Monika Ramos

Experience

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  The University of Texas at El Paso

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2011

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  I was a research assistant for the College of Engineering under RIMES (Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems) and IMSE department (Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering)Responsibilities and competences : Gathered information on significant topics and issues upon request from any professor at the RIMES and IMSE departmentsDeveloped daily procedures to help in the organization and preparation of presentations and events for studentsResponsible for payroll, reimbursements, and paying vendors using BIS (Business Information Systems software) Show less

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  Institute for the Study of Violent Groups under Open Source Research Laboratory (OSRL)

  Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  Translator/ Head Editor

  This was a Criminal Justice internship at my home university of UTEP Responsibilities and competences:Translate open source documents from Spanish to EnglishGenerate reports about incidents and input information into the ISVG databaseEdit translations from my colleaguesCreated and managed a guide for editors and translatorsBiggest accomplishment: I started out as a translator but as we were translating open source documents from Mexico I quickly became head editor. As head editor, I created a translation handbook of slang words and colloquial terms and phrases from Mexican Spanish to English, as a reference tool for the my colleagues in the lab Show less

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  The University of Texas at El Paso

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  College of Engineering, Alumni Relations – Project Manager

  Responsibilities and competences:Create fact sheets for the COE and the individual departments to help with Alumni follow up and fundraising Worked with the Assistant Dean of the COE, as main staff for the Engineering chapter of the Board of Alumni at UTEPCoordinated, supervised and directed the yearly fundraising and awareness eventsBiggest accomplishment: Coordination, planning and implementation of the College ofEngineering annual Engineering Alumni Awards Banquet in 2013 Show less

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  Forum 2000 Foundation

  Apr 2014 - May 2014

  Translator/Editor Intern – (Democratic Solidarity, Latin America group)

  Responsibilities and competences: Edit and translate documents from English to Spanish and vice versaDraft invitations for eventsResearch potential fundraising opportunities for the organization Biggest accomplishment: Responsible for translating and editing all correspondences linked tothe first meeting for the project Democratic Solidarity, taking place in Mexico City, that aimed toget non-democratic countries to discuss challenges and opportunities to greater strengthendemocracy in Latin America. Show less

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  CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

  Dec 2014 - Apr 2019

  Responsibilities and competences:Managing the Brussels office and a small team of staff, Human Resources, Academics, Student Services, implementing and enforcing Health and Safety, leading Program Evaluations and Goal setting sessions with staff members, Program Management, administration and facilities Management, Financial and Legal Management, and Marketing of programs in Brussels..During this role, I was handling all hiring and training of professors, interns and staff I was managing student support during our simultaneous two semester programs, summer program, multiple short term Faculty-led groups, and newly developed Highschool programDuring my time as Interim Director I was also responsible for the creation and development of a new Model UN High school summer programme that successfully ran in June 2018 Show less Responsibilities and competences:Student support ranging from medical, personal, psychological or academic issues/emergencies - including a one-on-one mandatory goals meeting for every student, every semesterCreation, coordination and implementation of day trips, weekend excursions and cultural activities for American university studentsManaging day-to-day office tasks, keeping our university partners informed and managing two student internsLeading, organisation, and implementation of Orientation Sessions for all our programsBiggest accomplishment: Developed and ran a fully booked, new summer program basedon Model UN for Highschool students that ran in the summer of 2018 in and aroundBrussels. Show less

  • Academic and Housing Coordinator

    Sept 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Interim Director

    Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Resident Coordinator

    Dec 2014 - Jul 2017
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  BICS

  Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  Bid Manager and Contract Administration assistant

  I was lucky enough to be a part of TWO magnificent teams within BICS. The Bid Management team and the Sales Operations team, please find below a list of my responsibilities and competences;Bid Management team as BID Management Assistant (February 2020 – October 2020):Receiving customer RFX documents, identify key timeline, note key deliverables, and submit criteria for RFX documentsCoordinating with Bid Manager, other internal departments and defined stakeholders to make sure bid response documents are ready on timeCreate BICS standard documents in coordination with Bid Management team, Product Managers and the Marketing team in order to better our response and establish clearer processes during RFI bid stageDocumenting systems and centralizing documents to create a library to aid in the development of an automatisation projectSales Operations Team as a Contract Admin Assistant (June 2020 – October 2020):Administrative and commercial support to the Sales department by aiding in the management of contracts and documentsCoordinated with Product Management to organize product trainings for the Sales Operations teamBiggest accomplishment: Being able to work for the Sales Operations team and the BIDManagement team was a great opportunity for me to learn multiple processes at BICS Show less

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  European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  Judicial Training Methods - Interim Portfolio Manager (Junior Project Manager)

  The European Judicial Training Network is a training network for judges, prosecutors and court staff that offers continuous training in different judicial fields and matters. I was the interim project manager for the Judicial Training Methods working group, which is the working group in charge of training the trainers to use better methodology in their teaching and aims for trainers to embrace and master the online and hybrid tools for teaching. My role was to manage a portfolio with 12 high level seminars and meetings from A-Z throughout Europe. I coordinated, organized, implemented and hosted all events from this working group either online, as a hybrid event, or in-person trainings at different Judicial schools across Europe. This means I was also managing the pre and post event tasks for every event. Biggest accomplishment: Developing, planning and running successful online, in-person,and hybrid seminars and high-level meetings throughout different European member statesduring Covid-19 Show less

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  MAAVVEN

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2022

  Production Assistant

  Assisted with set-up, transportation (drove a passenger van) in and around Los Angeles, assisted with talent and helped with other production needs.

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  Ready 2 Decor

  Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

  Production Assistant

  Assisted with the production and set-up of the historic Pancho Villa safe house in El Paso, TX for a photoshoot. Assisted with the set-up of different client's homes, stagings for houses that are on the market, and Airbnb set-ups also in El Paso. Restored, refurbished, and painted furniture, as well as, assembling and set-up at location.

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  Mariecinearte

  Dec 2022 - Jan 2023

  Line Producer

  This was a music video in which I acted as location scout, wardrobe and prop master, and coordinated, managed, and assisted with other production elements. This music video was shot in El Paso, Texas and Los Angeles, California.

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  European Judicial Training Network

  Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

  Project Manager – Criminal Portfolio
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  European Judicial Training Network

  Mar 2024 - now

  Publications and Resource Manager