Ashkhen Mesropyan

ASHKHEN MESROPYAN 6 Vavilova st., apt.138 Moscow 119334 Russia Phone - home; - mobile e-mail:- СAREER SUMMARY 09/2001-10/2015 International Organization for Migration (IOM) Public Liaison Specialist Provide all manner of necessary assistance to customers- refugees and other specified migrants - who are departing from the territory of Europe and from the former Soviet Union. Duties include but not limited to advising on required actions and procedures and ensuring full compliance with all appropriate laws and regulations. Telephone work: answering questions asked by migrants and their US relatives; forwarding travel packets to local offices of IOM; Work and assist at the reception desk, in the counseling booth to determine eligibility for various programs, impart all necessary information and options. Conducting post-CIS (Citizenship and Immigration Service) interviews; giving migrants basic information; providing them with necessary instructions; booking for IOM flights; dealing with resets for loan and prepaid flights, handing out US entry visas, receiving and forwarding documents; assisting in filling out applications; Receive and review all incoming correspondence addressed to the USRAP, including letters/faxes/e-mails from voluntary agencies, other outside organizations, applicants and their US sponsors themselves and distribute correspondence to other units for action as needed; Send out letters/telegrams to the applicants with necessary information when needed; Provide translation and interpretation services as necessary and requested. Provide translations of CIS interviews (Armenian/Russian/English) at the US Embassy/Consulate. Train other personnel as requested or needed; - Pokotorg Ltd. Legal Adviser Duties included agreement development, registration of lease agreements, updating foundation documents, registration of foreign employees. Won a case in Moscow Arbitrary Court. - ARA Construction Company Assistant to General Director Provided full administrative support to the General Director - Kirovakan State Pedagogic Institute, Armenia Faculty – Comparative Linguistics Committee on Refugees, Vanadzor, Armenia Counsellor Duties included maintaining database of refugees from Azerbaijan, disseminating humanitarian assistance, providing help in finding relatives - “Kayts” Newspaper, Vanadzor, Armenia Freelance Correspondent Local Newspapers (“Astgheri Nerko”, “Dzain Zhogovrdi”), Vanadzor, Armenia Translator EDUCATION - Moscow Institute of Entrepreneurship and Law Specialty: Jurisprudence- Kirovakan State Pedagogic Institute, Armenia Specialty: Linguistics. Diploma Cum Laude SKILLS Languages – Fluent English, Native Russian and Armenian. PC (Windows, Word, Excel, Internet, Consult+, Garant). Driving license. MISCELLANEOUS Russian citizenship, permanent registration in Moscow.