Kamelya Teague
Los Angeles, California,34
Summary
Multi-talented Project Coordinator successful at managing diverse project tasks and maximizing team productivity to fit tight deadlines with proactive, cross-functional communication and organized approach. Demonstrated track record of accomplishing projects on time and under budget. Offers valuable insight earned over 6-year career.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
SPECIAL CONSULAR SERVICES
UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL
Istanbul
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Handled a range of complex and sensitive duties/cases that confront U.S citizens that fall under the heading of Special Consular Services (SCS) under the supervision including assistance to U.S regarding detentions, deaths, child custody disputes, mental health crises, financial assistance and repatriations, domestic violence, and crisis preparedness, as well as assistance with a range of non-emergency issues, such as marriage, voting, local regulations, and taxes in which the Consulate provides guidance and seeks to promote the overall welfare of U.S citizens in Istanbul's Consular district
Business Development Specialist
MIGLER INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Remote
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Developed and implemented business development strategies to increase market share.
- Conduct and oversee all trade operations including primary stages including cold calls, emails, communications with potential buyers, suppliers, and partners, secondary stages including the meetings, communications, and negotiations, and tertiary stages including the writing of personalized contracts, official translations, etc
- Leading online communications between international partners through various social platforms
- Scheduling meetings, communicating, negotiating, and mediating with international companies abroad during live and online meetings
- Responsible for spontaneous translation between Turkish to English and vice versa during business negotiations with international companies
- Translation of official documents, websites, etc
- Oversee all trade operations including Letter of Interest, Full Corporate Order, ICPO, etc and creation of internal documents.
SALES REPRESENTATIVE/INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE
G BEYOND HOTEL - MAR YAPI
Mugla
07.2021 - 09.2023
- Acting as a communication hub between guests and team members especially for international customers
- Addressing and resolving customer complaints or passing those complaints onto management
- Assisting with queries or disputes
- Assisting customers with making arrangements
- Communicating with local entities
- Providing reports and information to senior managers and partners
- Performing administrative tasks related to creating and keeping rental contracts, organization of files, financial documents, mailing partners, etc
- Giving info
- Communicating with hotel guests and restaurant guests and providing information on the residences and villas within G Beyond.
PROJECT MANAGER & OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH UN)
Istanbul
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Selection, orientation, supervision, and collaboration of staff of 11 for the Kucukcekmece Youth and Development Center Project (Humanitarian Assistance to Stranded Migrants-BRIDGE Project) in collaboration with the the United Nations International Office of Migration
- Collaboration and communication with key stakeholders including the International Office of Migration, Kucukcekmece Municipality, and Public Education Center
- Collaboration as a team to develop and implement project facilities including the design and implementation of 8 language and vocational courses, Child Caravan activities aimed at education and protection, Social Cohesion activities, Awareness Raising Sessions, and Individual Sessions
- Responsible for project implementation and reporting of all facilities at Kucukcekmece and reporting including weekly, monthly, bimonthly including narrative and financial reports at the HQ to the donor organization and other stakeholders, and documentation
- Highly appreciated by senior management for the orderly documentation of all files and documentation related to narrative, and financial reporting
- Collaborated with Human Resources, Finance, Procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Communication and Design, and Accounting departments on a regular basis
- Successfully exceeded all project targets and outputs
- Simultaneously worked as a Project Officer at the HQ while working as Project Field Coordinator at the Kucukcekmece Youth and Development Center.
PROJECT OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH UN)
Istanbul
12.2019 - 12.2020
- Responsible for all reporting processes of projects in two locations including Sultanbeyli and Kucukcekmece
- Overseeing all aspects project implementation and reporting
- Bi-Monthly Narrative and Financial Reports Coordination with IO's particularly IOM, Municipalities, NGO's and other actors
- Monthly Activity Reports, Activity Info Reports, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Selecting, training and supervision of staff and every aspect of the projects
- Project field visits
- Maintained tactical control of project for transferring all project facilities to online platforms as the first organization to do so during the first stages of the COVID Pandemic
- Keeping track of budgets, project targets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve project outputs
- Delivered top notch administrative support to Project management which was highly appreciated by senior management
- Developed and deepened relationships with key stakeholders
- Collaborated with HR, Finance, Communication & Visibility, Accounting, and Procurement departments
- Created the final report of the 5 year IOM-IBC Project including narrative, financial, and monitoring and evaluation reports
- Worked as a Project Field Coordinator and Project Officer simultaneously.
PROJECT ASSISTANT
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH WORLD VISION)
Istanbul
12.2018 - 12.2019
- Delivered top-notch administrative support to office staff, promoting excellence in office operations
- Entering all data related to financial reports to related software systems
- Editing and finalizing the content and documentation of monthly Narrative and Financial Reports in coordination with field coordinators in 4 locations including Esenyurt and Sancaktepe in Istanbul, Konya, and Bursa
- Organization and implementation of meetings, trainings, and events with key stakeholders, project managers, and project coordinators
- Translation of documents to Turkish to English and vice versa
- Preliminary work related to Human Resources and selecting new staff
- Overseeing project implementation processes
- Attending trainings and workshops related to project areas and humanitarian development.
