Eldred Willey

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jan 1992 - now

  Interpreter (French, German) and Translator (French, German, Russian, Spanish)

  French - Simultaneous interpreting FR>EN for Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes, at 2020 Eurocities Conference and FR/DE>EN for 2022 Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs. Interpreting FR<>EN for YouthBuild and EN>FR for Ford, 2022.Medical interpreting (arthritis, dermatitis, liver transplants, cancer, haemophilia, thrombosis).Interpreting FR<>EN for Bromley Social Services (child custody).Translating (Haiti, Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Cameroon, DRC) and transcribing (Mali) messages for Aid to the Church in Need.Leading 20 Congolese staff on humanitarian mission in DRC, speaking French with NGOs, military, government and Unicef, 2013.Interpreting tour of human rights campaigner from Haiti.German - Studied at Cambridge University.Onsite simultaneous EN>DE interpreting at 2022 European conference for Canon partners.Interpreting DE>EN at the 2021 National German Congress on Youthwork, covering session on climate change. Medical interpreting - research on new devices, diagnoses, and drugs (transplants, cancer, sepsis, cardiology, antibiotics, intensive care). Moderating telephone conferences for Siemens, Grenke and DZ Bank; interpreting on finance, insurance and cybersecurity. Translating EN>DE to support FOCUS missionary organisation in Germany and Austria.Translating and transcribing viewer interviews for Disney.Translating DE>EN 20k-word annual reports for Menschen für Menschen on development in Ethiopia and reports for Aid to the Church in Need.Russian - Studied at St Andrew’s and Cambridge Universities. Translation RU>EN for Russian cancer charity. Speaking Russian on relief projects in Nagorno-Karabakh. Translating for international London journal 1992-96Spanish - Course with Christian Aid for visit to Bolivia. Translating ES>EN 400-page travel journal through 12 African countries, touching on economics, politics and ecology.Translating ES>EN covering medical (cancer), disability, property management, tourism, bridal wear. Show less

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  The Tablet Publishing Company, Inc.

  Jan 1992 - Jul 1996

  Production Editor and Journalist

  The Tablet is an international Catholic journal, with subscribers in 120 countries.I was responsible for the design and layout of the paper, for meeting deadlines, for recruiting and managing proofreaders and illustrators.I assisted with sub-editing, and translated from Russian, German and French.

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  L'Arche UK

  Jul 1996 - Jan 1997

  Director

  I managed a project for people with disabilities, incorporating three homes, a workshop, and an office. I led a staff of 20, in a role including recruitment, supervisions, and team building. I had responsibility for buildings, vehicles, insurance, finance. Working with a Board of Trustees, I managed relationships with social services and local government.

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  Redemptorist Publications

  Jan 1997 - Jul 2000

  Editor of The Living Word Series

  I spent a year writing a history of the Church, in partnership with Dr Rowan Williams and three university professors. This was published in 56 instalments.The Redemptorists also published two series by me on Ecology and Great Christian Thinkers, as well as 40 meditations on the Gospels and a number of sermons.At the same time I was editor of the Living Word series. This comprises daily meditations on the Gospels, and weekly commentaries on Scripture readings for Catholic and Anglican ministers. Show less

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  Christian Aid

  Aug 2000 - Jan 2013

  Senior Regional Co-ordinator

  Christian Aid is a relief and development agency working in 45 of the world’s poorest countries.The role includes – • preaching and speaking - in over 80 churches.• mentoring – over a dozen Masters and undergraduate students of International Development, and teaching them presentation skills• networking - with a new contact group of Evangelical, charismatic and Pentecostal church leaders, and organising talks and justice-and-worship evenings at their churches• using languages – running events with colleagues from Brazil and Mozambique for Portuguese-speaking churches and high school classes. I also organised a tour and interpreted for a French-speaking partner from Haiti.• fundraising – through the management of some 200 volunteer organisers. From February 2009 I have worked with a Burkinabe volunteer to raise over £85,000 in a special appeal for Burkina Faso (£340,000 with EU matched funding); as part of this I completed a triathlon and half-marathon. • I spent time with partner organisations on several islands of The Philippines. In Manila our partners were providing education and social support in the slum area of Navotas to vulnerable children. On Mindoro and Marinduque they were helping local people to protect their land from foreign mining companies. The partners were also empowering people made homeless by flooding to form communities, build settlements and claim their legal right to medicine and a power supply.• In Bolivia I visited partners working with Quechua Indians in the High Andes, teaching new agricultural skills. We were also supporting an education project for children, and ensuring that their diet was sufficiently nutritious for them to study.I have taken courses in Spanish, in management, radio and television skills, photography, video production and editing, and survival skills in hostile environments. Show less

