Key strengths
- Project management
- Tri-lingual to business proficiency
- Problem-solver and “Out of the box” thinker
- Creative and collaborative
- Interested in start-ups, innovative solutions to social problems, challenging social norms
- Passionate about equity, gender, and education
Bio
Before joining On Purpose, Valeria worked for over eight years in the non-for-profit sector in Moldova, working for UNICEF, with the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and with local and international NGOs on a wide range of social and governance issues. As Youth and Adolescents Development and Child Protection Officer at UNICEF, she was in charge of managing projects aimed at protecting victims of child abuse, neglect and exploitation and of most-at-risk and vulnerable adolescents. Prior to that, she worked in a project management role at the European Information Centre of the Committee for Foreign Policy and European Integration of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, where she provided consultancy to members of the parliament on European Union related issues.
Valeria has a master degree in business administration and a bachelor degree in economics.
Placement 1: Mathematics Mastery, ARK
- Led on the Mathematics Mastery self-publishing pilot, strategy and business plan
- Led on monitoring the impact of primary and secondary programme
- Built in processes for collecting pupil feedback
- Contributed to the development of brand and communication materials
“Valeria was a pleasure to work with and a real asset to the Mathematics Mastery team. She helped us with a range of projects, from branding, to website and social impact analysis. A major contribution was her launch of our self-publishing pilot, where she liaised with printers from Europe to China, created a budget, and ensured delivery of thousands of quality maths workbooks to schools. She also played a key role in analysing impact data for our primary programme and built in processes for collecting pupil feedback and the response from schools and pupils alike has been very positive. She was collaborative, creative, honest and hard-working and made a real impact in the 6 months she was here.”
– Michael Mann, Operations Director, Mathematics Mastery
Placement 2: HCT
- Led on the intranet development for the group
- Led on reviewing and developing HR process and procedures to employ people with disabilities and learning disabilities across HCT Group;
- Designed and improved impact measurement framework for HCT community transport impact monitoring
“Valeria has been working on the intranet project at HCT Group – an essential part of our internal communications strategy. She has brought together the often wildly diverse ideas and wishes of hundreds of staff into a clear, deliverable intranet design, one that will make a real difference to how we engage with our staff.”
– Frank Villeneuve-Smith, Communications Director, HCT Group
A little more about me…
Something my CV doesn’t tell you: I will fight for objectivity and always defend someone’s right to express their own truth. Open-mindedness, fairness and equity is at the heart of who I am.
The greatest thing I’ve learnt this year: People are the biggest treasure and opportunities are only limited by our own minds.
The best moment of On Purpose so far: realising that 6 months are enough to make a change
The organisation I wish I’d started: a social enterprise in Moldova
My favourite book / the book that changed me: Milan Kundera – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, or any of his books.