CURRICULUM VITAE

Responsibilities

· Translation of various types of community correspondence including letters from National Probation Office, local schools and education authorities to parents, information leaflets of local colleges, schools, libraries and housing associations
· Interpreting for a wide range of social and health assignments
· Language assessment of Polish speaking interpreters employed by London Borough of Newham and those employed by the Northern Ireland Health Authority

Achievements

· Appointed as language assessor of Polish-speaking interpreters employed by London Borough of Newham and the Northern Ireland Health Authority after only 3 months of working for Newham Language Shop
· Assigned translations of importance such as correspondence from the National Probation Office to Polish residents of London Borough of Newham

October 2002 - Present Services Contract Negotiator
Gulliver’s Travel Associates, London

Responsibilities

· Negotiation of prices of tourist services such as coach transfers, guides/interpreters/assistants services, restaurant meals and tourist attractions entrances in Poland, Czech and Slovak Republics
· Using own initiative and assuming responsibility for searching and contracting new suppliers in order to achieve the most competitive prices for the company

Achievements

· Maintained competitive rates for various tourist services and in consequence secured a large number of new deals for the company

July 1999 - October 2002 Hotel Reservations Executive (Central and Eastern
Europe and Scandinavia)
Gulliver’s Travel Associates, London
Responsibilities

· Reservation of hotels for multinational groups in various countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia including Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Slovak Republic
· Using own initiative in order to find suitable alternatives in case hotel accommodation required by the clients was not available

Achievements

· Obtained competitive rates well below agreed contract rates in order to get business from low budget clients

September 199 4- June 1997 Teacher of English (Beginner/Intermediate)
ABC Foreign Languages School, Warsaw
Promoter Foreign Languages School, Pruszkow

Responsibilities

· Teaching English as a foreign language (beginner and intermediate level) according to the course curriculum
· Invigilating and marking tests, promoting students to next level courses

Achievements

· Successfully applied various methods of teaching English
· Saw and consolidated progress made by students through their courses

EDUCATION

October 1992 – December 1998 Department of English Studies
University of Warsaw

Master of Arts degree in US Social History (December 1998)
September 1987 - May 1991 Tadeusz Kosciuszko High School
Pruszkow

3 A-levels: English (A), Polish (B), Biology (A)

Other qualifications and diplomas

· Associate member of Institute of Translation and Interpreting
· Proficiency in English Course (Sep 1997-Dec 1997)
· University of Cambridge Proficiency in English Certificate (Dec 1997)
· Foundation Certificate in ‘Introduction to Air Cabin Crew’ Accredited by the
Open College of the North West (April 1999)

OTHER SKILLS

· Excellent communication skills; good negotiator
· Good team worker who can integrate easily
· Languages

Polish – mother tongue
English- fluent oral and written
Russian – fluent oral and written
Italian, French – conversational oral and written