PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Here you will find information about my professional experiences aswell as education.

Professional Experiences:

May 2024 until now

SOS Children's Villages International in Vienna/Austria

YouthCan! Programme Lead (a.i.)

In my current role, I am responsible to lead the global YouthCan! Programme, including the steering of the YouthLinks Community digital platform. One major focus of my mandate is on programme innovation, change & sustainability.

YouthCan! is SOS Children's Villages global programme for youth employability and entrepreneurship, currently implemented in 50 SOS Children's Villages national associations around the globe. Together with partners from the private sector, the programme promotes decent work for young people without parental care or at risk of losing it. I am responsible for a global team, managing cross-functional & cross-organization networks, while enabling a youth-participatory programme leadership. Learn more here.

The YouthLinks Community has been established as SOS Children’s Villages central digital platform to connect young people with care experience to training, mentoring and participatory opportunities. The platform currently reaches more than 4.200 people 90+ countries around the world – with user numbers quickly increasing. Learn more here.

July 2022 until April 2024

SOS Children's Villages International in Vienna/Austria

Global ICT4D YouthLinks Advisor

In the role, I have been advising the implementation of innovative (youth-) programmes across 80+ countries, in close collaboration with strategic corporate partners such as DHL Group, Siemens A.G., Johnson & Johnson, Mercedes Benz Mobility, Linde Engineering; to name a few.

As part of my responsibilities, I am managing a global team with direct and indirect reports, as well as I am coordinating cross-regional networks. My current roles also implies increased involvement in, and initiation of, strategic projects fostering youth- (led) entrepreneurship and digital innovation. One of my main project-responsibilities remains to advise the further roll out & scale of the “YouthLinks Community” digital service platform: we successfully managed to implement a shared service delivery model, enabling financial sustainability for the project while creating opportunities for & with young people living in over 60 countries. The YouthLinks Community already received vast external recognition, for example in presentations during global NetHope Summits or the United Nations High Level Political Forum in 2022 (access more information here).

I have the pleasure to regularly represent SOS Children's Villages in divers forums, e.g. participating in panel discussions or moderating events (see video below).

Nov. 2020 until July 2022

SOS Children's Villages International in Vienna/Austria & Dakar/Senegal

Global YouthLinks Project Coordination

After already closely collaborating with Youthlinks Programme Teams in the SOS Children's Villages International Office, Regional offices and on country levels in my previous role in the partnership support for DPDHL, in October 2020 I officially migrated into the YouthLinks Programme Team; supporting on the implementation and scale of virtual initiatives all over the globe.

Since joining the team, I successfully initiated, managed and coordinated global inititiaves: under others, I organized and moderated a webinar connecting the CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group Frank Appel with more than 3.000 young people from over 90 countries worldwide (joint project of Deutsche Post DHL Group, Teach for All and SOS Children's Villages) and also led the development and implementation of the digital service platform “YouthLinks Community”. The tool has become anchored as central digital space for youth projects in the SOS Children’s Villages federation, connecting young people to employability, entrepreneurship, participation and other opportunities in a safe digital environment.

Mar. 2020 until Okt. 2020

SOS Children's Villages International in Vienna/Austria

Partnership Support for Deutsche Post DHL Group

During my time in Vienna, I was actively engaged in improving the partnership with the Deutsche Post DHL Group and the GoTeach-Program.

The covid-19 pandemic also strongly affected the partnership in all 50 partnership countries globally: Due to social distancing regulations, we had to strongly restrict usual face-to-face engagement between corporate volunteers and young people. I coordinated and managed the transition of the partnerships countries globally to virtual formates. This shift allowed us to keep engagement between corporate volunteers and economically and socially disadvantaged young people accompanied by SOS Children's Villages ongoing and improve these young peoples aspects to successfully transit into the professional life.

Sep. 2019 until March 2020

Deutsche Post DHL Group HQ in Bonn/Germany

Internship in the Corporate Citizenship Department: GoTeach-Team.

During the internship I was involved into different projects, including collaborations with SOS Children’s Villages International and Teach For All.

Moreover, I was atively organizing and coordinating different mentorship-programs in the course of the DPDHL-refugee aid initiative.

By the year 2019, GoTeach organizes projects in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Jan. 2018 until Apr. 2018

Project & Digital Innovation Management in La Paz/Bolivia

Working for & with the organization “Alalay” in La Paz, Bolivia.

Alalay works for the Bolivian population of street-children. During my three months engagement in Bolivia I was able to organize and manage an independent project aiming to repair damaged infrastructural facilities of the organization.

The project might be considered as being successful, as a total amount of 17.500 USD was raised and reinvested.

Moreover, a team was managed in order to renew the cooperate web- page.

Konzept_Abschluss.pdf

Find further information about the Intership here:

https://sites.google.com/view/aldea2018/

Additionally, find the final Project- Report on the left.

2016 until 2018

Coach of the Austrian national junior Ski- jumping Team

After my professional carreer I was hired by the Austrian Skiing Association (ÖSV) as coach for the junior national ski- jumping team.

I was able to develop the following competencies:

Motivation of teams; Meditation and conflict-resolution; Interaction with media; including the organization of events and competitions.

2012 until 2016

Professional Athlete

I have gone through a professional career as a ski-jumper. Several national and international titles have been my successes. Also, I was part of the junior national Team of the Austrian Skiing Association (ÖSV) for one season.

Watch the video below and see me flying on the famous "Bergisel" jump in Innsbruck.

Education:

2023

Programme of Study - Leading Sustainability: Leadership

During 2023, I completed a programme of study, remote short course by the University of Cambridge on Leading Sustainability: High Impact Leadership.

"In today's evolving business landscape, marked by constant technological disruptions, industry leaders are increasingly significant in shaping an environment that ensures sustainable growth."

The short course enabled me to develop skills necessary for high impact leadership in individual, team, and organisational contexts.

2016 until 2019

University - Studies of "Non- Profit Social and Health Management"

In 2019, I completed my studies in Non- Profit, Social and Health Management at the MCI Management Center Innsbruck. I finished up my degree with a thesis concerning the topic:

"The Failure of Internaitonal (Humanitarian) Aid for Haiti - What can be learned from the failure of international (humanitarian) aid for Haiti for future crisis- and develompment management approaches".

Access the final thesis here.

International_Humanitarian_Aid_for_Haiti.pdf

Access the final thesis-paper here to the left.

2018 until 2019

University - Studies of "Economie Sociale et Solidaire" and "Gestion des Entreprises"

2018 I absolved a semester abroad on Reunion Island/Indian Ocean at the IAE La Réunion

2011 until 2015

Boarding School for Professional Sportswomen & Sportsmen

I accomplisehd my secondary education at the renowned boarding school "Schigymnasium Stams", well-known as one of the world's best schools for winter sport professionals.

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