Nouf Mohammed Noor Al Khaja
Career Objectives
I am willing to find a suitable vacancy within your organization that will allow me to use my skills in translating from English to Arabic and vise versa or any other forms of language-oriented tasks like writing, proofreading, editing, etc.
Skills and Competencies
• Social; group work/teamwork: collaborate, interact, communicate, participate in discussions, presentations, debates.
• Teaching; organize, vary, and form tasks, activities, materials, etc, use many teaching methods, recognize various learning styles (preferences/motivation), classroom/time management, concept-checking, review, convey meaning clearly, integrate technology, prepare lesson plans, evaluate, assess, observe, comment/note, make decisions.
• Cognitive; critical thinking/analysis, needs analysis, Individualized Education Plan, case studies, take notes.
• Research study methods; outline, summarize, literature review, overview, discussion, findings, methodology, develop surveys and interviews, reference and citation in various texts (books, articles, journals, etc), edit and review, information gathering; collect/collate data, analyze/interpret, reflect (reflective thinking), critique, report.
• Translation from and to both Arabic and English languages and transcribing.
• Use of computer; Microsoft Office applications (Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, PowerPoint slide presentations), typing, managing files and folders, using the internet; searching websites, E-mail, etc.
Languages
• Fluent and competent in both Arabic and English languages (spoken and written).
Personality Profile
• Punctual, meet deadlines, concentrate on tasks, immediate, determined, eager, attentive, accurate, keen, and active, can guide, support, and assist in projects, can work on my own and with others, responsible.
• Can work well under stress, can cope with challenges. Organize time, thoughts, and ideas thoroughly.
• Perform/complete tasks, duties, responsibilities, etc by putting a lot of care, time, and effort into work.
Education: Academic Status (Degrees)
• Bachelor of Science in Education (concentration in English studies) Zayed University Dubai Campus UAE 2004 – 2008.
Certificates and Licenses
• Certificate of Appreciation from Dubai Government-Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) for Serving as an Intern at Hind Bint Maktoum School 2008.
• International Computer Driving License (ICDL) 2008.
• Certificate for working with Dun & Bradstreet on a research project to study the situations and conditions of government schools in the country, 2009.
• Certification of participation as a field researcher with the Network of European Foundations’ Mercator fund International Council on Security and Development on the project ‘Unemployed youth in the UAE personal perceptions and recommendations, 2009.
• Certificate for being involved with Network Arabia in the English-Arabic website translation project for several city guides, 2010.
Work Experience
Dubai International Financial Centre-DIFC
Dun & Bradstreet-D&B in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (Worked Temporarily for Approximately 1 Month from December 14 2008 to January 22 2009)
• Worked as an Intern/Apprentice.
• Research Study Program to study the situations and the conditions of governmental fields in the country to support and to develop the schools as well as to improve the educational facilities in the country by performing complete field studies for all schools through a survey that the schools carry out.
• Checked, edited, and proofread the survey to amend and to modify it properly; inserted notes and comments.
• Managed interviewers’ tele-calling. Took some notes.
• Demonstrated and translated duties and responsibilities to the interviewers’ and to the schools regarding the use of the survey.
• Tele-called schools to give and to get information as well as data regarding the surveys themselves. Took notes of some of their comments, complaints, suggestions, recommendations, etc.
• Teamwork-shared views, information, data, notes, comments, suggestions, recommendations, etc. Assisted, supported, and collaborated with each other in the project.
• Translated notes and comments in the surveys plus other documents. Checked for the correctness of some work that had already been translated by others.
• Checked for logic, completeness, relevance, and accuracy of the surveys’ responses.
• Organized data and information by brainstorming thoughts and ideas as well as keeping record, report, list, and note of everything to complete the research work. Tried to solve some of the problems.
• Gathered applicable information, stored and processed data.
The Network of European Foundations’ Mercator Fund International Council on Security and Development in collaboration with Emirates Foundation, June and July 2009
• Worked remotely from home as a field researcher in the research project “Unemployed Youth in the UAE: Personal Perceptions and Recommendations”.
• Used my communication skills to interview people based on a questionnaire that was given to me and to outline the purpose and aim of the research to them. I conducted the interview either face to face or via phone.
• Used probing techniques to get more useful information from interviewees.
• Typed and transcribed interview responses and any useful key points, quotes, etc they stated in the questionnaire in English and translated any response from Arabic into English or vice versa.
• Inserted data and records in spreadsheets and reported back to team leader on weekly updates.
• Provided my own brief views, suggestions, notes, comments, analysis on every interview.
• Collaborated with team members to share thoughts, feelings, interview results, overcome challenges, etc. As team members, we also paired up and interviewed one another.
• Communicated with team leader and members via email, phone, meetings.
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