Nadia Comerford

Experience

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  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2012

  Short term internship
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  Freelance.

  Sept 2014 - now

  Tutor of French, German and English as a foreign language

  In my free time, I teach German, French and Spanish to high school students and adults as a support to the high school curriculum, language certification exams or to the simple pleasure of a learning a foreign language.I have always loved sharing my passion for languages and different cultures with my students and learning from them during our lessons. I like my lessons to be diverse and lively; including discussions about different topics and a great sharing of culture too!

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  Foundation Scotland

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Short term internship in community empowerment
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  Natuurhuisje.nl

  May 2017 - Oct 2017

  Translator

  Online translations from Dutch to English and German

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  Leiden University

  Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Student consultant for Transparency International on asset recovery

  For 4 months, our team consisting of 15 International Studies students has worked on a real-life consultancy project on the process of asset recovery for victims of corruption. Tasks included researching, data gathering and writing to provide the client with valuable practical recommendations based on solid scientific research and to seek new strategies to incorporate victims of corruption in the process of asset recovery. This included research of a more detailed and evidence-based definition of victimhood as well as the assessment of different approaches to the remediation of victims with the aim of incorporating these in the process. The latter also involves identifying potential partnerships, actors, networks, policies and specific areas in which victim participation in asset recovery can be implemented.My consultancy research focused on the potential of community empowerment in the incorporation of victims in asset recovery. Based on personal experience in community empowerment organization and a great interest in that field, I provided my team with an insight into the concept of community empowerment and its values, potential, strengths and weaknesses. Besides my research, I was also executing the role of the completer (reviewer of the draft) and supporter of the team. I found this project to be a very useful learning experience, which gave me the opportunity to apply the knowledge I have acquired at university into the real world as well as each of us could work on our personal skills and dynamics within the group. Show less

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  Comerford Translations

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2020

  Freelance Translator

  Translations from English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch to English and German.

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  Greaterskies

  Jul 2018 - Oct 2019

  Multilingual customer service
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  FranceComfort

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Assitant Manager

  Assistant Manager of France Comfort holiday homes in the Domaines Les Forges.

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  Forum by Prometour

  Feb 2019 - Jun 2024

  As an exchange coordinator and cultural program advisor at Forum by Prometour, I work together with foreign language teachers of schools in the U.S. States of Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Louisiana to foster long lasting partnerships with European schools as well as cultural exchanges in the Hispanic and Francophone world.

  • Sales Manager

    Jun 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Exchange Coordinator and Intercultural Partnership Manager

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2024
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  Buzzing Cafés

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2024

  Co-founder of Buzzing Cafés

  Buzzing Cafés is a guide to create more visibility for independent, socially and environmentally responsible cafés and places of gathering around the world.https://www.buzzingcafes.com/

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  Friends of Tabelot

  Sept 2024 - now

  Fundraising Coordinator at Friends of Tabelot

  Friends of Tabelot is a non-profit organization that partners with G.I.E Tabelot (groupement d’intérêt économique), a Nigerien Tuareg cooperative, that brings together 150 craftsmen working independently in Agadez and its surrounding areas. The NGO seeks for ways to help promote financial independence for the Tuareg in the Tabelot community by helping them sell their handcraftet jewelry they produce in a fundraising scheme promoted in middle and high schools in the United States.