenção PsicológicaFormador/Gestor de Formação - Igualdade de Género, Tráfico de Seres Humanos e Projectos Financiados

Satelnet
Apr 2014 - Apr 2015HR Generalist and RecruiterHR Generalist and Recruiter at Satelnet. Responsible for: 1) Managing recruitment processes; 2) Integration and monitoring of new workers; 3) Professional development.

Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
May 2014 - May 2017Psychologist in Employability & Admission Internship DepartmentPsychologist, Career and Employability Regional Manager at “Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses” (Portuguese Psychological Society). I am responsible for the areas of Employability, Training and Internships, and the main activities are: 1) Employability Training Courses Manager; 2) Specialized consultants rooster recruitment and management; 3) Quality and impact evaluation; 4) Marketing and dissemination; 5) Career Management Consultant (with interns and psychologists); 6) Events planning and implementation; 7) Consultant to the Board of Directors; 8) Internships Regional Supervision; 9) Articulation and networking with companies and organizations; 10) Trainer in the areas of employability and career management. Show less
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017Fin & HR ManagerResponsible for:1) Calculating, analyzing and monitoring the project's HR and Financial operational needs and the associated budget;2) Planning, supervising and ensuring the implementation of, in close coordination with the HR Coordinator, the associated processes (recruitment, training, briefing, induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the project staff in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required;3) Advising on set-up and updating the project's organizational chart and job descriptions and assisting the Project Coordinator, and/or team leaders and supervisors to draw up annual holiday planning and staff shifts in order to forecast HR needs and to ensure HR availability for the project activities4) Ensuring hiring, amendments and contract termination formalities for employees at project level are according to local labor laws. Archiving and updating individual employee files, informing them on their rights and preparing all mandatory tax declarations, in order to ensure legal compliance;5) Manage and supervise performance evaluations from all staff:6) Supervising/performing payroll procedures, ensuring that all data related to monthly salary calculation of the project national employees are correctly entered in Homère (days off, unpaid leaves, sick leaves, overtime, salary advance, etc.), in order to ensure on time and accurate salary payments;7) Implementing circuits and workflows (management of cash boxes, transfers, advances, purchase procedures, payment validations, follow up of regular payments, bank reconciliation) in order to anticipate expenses at project level and to optimize cash needs and its security;8) Implementing and supervising transactional procedures and systems in order to ensure transparent accounting practices and full documentary traceability (invoices, receipts, bank statements, etc.);9) All movements and/or accommodation of staff in the Project Show less

Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018Participate in the Human Resource planning, implementation and monitoring in the mission to properly achieve the mission’s objectives and respond to needs that may arise, particularly: Participate in the definition of job profiles, and the mission set-up in terms of HR needs Participating in the project opening and closing and its timeframe from HR perspective. Provide support to field teams in order to guarantee good performance and management. Provide support to field coordinators, field Administration Managers and other supervisors in all HR related issues, provide technical support ensuring they understand and apply HR management policies and tools. Provide support in the legal, administrative HR management of the mission, for both national and international staff , on issues related to Labour law, contracts, salaries, social security, labor relations, health insurance systems, etc Check together with HRCo the living standards of international, regional, delocalized staff and help monitoring international staff’s movements (visas, tickets, etc) Participate in the selection and recruitment processes, as well as in the induction programmes and welcome briefings/sessions in order to recruit and prepare the most suitable candidates for the mission Participate in the identification of staff development , training needs / potential to promote the professional growth of people within the organization. Report to the HRCo on the implementation of HR policies in the field as well as of any incidents / problems that may arise and make proposals to improve HR management in the field. Support HRCo in the overall administration of the Mission. Represent MSF in meetings with Authorities and other NGOs for issues related to HR and Administration, at the request of the HRCo. Support HRCo in all reporting tools under his/her responsibility. Show less Responsible for: - Advise Project Coordinator on set up (org chart) and together with the HR Coordinator, update the project’s organizational chart and job descriptions. - In close coordination with the Project Coordinator and the HR Coordinator, calculate the HR operational needs and the associated budget in order to efficiently ensure the required sizing and capabilities of the project and to facilitate budget following-up.- Ensure hiring, carry out amendments and contract termination formalities for employees at project level, according to labour local laws, archiving and updating individual employee files, informing them on their rights and preparing all mandatory tax declarations, in order to ensure legal compliance.- Supervise/perform payroll procedures, ensuring that all data related to monthly salary calculation of national employees of the project are correctly entered in Homere (days off, unpaid leaves, sick leaves, overtime, salary advance, etc.), in order to ensure on time and accurate salary payments.- Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HRCo, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff.- Together with the Project Coordinator, support the line managers in implementing the internal communication policies in order to boost staff active participation and MSF commitment.- In close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and HRCo, applies the administrative procedures part of any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in force between local partners (eg. Ministry of Health, etc.) and MSF.- Ensures all staff in the Project (National, International, Regional, visits, etc.) is properly briefed and/or inducted.- Is responsible for all movements and/or accommodation of staff in the Project.- Ensures all HR reporting of the Project Show less
Deputy HR Coordinator
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018HR Manager
Dec 2017 - May 2018

International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021HR Manager
Human Resources Manager
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021Human Resources Manager
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020Human Resources Manager
May 2019 - Dec 2019Human Resources Manager
Feb 2019 - May 2019

Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022Regional HR Coordinator - Asia Region
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023HR Officer
World Food Programme
Mar 2023 - nowHead of HR
Licenses & Certifications

Especialista em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
Ordem dos Psicólogos PortuguesesJan 2017
Especialista em Psicologia do Trabalho, Social e das Organizações
Ordem dos Psicólogos PortuguesesJan 2017
Languages
- inInglês
- poPortuguês
- esEspanhol
- frFrench
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