Maja Skalar

Experience

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  International People's College

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Student teacher

  Organizing projects and student activities (e.g. Human Rights Feature Days); helping teachers to implement their subjects (e.g. Environment); attending bi-weekly staff meetings; promoting the school at the educational fairs (e.g. Študentska Arena, Ljubljana, Slovenia).

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  Zavod Vista

  Mar 2011 - May 2011

  Trainee

  Fundraising, administration, translating from Slovenian to English, creating data-bases etc.

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  Central European University

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2012

  Project Manager at Human RightS Initiative

  • Organizing and implementing various annual as well as new HRSI projects: awareness raising campaigns, workshops, public events, community service;• PR for the organization (Facebook, email, Google Groups, website), making posters in Photoshop for the events, giving public presentations;• Coordinating an editorial team for the Human Rights Journal The Activist; • Coordinating two credited courses (Human Rights in Practice, Moot Court) for the Legal Studies department students; • Organizing an annual NGO fair with more than 20 NGOs participating; • Preparing a Study Session with Council of Europe etc. Show less

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  Zavod Papilot

  Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  Career Skills Trainer

  Independently implementing job skills trainings for job seekers in Slovenia (competences, job market, communication, CV, application, job interview etc.).

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  Central European University

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2023

  http://www.ceu.hu/academics/research/support/vrf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvwUUmb-S0A Central European University (CEU) has two Visiting Fellowship Programs, supported by the Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Foundations: the Faculty Development Fellowship and the Research Excellence Fellowship The Faculty Development Fellowship is offered to academics employed in full-time teaching positions in one of the eligible institutions who wish to spend one term at CEU conducting research that will help them enhance their courses and/or advance towards a doctoral degree. The Research Excellence Fellowship is offered to academics employed in higher education institutions and/or academic research institutions in any country of the "Global South" who wish to spend one or two consecutive terms at CEU conducting original research that will lead to a groundbreaking publication in an international peer-reviewed journal. As a Program Coordinator of the CEU/HESP Visiting Fellowship Programs I manage all the administrative and logistic arrangements for the incoming fellows, e.g. arranging flight, accommodation, stipend, CEU orientation, reimbursements, insurance, email account and CEU ID card etc. I also promote the program, disseminate the call for applications, update relevant documents, receive applications and facilitate the selection process. Show less - Promoting, maintaining and expanding the existing range of institutions that offer work placements for students of DPP by working closely with the students. - Mentoring of students interested in internships, sending out newsletters, organizing trainings and preparation for interviews, issuing recommendation letters. - Approving the assignment and completion of internships and applying an evaluation scheme which assesses the quality of the internship from both the provider and students’ perspectives. - Administering the internships: sending out reminders, registering internship information, collecting and filing internship documents, being a contact point for central CEU administration for any administrative and practical issues related to internships Show less Logistic management of executive education courses, including: - travel arrangements (flights, airport shuttle, taxi) for participants and lecturers- visa arrangements (invitation letter, DHL of the invitation letter)- organizing catering for events- room booking and arrangements at CEU- hotel booking- SAP payments- organizing extra-curricular activities of our courses (dinners, trips, tours,..)- applying for travel grants, paying stipends and reimbursements to participants/lecturers- organizing the design and printing of promotional material and participants booklets- focal point of contact - answering to participants or potential participants' questions- etc. Show less

  • Program Coordinator at the OSUN Secretariat

    Sept 2020 - Jul 2023

  • Program Coordinator of the CEU/HESP Visiting Fellowship Programs

    Jan 2013 - Sept 2020

  • Internship Coordinator

    Feb 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Program Assistant at Executive Education Unit

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
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  Open Society University Network, Central European University

  Aug 2023 - now

  Program Officer of the OSUN Secretariat at CEU