Petra Bachtrog

Experience

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  Vienna University Children's Office

  Mar 2006 - Oct 2010

  • Draft of concept for educational programmes for 7 to 12 year olds, e.g. on the occasion of the ‘European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion’ in 2010• Running children and youth groups as well as groups of other team leaders • Infant and Child Care• In-House daynursery arrangements in various companies "Flying Nannies"• Team leader and organiser of in-house daynursery and ath the "Vienna Children's University" (education project)• Team leader at "StauneLaune" - education project for children and youth• Responsible for communication between parents and contracting companies

  • Education Programme Officer

    Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Education Programme Officer/Caretaker

    Mar 2006 - Apr 2010
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  Youth at Work

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2006

  Caretaker

  • Caretaker specialised in occupational therapy (groups of youth and adults)

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  L’Association de Parents d’Enfants Inadaptés de l’ill Maurice (APEIM)

  Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

  Special Educator

  • Special Educator in integrative school settings, leading specialised workshops for youth with disabilities, assisting in home visits

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  WUK Faktor I

  Apr 2008 - Apr 2009

  Job Coach/Counselor

  • Counselling and job-coaching of young adolescents with learning disabilities;• Mediation, sensitisation and technical support within the respective employer organisation.

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  Verein Lichtblick

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

  Children's Emergency Call Counselor

  • Telephone counselling for troubled children and young adolescents (e.g. abuse children, children with suicidal thoughts, etc.)

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  Health and Water Foundation

  Oct 2010 - Mar 2011

  Education Officer

  • Project Management, fiel coordination duties• Monitoring the implementation of special needs education programmes and supplies• Responsible for borader educational programmes• PHAST training, HV/AIDS training, hygiene promotion• Gender sensitisation and empowerment of communities (e.g. Adult education)

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  Tabasamu

  May 2011 - May 2011

  Education Consultant

  • Conducting a monitoring mission to evaluate the performance of scholarship holders in primary and secondary schools• Writing the monitoring report

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  UNICEF

  Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

  Education Cluster Assistant

  • Information management for the Education Cluster• Support of the Education Cluster Coordinator dealing with various tasks• Documentation of best practices of Child Friendly Schools and production of visibility material• Planned UNICEF’s contribution at the annual Primary Headteacher Conference in Mombasa

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  Save the Children UK

  Oct 2011 - Dec 2011

  Information Manager - Education Cluster Assistant

  • Information management for the Education Cluster• Reporting, e.g. providing weekly situation reports• Coordinating communication between the Ministry of Education and local authorities• Occasional representation of the Cluster in coordination meetings• Gender Focal point for the review of the Emergency Response Fund proposals

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  Vienna University Children's Office

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2016

  Project Manager/Assistant to the General Manager

  • Management of non-formal education projects, including projects for refugee youths with a focus on psycho-social support• Training of staff and volunteers on topics such as - trauma and resilience - HR, admin and finance• Support of organisational capacity building• Writing proposals for national and EU funds, including coordination of multi-national bids

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  UNHCR

  Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  Tertiary Education Support, Division of International Protection

  • Technical support to the Education team at HQ as well as to country offices with a specific focus on UNHCR’s scholarship programme DAFI• Research work on country specific information on education, (donor) reporting and documenting best practices• Capacity building of potential scholarship providers on UNHCR’s protection considerations• Design of a capacity development workshop for UNHCR's implementing partners in West Africa• Design of a workshop for refugee youth who contributed to the Mobile Learning Week in Paris organised by UNHCR and UNESCO Show less

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  Finn Church Aid

  Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

  Education Specialist/Program Manager

  Seconded to DCA- Development of non-formal basic literacy and numeracy, life skills and livelihood programme for adolescent girls and youth (joint GBV - education programme) implemented in Women and Girls Safe Spaces and home-based- Designing and conducting contextualised trainings (TICC, PSS, PFA)- Conducting assessments (using Kobo) and developing monitoring tools- Day-to-day project management- Proposal writing & reporting- Financial management- active participation in cluster coordination (including contributing to Joint Response Plan), working groups (Youth WG, Education Needs Assessment WG) and task forces (Learning Competency Framework Approach)- representation of FCA and DCA on several occasions- Officer in Charge in the absence of the Country Director Show less

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  War Child UK

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Education Coordinator

  - Adaption of education programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic (remedial classes, ECD programme)- Development of a Life Skills and Computer Skills Curriculum for youth- Designing and contextualising trainings (distant learning, PSS, etc.)- Development of monitoring tools- Advising the team on technical aspects of project implementation - Proposal development and writing- Active participation in national and sub-national cluster coordination and working groups (Non-Formal Education); Representation of War Child UK in the Strategic Advisor Group Show less

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  Neunerhaus

  May 2021 - now

  Project Manager