Local Government Cabinet Assistant, Public Policy Postgraduate Student
Bologna Area, Italy
Local Government Cabinet Assistant, Public Policy Postgraduate Student
Bologna Area, Italy
Postgraduate student with work experience in different fields. Interested in public sector and public policy issues, as well as ICT/management/quality consultancy.
Public governance: skills and experience in public policy implementation and evaluation (special interest in innovation and governance issues) through qualitative and quantitative methods, for public agencies and NGOs.
Data analysis: knowledge and experience in mainstream software (Excel, OpenOffice) as well as statistical packages (SPSS, FuzzyTech).
Consultancy: advanced work experience in ICT consultancy and administration (Windows/Mac/Linux), as well as management and organization consulting for private and public organisations.
European project management, public governance and administration, political/bureaucratic cabinet staff duties, policy appraisal and evaluation, data analysis, management control, participative democracy, organisations and ICT, open source software migration.
(Government Administration industry)
February 2008 — Present (7 months)
Working in the Modena Municipality Mayor's staff, in charge of several administrative and financial duties in the Cabinet. Also in charge of general administration for the "Cambiamo" urban renovation public agency.
Reporting to the Mayor's Head of Cabinet.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
May 2002 — Present (6 years 4 months)
In charge of planning and implementation phases of local, national and international youth parliament sessions. Main duties include local government relations, as well as budgeting and voluntary staff coordination and training.
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)
June 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 9 months)
Responsible for Ward youth and participation issues. Main duties included NGOs relations, project evaluation and financing.
(Design industry)
December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)
Consultant for an internal hardware and software update project.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
Administration and implementation of an EU-funded project regarding youth participation and local governments. Main duties included local government relations, network building, fundraising and budgeting. Reporting to the Project's main coordinator.
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Assistance for the management control process. Main duties: relations with different offices, data aggregation and analysis, report elaboration.
(Graphic Design industry)
November 2006 — May 2007 (7 months)
Consultant for technology and computer issues (especially Mac and Linux related) and their integration with the company workflow, as well as rewriting an internal database system from scratch (SQL).
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Policy industry)
September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)
Researched on the topic of "City governance in the enlarged European Union" . Research activity both in Italy (Bologna, Modena) and in Belgium (Bruxelles).
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)
October 2004 — February 2005 (5 months)
Responsible for troubleshooting and updating the design lab computer network.
Public Policy, Economics, statistics, evaluation, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
Essay for the "Public Agencies Economics" course: "FLOSS software and italian local governments", 2007
Political Science, Organisations Science 2004 — 2007
Dissertation titled "Management control in local governments: evolution toward accountability systems", 2007
Maths, History, Philosophy, English, German 1999 — 2004
Public policy, politics and european issues; technology and computers; digital entertainment, multimedia and photography
Model European Parliament Italia, Modena Civil Protection Volunteers
English First Certificate Grade A