Clíodhna Kirk

Clíodhna kirk

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  • About me

    Greenpeace IT Manager | Sustainable Tech Activist, Team Leader, Solution Implementer

  • Education

    • Sciences po grenoble

      2015 - 2016
      Certificat d’etudes politiques, political science, ii.i

      Member of the École de Glisse (Snow Sports Society);First Violin in the Orchestre Symphonique Universitaire de Grenoble.

    • The jes/coláiste iognáid

      2006 - 2012

      Leader of Coláiste Iognáid Orchestra;Captain of u16 Coláiste Iognáid Hockey Team;Awarded Gaisce Bronze Award (The President's Award).Higher Level Subjects - English, Irish, Mathematics, French, Accounting, Music, Biology.

    • Trinity college, dublin

      2012 - 2017
      Bachelor's degree european studies ii.i with distinction in spoken french language

      2012/2013 - Fresher's Representative of the Traditional Music Society;2013/2014 - Treasurer of Europa Society;2014/2015 - Committee Member of Trinity Arts Festival.European Studies involves French (major), Spanish (minor), Philosophy, History and Sociology.Final dissertation: Le Syndrome d'Algers: The Dynamics and State Concealment of French Collective Memory (75%)

  • Experience

    • Sap

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Nonprofit professional intern

      Throughout the summers of 2016 and 2017, I interned in the corporate social responsibility sector of the computer software company SAP on two initiatives: Africa Code Week and Refugee Code Week.The main mission of ACW and RCW is to help young people and their entire families to cope with their current challenges and build for the future - to multiply coding curriculum for young people (aged 8 – 24 years) across Africa and the Middle East. After qualifying as an instructor in Scratch coding programme, I was given the opportunity to train students and trainers in Uganda, Mauritius, Tanzania and France.http://africacodeweek.org/http://refugeecodeweek.org/ Show less

    • Department of foreign affairs and trade, ireland

      Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
      Political affairs stagiaire at the embassy of ireland, paris

      Having worked in the Irish Embassy, I gained invaluable experience and knowledge of the importance of international diplomacy and multilateralism. My role included:- The attendance of briefings for EU Council meetings at various French ministries such as the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for the Economy.- Reports drafted for senior diplomats.- Provision of a daily press summary and analysis of the French media for senior officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and over 400 diplomatic contacts.- Research and diplomatic notes undertaken on political, economic, agricultural and cultural affairs.- Active involvement in the co-ordination and event management of a number of official Government and cultural events in the embassy, such as Taoiseach Varadkar's visit to Paris. Show less

    • Greenpeace international

      Apr 2018 - now

      As part of the Global IT team:- Assess the need for AI collaborative tools in the Greenpeace network.- Lead of Collablab; training and upskilling teams on ways of working and strategy thinking.- Creation of digital sustainability global course.- Backend and frontend support for Greenpeace collaborative toolstack including Google workspace, Asana, Slack, Zoom.- Global trainings on various IT related topics and softwares, including digital mindfulness and Asana automations.- Ensure that our tools are being used to their full potential via app maintenance, infosec checks and integrations. Show less - Team Leader for an internationally dispersed IT team supporting the Greenpeace International office in Amsterdam and two satellite Greenpeace offices (GP MENA and Exeter Science Unit.)- Member of the Duty of Care team, taking care of staff during the covid pandemic.- Lead of Global Youth Group, improving E,D&I in Greenpeace.As IT Team Lead:- Find solutions to every and all types of hardware and software issues on MacOS, Windows, iOS, Android.- Manage office network infrastructure.- Implement and manage new systems and softwares in our organisation (MDM, document management systems, IAM system, end point security systems, communication systems).- Manage locally hosted server migrations to cloud based solutions.- Apply scrum based methodologies to a remote support team.- Remotely support 350+ colleagues and 500+ accounts worldwide.- Send a lot of gifs. Show less

      • Functional Application Manager

        Nov 2022 - now
      • IT Team Lead

        Apr 2019 - now
      • Solutions Engineer

        Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
      • IT Intern

        Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Grade viii piano

      Royal irish academy of music
    • Certificat d'études politiques

      Sciences po grenoble
      Jun 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Team Leader

      Issued by All Hands Volunteers on Jul 2015
      All Hands VolunteersAssociated with Clíodhna Kirk
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Front Line Defenders on Feb 2015
      Front Line DefendersAssociated with Clíodhna Kirk