ASSISTANT TO AMBASSADOR (PART TIME)
INTERNATIONS
Ankara
09.2013 - 12.2018
- Collected data, handled entrance fees, registered and welcomed participants, reported to the Ambassador
- Spontaneous translation from English to Turkish and vice versa
- Resolved minor conflicts and reported larger conflicts to Ambassador
- Translated between English Events took place in hotels like the Sheraton, JW Marriot, and the Swiss Hotel
- Served customers in a friendly, efficient manner following outlined steps of service.
ENGLISH TEACHER
HARVARD LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Ankara
03.2018 - 07.2018
- Schedule and arrange weekly school timetables
- Interview and test new students in 'Demo Classes', create class program based on each student's learning type and educational goals
- Taught one-on-one English lessons to every level including children, teenagers, adults with different occupations including lawyers, doctors, business people, etc
- Witnessed the success of every single one of my students accomplishing their personal goals including passing their related university exams, being able to express themselves in their related jobs, closing business negotiation deals with international partners, assisting in the translation of legal documents, assisting in teaching effective communication with international patients for doctor students, etc.
COFOUNDER & COORDINATOR
Companions of Refugee Children
Ankara
09.2017 - 04.2018
- Cofounded and coordinated education program run by volunteer students aimed at helping Syrian refugee children excel in their studies
- Responsible for class programs and finding volunteer teachers to teach classes and finding volunteers to provide transportation
- Offering Syrian, Turkish and English lessons
- Also coordinated the weekly family visits we had with refugee families, the purpose of these were to spend time with the families, listen to their stories, provide small financial assistance in terms of goods and utility bills that we collected as a group.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Citizens of Hope Project
Ankara
09.2016 - 09.2017
- Project coordinator that was in charge of many social activities including coordinating the New Years Fundraiser
- Weekly Family Visits, Children's Day Festival, etc
- The tri-parted New Years Fundraiser was aimed at acquiring funds for the most needed items that were established during the weekly family visits we had with Syrian refugees
- These included food items, cleaning items, and baby items
- In charge of every aspect of this fundraiser from the organizational structure, implementation, advertisement, communication, and distribution
- Led a group of 100 people and divided the volunteers into five groups
- Collaborated with Turkish Red Crescent
- It was the most successful charity campaign in Bilkent University thus-far, and quadrupled the amount of funds that were raised from the previous fundraiser
- With a total of 33,000TL, basic food items boxes, hygiene boxes, and children's boxes were provided to at least 300 families, other basic needs items such as heating stoves, couches, basic furniture, and assistance for paying utility bills were provided to some beneficiaries
- The rest of the money was used in the next term of the project
- Additionally coordinated the weekly family visits in which we distributed the items we collected in the Fundraiser
- Assisted in coordinating the Children's Day Festival in collaboration with the 14 other Social Awareness Projects in Bilkent University.
INTERNSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS JOINT PLATFORM
Ankara
06.2016 - 07.2016
- Organized company files and created a support system to decrease workload and increase productivity of managers
- Created a database of all of the ratified legislations that were in accordance with the Universal Periodic Review's criteria on human rights
- Translated legislative documents from Turkish to English and vice versa, some of which were published on IHOPs official website
- Organized company files and created a support system to decrease workload and increase productivity
- Assisted with administrative tasks.
ORGANIZATION MANAGER
HARVARD LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Ankara
09.2013 - 02.2014
- In addition to teaching students and providing demo classes, responsible for interviewing, hiring and training new staff
- In charge of acquiring new students via maintaining the success of the school and providing communication via managing various social media accounts, and creating new campaigns in order to attract more students to join the language school
- Supervising secretary and new staff on forming timetables to fit students needs.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey01.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Human Rights And Psychology
Amsterdam University College
Amsterdam, The Netherlands06.2016
Skills
- Project Cycle Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- Relationship Building & Networking
- Strategic Planning
- Budget Coordination
- Creativity
Languages
English
First Language
Turkish
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
A2
Portuguese
Beginner
A1
Dutch
Beginner
A1
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
SPECIAL CONSULAR SERVICES
UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL
06.2023 - 08.2023
SALES REPRESENTATIVE/INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE
G BEYOND HOTEL - MAR YAPI
07.2021 - 09.2023
Business Development Specialist
MIGLER INTERNATIONAL TRADE
02.2021 - 06.2023
PROJECT MANAGER & OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH UN)
12.2019 - 12.2020
PROJECT OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH UN)
12.2019 - 12.2020
PROJECT ASSISTANT
INTERNATIONAL BLUE CRESCENT RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (COLLABORATION WITH WORLD VISION)
12.2018 - 12.2019
ENGLISH TEACHER
HARVARD LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
03.2018 - 07.2018
COFOUNDER & COORDINATOR
Companions of Refugee Children
09.2017 - 04.2018
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Citizens of Hope Project
09.2016 - 09.2017
INTERNSHIP
HUMAN RIGHTS JOINT PLATFORM
06.2016 - 07.2016
ASSISTANT TO AMBASSADOR (PART TIME)
INTERNATIONS
09.2013 - 12.2018
ORGANIZATION MANAGER
HARVARD LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
09.2013 - 02.2014
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Bilkent University
Bachelor of Arts - Human Rights And Psychology
Amsterdam University College
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