Juan Sebastián Brizneda
Project Manager
Summary
Results-driven project Manager with experience in coordinating projects related to sports for good causes, migration topics, and peace matters. Detail-oriented and organized professional with strong communication and teamwork skills. Proficient in grant and project management softwares.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Project Manager
Common Goal
02.2023 - Current
- Support in project management-related tasks for three adidasxCommonGoal Move for the Planet (2023, 2024, 2025) projects which involves grant management within goodgrants software, evaluation and review of applications/proposals, design of reporting architecture and application guidelines, and ad-hoc tasks
- Support in project management related tasks for two FIFA Foundation Community Programme (2023, 2024) projects which involves grant management within Monday software, design of evaluation and review schemes, evaluation and review of applications/proposals, report drafting, design of application guidelines, and ad-hoc tasks
- Between October 2021 and Mach 2022, I was also a working student for Common Goal where I Supported the FIFA Foundation Community Programme 2021 and 2022 team with project management tasks, and by evaluating project proposals coming from Football 4 Development organizations from all around the world
- Contributed to the design and refocus of the Football 4 Good Peacebuilding Working Group with expertise on the matter.
Independent project manager consultant
Migration Policy Institute
07.2022 - 06.2023
- Collaborated in a IOM project with literature review and analysis of regularization exercises of the Venezuelan migrant population, including socioeconomic inclusion
- Assisted in documenting barriers to access, opportunities, and needs for the effective socioeconomic integration of migrants and preparing a roadmap for the socioeconomic integration of Venezuelan migrants in Latin America
- This led to the publication of: "A Winding Path to Integration: Venezuelan Migrants' Regularization and Labor Market Prospects"
- Also collaborated as a project manager for the Migration Policy Institute between May 2021-July 2022 in the context of the "health credentialing initiative for Venezuelan Migrants" by leading and systematizing the interviews with Governments, Medical Associations and Venezuelan health workers in 5 countries.
Project Coordinator
Primavera de Paz
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Designed a project proposal that included objectives, context, SDG relevance, description of activities, Log-frame, among others, and leading a team of 4 people on a project to foster social inclusion between migrants and locals in Bern, Switzerland
Community Development Intern
Streetfootballworld
07.2021 - 10.2021
- Supported with research in all processes around the identification and acceptance of new organizations using football as a tool for social development into the SFW network, and later Common Goal Community.
Facilitator & Communications Ocer
Interagency Research and Analysis Network
09.2019 - 11.2021
- Managed and updated the IARAN website (built using SquareSpace) with digital content, the release of new reports, news and blogs
- Grow IARAN's social media presence on Twitter and LinkedIn
- Researched and wrote articles about the humanitarian sector
- Collaborated with research and analyses during foresight projects with humanitarian stakeholders, such as the French Red Cross.
Research Assistant
USAID Human Rights Programme
06.2020 - 05.2021
- Research Assistant for the Project "Regularization of the migrant population: a bet for integration." by assisting with the design and drafting of the Project "Migrants' Rights in Colombia and the guarantee application of public service for an integral migration governance: Venezuelan case," in collaboration with the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP), which resulted in the creation of ve modules of a postgraduate degree course to offer tools to Colombian local civil servants to better address the Venezuelan migration crisis in the country
Internship
United Nations
11.2018 - 03.2021
- In the political Affairs and Partnership Section, United Nations Office of the Director-General, I collaborated with political analyses and political communication by drafting speeches, country profiles, and background notes on executive briefings presented by UN senior representatives, among other relevant tasks.
Assistant Project Manager
Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz (INDEPAZ)
11.2015 - 11.2017
- Assisted with project management tasks in two projects in two conflict-affected regions -"Supporting cultural events for peacebuilding in Arauca department" by leading, transcribing and editing interviews with victims of the armed conflict
- Published book "Historias del Sarare" (Stories of Sarare).(November 2015-December 2016) -"School for leadership in Catatumbo" sponsored by the Swiss embassy in Colombia by executing project management, research, edition and compilation tasks
- Carried out interviews and focus groups with victims of the Colombian armed-conflict
- Published book "Historias de Catatumbo" (Stories of Catatumbo) (Oct 2016-Dec 2017)
Education
Master of Arts - Peace And Conflict Studies
Otto Von Guericke-Universität
Magdeburg, Germany 04.2020 - Current
Master of Arts - Middle Eastern Studies
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Milan, Italy 04.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bogota, Colombia 04.2012 - 04.2017
Skills
Project Management
Organizational Skills
Problem-Solving
Teamwork and Collaboration
Microsoft Office
MailChimp
Goodgrants
Mondaycom
MS Teams, Zoom, Google Meets
Sharepoint
Squarespace
Canva
Languages
French
Upper intermediate (B2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Upper intermediate (B2)
German
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Assistant Project Manager
Common Goal
02.2023 - Current
Independent project manager consultant
Migration Policy Institute
07.2022 - 06.2023
Project Coordinator
Primavera de Paz
08.2021 - 12.2022
Community Development Intern
Streetfootballworld
07.2021 - 10.2021
Research Assistant
USAID Human Rights Programme
06.2020 - 05.2021
Master of Arts - Peace And Conflict Studies
Otto Von Guericke-Universität
04.2020 - Current
Facilitator & Communications Ocer
Interagency Research and Analysis Network
09.2019 - 11.2021
Internship
United Nations
11.2018 - 03.2021
Master of Arts - Middle Eastern Studies
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
04.2018 - 04.2019
Assistant Project Manager
Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz (INDEPAZ)
11.2015 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
04.2012 - 04.2017
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