Curriculum vitae Eleni Damianou

PERSONAL INFORMATION Eleni Damianou

Calle Tridente 17, bw 32, 03540 Alicante (Spain)
0034663535728
edamianou@hotmail.com

Sex Female | Date of birth 13/11/1975 | Nationality Greek

PERSONAL STATEMENT A positive, efficient and valuable asset in every team!

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/02/2017–Present Administrative secretary

Interparents (umbrella association of all Parents' Associations of European Schools)
-elected, voluntary.
-managing the agenda
-coordinating conference calls
-following up action points, close monitoring of relevant Working Groups
Smooth collaboration, problem-solving & achieving consensus in a challenging multicultural &
multilingual environment at EU level

01/10/2015–Present Administrative Secretary

AMPA (Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos), European School of Alicante
-elected member of Parents' Association, non profit
-representing European School of Alicante in various administrative meetings and organisational
committees.
-minutes' keeper at meetings
- Efficient support & resilient collaboration to achieve consensus in a multicultural & multilingual
environment in the socially sensitive field of education, with stakeholders originating from across
the EU.

01/09/2013–29/09/2017 Senior official of humanitarian organisation

Comité de Solidaridad de la Escuela Europea de Alicante
-member of the Association, co-designer of activities and volunteer in launching various projects, non-
profit; Resourceful backstage support in the design & implementation of educational initiatives.
-Treasurer of the Association since October 2015, non-profit; Reliably & transparently
administering funds in the interest of the community.

Sep 2001–Aug 2013 Qualified Classroom teacher, Greek State's primary schools
Greek state employee, currently on unpaid leave of absence, Penteli (Greece)
- teaching age group 6-12, mainly modern Greek language, literature, maths, geography, science,
religious education, history and social and political science. Keen on accepting students with learning
difficulties and/or special needs in the class
- administrative support of class and school activities, as foreseen in the Greek legislation, (in Greek
State schools administrative and secretarial support is provided by the teaching staff) for an 25% of
working time
- in charge for the school's book club, cultural events' coordinator and extra curriculum activities
designer and responsible (e.g. theatrical and museum visits, following a structured educational
programme, classroom's blog administrator, science fair's facilitator, school play writer/director)

Business or sector Primary education, Public sector Sep

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1999–Jun 2001 Qualified Classroom teacher, age group 7-13

I. M. Panagiotopoulos
N. Milisi 3, 15351 Pallini (Greece)
Apart from my teaching duties I was also responsible, as part of a 3 members team, for the extra
curriculum activities.

Business or sector Education, private sector

Jan 1999–Jun 1999 Qualified Classroom teacher, age group 7-13

GALATSI/ATHENER SCHULE
25is Martiou & D.Vernardou 9, 15235 Vrilissia (Greece)
Classroom teacher, covering for a maternity leave

Business or sector Education, private sector

1 Nov 1998–31 May 1999 TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Delaporta Aikaterini School, Kato Pefki (Greece)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

QTS (Qualified Teacher's Status), number 1744629

National College for Teaching and Leadership, Coventry

Oct 2005–Jun 2007 Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate

Diploma
National and Kapodistrean University of Athens
Marasli 4, 13245 Athens (Greece)
Teaching methodology, educational administration, applied pedagogical theories, games in classroom,
applied drama techniques, museology, theatrology, intercultural education, modern literature.

Oct 1997–Aug 1998 Postgraduate Diploma in European Education postgraduate

diploma
University of London
20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL (United Kingdom)
Contemporary Issues in Europe and European Education, Educational Traditions and Systems in
Europe, Minorities, Migrants and Refugees in European Education, Television Production

Oct 1993–Jun 1997 BA in Pedagogical Sciences ptyhio

National and Kapodistrean University of Athens
Navarinou 13, 10680 Athens (Greece)

13 Aug 1993 Adequacy Qualification of Teaching a Foreign Language

Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Athens (Greece)
Teaching English to Students of Other Languages

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Greek

Foreign language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
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French B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Spanish B2 B2 B1 B1 B1

Communication skills Excellent ability to adapt to multicultural & multilingual environments, gained through travelling
across the EU & around the world
- Excellent communication skills, gained through work experience (non-profit volunteering or paid) with
children from different cultural backgrounds and/or mental abilities.
- -Team player, as I have been an active member of Teacher's Syndicate through my entire career
as well as of a numerous other associations and clubs.

Organisational / managerial skills
- Great sense of planning & organisation, experience in logistics administration
- Treasurer of the Solidarity Committee (European School of Alicante)
- Elected member of AMPA (European School of Alicante)
- Active member of INTERPARENTS / current Secretary
- Founder and current Secretary of the Greek Ex-Pats Association in Alicante (2015-present day)
- Overseas Students' Welfare Officer (Institute of Education, London, 1997-1998)
- Leadership, elected member of the management board of the regional Teachers' Syndicate -
good experience in project and team management, as a coordinator of my pupils through
various environmental and literacy programmes
- Class representative, representative of the English section in the Educational Council of the
European School of Alicante (2013-2014)

Job-related skills - First aid assistant to minors & adults, certified by Hellenic Red Cross
- Teaching, Strategic Planning, Public Speaking, Educational Technology, Editing, Research, writing
children's books, family logistics, Classroom, Curriculum Design, Educational Leadership, Teacher
Training, Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, E-Learning, Curriculum Development
- Active member off the T4E (Teachers for Europe) educational initiative, organised by the
Representation of the European Commission in Greece.

Digital skills SELF-ASSESSMENT

Information Content Problem-

Communication Safety
processing creation solving

Proficient user Proficient user Independent user Independent user Independent user

certified user (by the Greek ministry of Education) of applied ICT in the classroom, level B

Other skills - Writer and director of theatrical school plays

- Member of the Greek section of the International Board on Books for Young People

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- Expression of interest to work in EUIPO through the following open competitions:

EPSO/CAST/P/18/2017 Manual and administrative support workers, EPSO/CAST/P/11/2017
Communication, EPSO/CAST/P/9/2017 Administration / Human resources,
EPSO/CAST/P/6/2017 Secretaries / Clerks
- Writer of fairy tale "ΑΓΚΑΛΙΤΣΑ;/HUG?" ,2003, ISBN 960-7906-49-7

References
 Alexandra Apostolakis, Head of Service Operations Department EUIPO,
alexandra.apostolakis@euipo.europa.eu
 Elisavet Karagiampi, Project Manager in European Cooperation Service EUIPO,
elisavet.karagiampi@euipo.europa.eu
 Vanessa Witkowski, Communication Specialist EUIPO, vanessa.witkowski@euipo.europa.eu