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Jennifer Hoff

Development Officer

Paris - France

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HIGHLIGHT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Transferable Skills

• Commitment to shared leadership and team-based decision-making – Cultivated via numerous academic group projects and communications projects.
• Solid practical experience in communications – Helped field media requests and Inquiries in Doctors Without Borders – Helped develop an integrated communications strategy for a Canadian NGO.
• Professionalism – Improved business etiquette and interpersonal skills via participation in several
academic and professional conferences and symposia.
• Research and Policy Analysis – Wrote numerous Research Papers on International Relations and International Policy issues.
• University Education – Completed a Master’s with Honors in Political Science at the University of Quebec in Montreal.
• Languages – Bilingual French/English – Intermediate German – Beginner Spanish.
• Computer proficient - Advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook. Intermediate knowledge of MS Project, MS Access, PhotoShop. Excellent Internet research savvy.

Schools attended

Université du Québec à Montréal (Sciences politiques -Relations Internationales)

Notre Europe

Fundraising Officer

2006 : Doctors Without Borders Canada

Press Relations and Communications Officer
• Helped field media requests and pitch MSF issues, volunteers, and advocacy concerns to Canada-based national, regional, local media
• Contributed to the organization of MSF activities at the XVIth International AIDS Conference : In charge of the MSF information booth – helped stage news conferences
• Proof-reading and translation of various publications, press reports and media advisory
Sector: NGO

2003 : The Atlantic Council of Canada

Communications Officer
Independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to the idea that the transatlantic relationship between Canada and the United States, and the nations of Europe, is of critical importance to Canadians in cultural, security and economic terms. The Council's mandate is to promote a broader and deeper understanding of international peace and security issues relating to NATO.

• Contributed to the development of several strategic planning sessions aimed at integrating the Council’s national and international communications plan (in both English and French) with various departments of the Government of Canada and NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
• Developed and wrote a Marketing Plan and Communications Strategy in order to recruit student volunteers.
• Helped organize a joint roundtable of the Atlantic Council of Canada with the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto on the theme of "Canada and the New NATO in Afghanistan”, which was introduced by Mr. Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy for NATO.
• Represented the organization, along with the President and the Executive director, in Washington D.C. where were organized meetings with senior officials from the World Bank, the Canadian Embassy and a member of the U.S. Congress, regarding Canada’s commitment and contribution to international peace and security issues.
• Translation of reports and NATO official documents from English into French.
Sector: Foreign Affairs - International Affairs

2002 : Forum du Futur

Communications Officer
• Coordinated the annual journal’s publication (content and form, fund raising and advertising inserts).
• Contributed to the organization of a major international conference held at the French Senate : « La Russie de Poutine : Réalités et Incertitudes ».
Sector: NGO

Hobbies

Literature, Swimming, Travelling, Canada, Europe, Arts

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