PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Arabic- English interpreter 15 years’ experience, Public information and program coordination professional with 8 years experience.
Key Skills
• Arabic – English interpretation/ translation. Political, media, medical, business, and general fields
• Program management, assessing client needs and project implementation
• Public information, multimedia video, audio and photograph production
• Political assistant, researching and analyzing political, security, and human rights developments
• Can work and operate; Windows/ MAC; Microsoft Office applications, Trados, Déjà vu, MemoQ, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition, and Avid video editing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stratus onsite medical interpreter, Houston USA 10/1/2016- Present
• Provide Arabic – English vise-versa onsite medical interpretation
Interpreter, Language Line Solution, Houston USA 06/12/2016- Present
• Provide Arabic – English vise-versa over the phone interpretation
Interpreter, World Services, Houston USA 01/12/2015- Present
• Provide Arabic – English vise-versa onsite medical interpretation as needed.
Interpreter, American Language Services- Global, Houston USA 08/27/2015- Present
• Provide Arabic – English translation, transcription and interpretation as needed.
Political Assistant, US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq 03/2012 – 04/2015 Biggest US Embassy in the Middle East, engaged in political, economic, security reform and advisory.
• Provided analyses on certain political, security and human rights developments to the leadership of the political section and the Ambassador
• Coordinate meetings and events with key Iraqi politicians and acts as consecutive interpreter.
• Maintained strong connections between the Embassy and Iraqi politicians and stakeholders through continuous outreach and prompt response to emerging matters
• Created an up to date contacts database and incorporated it in the Embassy contacts directory
• Assisted in reporting accurate and up to date political and security development to the Ambassador
Sports Project Manager, British Council, Baghdad, Iraq 04/2011 – 03/2012
Cultural and Educational organization, over 7,000 staff in 191 offices in 110 countries and territories
• Oversaw the Sport and PE project within the EU Educational Program in Iraq, providing technical advice and explanation of the objective and mechanism of implementation
• Represented the British Council and European Union in meetings and workshops with stakeholders from ministries of Education and Youth and Sports
• Engaged senior staff of the Ministry of Education in planning for the implementation of project by holding regular progress updating meetings to discuss and develop strategies to further strengthen progress of project
• Managed $1.6 million budget for project, approving payments per project contract deadlines
Public Information Assistant, UNAMI, Baghdad, Iraq 04/2005 – 10/2010 United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, supporting national development efforts on political, electoral, and humanitarian levels.
• Provided specialized assistance and support to Public Information Office in the production and delivery of information, communications, products, and services such as research, compilation of events, talking points on the political and social spectrum in Iraq, and replying to inquiries on press releases
• Manage and coordinate press conferences and events hold with Iraqi and international stakeholders.
• Oversaw the distribution of print, photo, audio and video materials and maintained archive of the materials
• Planned budget, including drafting office plan, providing justifications, requisitions, and training plan
Interpreter, ABC News Baghdad, Iraq 5/2003 – 03/2005
• Arabic- English interpreter and news fixer.
News Reporter, Iraqi Satellite Channel, Baghdad, Iraq 05/2001 – 04/2003
• Drafted news bulletins and reports for the English Language news bulletin
• Translated interviews and documentary programs into English
EDUCATION
• Bachelor in English Literature, Al-Jami'at Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq 09/1998
• Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC) Program in Translation and Interpretation, Houston Community College, TX. 08/2016- 07/2017
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Professional Development/Affiliations
• American Translators Associations ATA 2017.
• Houston Translators Association HITA 2017.
• Iraqi Translators Association Dec. 1999- present.
• Competence Based Interviewing, UN Mission- Iraq, July 30-31, 2007.
• Result Based Management and Budgeting, UN Mission- Iraq, February 24-26, 2009.
• Financial and Budget Management FABS, British Council- Jordan, April 22-28, 2011/ July 2-7, 2011
• Project Management, British Council London, UK, July 13-14, 2011.
• Political Training, Foreign Service Institute, Washington DC, USA, June 17-28, 2013.
• Cross Cultural Communication, Humintell, Washington DC, USA, June 19, 2013
• Houston Food Bank, Volunteer Apple Crops Leaders, Houston, TX, Aug. 2015 |
