Bojan Velev

Experience

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  International Exchange Erasmus Student Network – IESN

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  Events Manager

  ● International students service and support;● Organization of country presentations in the student campus and preparation of weeklyevents agendas.“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

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  Group 484

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2013

  Programme Assistant

  ● Project proposal development with Programme Coordinator and rest of the team;● Administrative-technical work on implementation of several national and regionalprojects;● One of the founders of Social Economy Network Serbia – SENS;● Co-author of publication on Social Entrepreneurship and monthly bulletin;● Developing social entrepreneurship training tool for National Employment Service and NGOs – conducting numerous trainings (for unemployed youth and small entrepreneurs);● Junior researcher in a research on young labor migrants from Serbia for ILO report."It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." Show less

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  Association for support of people with developmental disabilities

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2013

  External Associate/Consultant

  ● Support and assistance in development of project related to creation of innovative socialservice in a local community – “Kitchen on Wheels”;● Elaboration of a business model of economically sustainable social enterprise;● Fundraising and establishments of partnerships with public, business and NGO sector.“The bottom line is down where it belongs - at the bottom.”

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  SOFT Tulip

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Project Officer

  - Assistance in establishing partnerships with Serbian non-profit social service providers.

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  Belgrade Open School

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2017

  Programme Coordinator

  • Designing and coordinating projects on Improvement of (Youth) Employability and Career Guidance and Counselling;• Managing project teams, designing individual and team learning and development programs and on-boarding instructions; • Collaboration with IT companies and VET institutions on development of virtual internships for disadvantaged youth; • Designing and delivering trainings on improving productivity and employability; • Certified trainer on Career Guidance and Counselling; • Ensuring realistic work plans, efficient budgets spending, targets/goals delivery, projects’ transparency and timely and extensive reporting. Show less

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  International Rescue Committee

  Mar 2017 - now

  • Participating in development of organization’s programs for refugees and migrants in Serbia and Bulgaria - project management, implementation, business development;• Handling the performance review process for the program staff – joint planning, monitoring and reviewing employee’s work and personal objectives and overall contribution to the organization;• Contributing to IRC's online learning platform by developing one-page instructional lessons; • Creating budgets for project costs and program expenditures - close collaboration with other managers, vendors and financial supporters in developing budgets, and tracking Budget vs Actuals;• Administrating 10 sub-grants (and 4 grants) in Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Hungary; Show less

  • Program Officer for RAI Europe - International Rescue Committee

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Program Management Officer

    Mar 2017 - now