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  Samaritan's Purse

  Feb 2013 - Jan 2018

  I set up a new base in Rasuwa, a remote mountainous district of Nepal, which was severely impacted by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. I led a team of five expats and eighteen nationals, managing distributions in the initial relief phase. We gave out NFIs (blankets, kitchen kits), WFP food (rice, oil, plumpy doze), shelter materials (tarps, CGI) and WASH materials (hygiene kits, latrine kits, aqua tabs). I was responsible for fleet management, security and government liaison. I worked with our WASH specialist to launch a $100,000 project to repair a water supply system for the district capital. I also gained approval from SP Nepal leadership for a $5000 proposal to repair six water mills.See my video blog here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qgh8uMtCo Show less Read my blog from the field here: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/article/samaritans-purse-uk-personnel-encounter-heartbreak-and-inspiration-in-northern-iraqI prepared budgets and activity plans for the Erbil and Duhok governorates of Kurdistan. I attended cluster meetings, and built relationships with UNHCR, donors such as OCHA and DFID, and the Kurdistan government. I also worked directly on program management, procuring 12,000 winter jackets, arranging for their trucking and warehousing, and helping to distribute them to IDP beneficiaries in mountain villages. I liaised with the government’s Emergency Committee to organise the import of 300,000 pairs of shoes for IDPs. I secured a warehouse for them in Duhok, and worked with a government minister to distribute them to camps. I sourced 20 tons of food, to be flown by military helicopter to Yazidis on Mount Sinjar. I managed warehouses, directing a national team to receive and dispatch supplies. Show less Read my blog from the field here: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/come-buy-without-moneyThe Organisation for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) funded this $236,000, three-month project to provide essential non-food items to 2000 households who had been pillaged by rebel militia. I led a Congolese team of 16 contractual staff and 100 day labourers. We identified and assisted vulnerable Bantus and Pygmies in and around the Okapi Forest Reserve in Province Orientale. During the project the Mai Mai militia continued to kill soldiers and civilians in the reserve, and we worked at Security Level Three (the highest before evacuation). We mobilised local merchants and village communities, and organised four fairs where people used coupons to buy essential items such as clothes, cooking pots and mattresses.As part of this project I recruited staff, prepared and adjusted budgets, and submitted Purchase Requests and Field Expense Reports. I networked with civilian and military authorities (Congolese Army, Reserve Guards and Blue Helmets), with other NGOs, with UNHCR, and with the United Nations cluster group for non-food items. Show less

  • Programme Development

    Feb 2013 - Jan 2018

  • Procurement Officer

    Dec 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Area Coordinator

    Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Program Development Officer

    Oct 2014 - Dec 2014

  • DART information officer

    Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Project Manager, Non-Food Items Response

    Feb 2013 - Jul 2013
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  Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  I was one of just three trainers in the UK qualified to deliver Sharing Hope in Crisis seminars. These train first responders in how to assist those caught in major incidents such as terrorist attacks, tower fires and floods. It comes out of a partnership between the Rapid Response Team and UK Disaster Relief, which works alongside Local Resilience Forums, including local authorities and the emergency services. I was a member of the Rapid Response Team, deployed in 2017 to the terrorist incidents in Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge, and completed a course in Critical Incident Stress Management. I also managed the national relationship with the Catholic Church. Show less My duties included: • Developing a communications plan for the Billy Graham Association. I provided input to narratives, including what to communicate through which channels - when, where, why and to whom. • Managing the Wordpress website www.billygraham.org.uk, posting videos, audio, images and text. I worked with Visiontank (a specialist website company) to include plug-ins, anchors, forms, download options and automatic replies.• Writing stories about internet and video evangelism, and the Rapid Response Team (see https://billygraham.org.uk/p/manchester-hears-jesus-silence).• Running proactive media campaigns, using Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, and sending interactive web pages as direct marketing emails to multiple recipients using Amicus.• Using a variety platforms and programmes to support website building, including Kaltura, Vimeo, Icloud, Dropbox and WeTransfer. Show less

  • Sharing Hope in Crisis trainer

    Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Communications Officer

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2017
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  Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART UK)

  Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

  Chief Operating Officer

  I worked closely with the CEO Baroness Cox and the Board to deliver HART’s mission. My responsibilities included:- Overall financial management of the charity- Fundraising from trusts, governments, major donors and through emergency appeals- Monitoring of programmes to ensure accountability and consistency with objectives- Designing new projects, and creating associated proposals to raise money for them- Developing the communications strategy- Visiting overseas partners to monitor and develop programmes (this included promoting solar power in South Sudan, providing advocacy for Nuba Mountains communities in Sudan, educating health visitors in Chan State in Burma, and supporting a home for the disabled in Nagorno-Karabakh)- Governance and compliance- Liaison with American and Australian sister charitiesHART provides aid and advocacy to people suffering from conflict and persecution. It works especially in remote areas, behind closed borders, and with ethnic groups neglected by the international community. The charity develops partnerships with local organisations and supports their priorities. Show less

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  Diocese of East Anglia

  Oct 2019 - May 2023

  Communications Officer

  I wrote and edited stories for the diocesan website, and helped to produce the monthly diocesan newspaper. I managed the Twitter and Facebook platforms, and was responsible for responding to enquiries from external journalists and framing press releases.

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  International Needs UK

  May 2023 - May 2024

  Programme Manager

  I managed programmes across Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, working collaboratively with local partners to promote Christian mission and integral development. My main focus areas were WASH, health, livelihoods and disability inclusion.It was a delight to launch new programmes for International Needs, including a kindergarten for children of Ukrainian refugees in Romania, a WASH and livelihoods programme for displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka, and a school building project in a deprived area of Kiyindi in Uganda. Show less

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  Saint Vincent De Paul Society

  Apr 2024 - now

  Member Support Officer

  I recruit, train and support small groups of volunteers who reach out to needy people in their community: those who are poor, lonely, sick, immigrants, prison leavers or homeless.The role involves networking, speaking on national Catholic radio and in parishes, and signposting to partner organisations which are responding to social needs. As part of the oversight group of North Norfolk Family Housing Provision, I also have responsibility for four houses which provide temporary accommodation for vulnerable families. Show less

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  NAble Management Consultancy Limited

  Aug 2024 - now

  Marketing Executive

  I am marketing Security Trustee Services for companies issuing Secured Loan Notes or Bonds, working largely with corporate lawyers who receive instructions for the issue of Secured Loan Notes. The appointment of a Security Trustee to represent the interests of investors is key to a successful finance raise.I manage the consultancy's email platform, and have also been translating and editing documents for a British company seeking to recover funds from a European government.