Berole Bekele
Snellville,GA
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Canvasser- Voter Turnout
African Communities Together (ACT)
Arlington, VA
05.2019 - Current
- Lead the 2019 ACT’s Civic Engagement program, Virginia Election campaign voter turnout and moved thousands of African Immigrants that have never been taking part in Civic life
- Coordinated and provided information about Voting rights, polling location, and general election at Churches, Colleges and Universities, High schools and marketplaces located in VA
- Performed accurate and complete data entry in the appropriate database of those who are registered to vote.
- Organized and attended community events, meetings, and rallies to promote awareness of the organization's mission.
- Provided accurate information about campaigns and initiatives to constituents in a timely manner.
Lead Organizer
African Communities Together (ACT)
Arlington, VA
03.2020 - 03.2023
- Lead and manage the DMV Chapters' federal, state, and local grassroots organizing and advocacy campaign efforts
- Manage a team of organizers, support membership growth and retention, develop and lead campaign organizing strategy and outreach plans, establish external partnerships, and coordinate special projects.
Community Organizer
African Communities Together (ACT)
Arlington, VA
03.2020 - 03.2023
- Supervising a grass root organizing for Housing campaign where over 5,000 majority African Immigrants and low-wage workers live in one of the biggest apartment complexes in Northern Virginia, Alexandria
- Fighting for working-class families, and the black immigrant community against assault, racial injustice, forced displacement, Eviction, and community damage
- Worked on Economic crises for families who are struggling to pay their rent and feed their families in the global pandemic
- Have managed to distribute an emergency grocery cash card worth half a million for about 1,000 families for 1 year, during the pandemic
- Collaborated with the city, serving as an eviction task force team, reaching out to 400 tenants, and helping them to fill out an emergency rent relief application
- Managing a weekly community meeting and social gathering event Organize a community meeting, identify a community leader by doing door knocking, gathering information, and Compiling tenants’ information, Invite guests and arrange a meeting with City officials, school board management, and City staff and discuss issues that matter to the community.
Census Outreach Captain
African Communities Together (ACT)
Arlington, VA
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Led a census awareness campaign, helped 10,000 residents to fill out the Census data form in Northern Virginia that happens every 10 years in the US and educated the benefits of being counted to the community as an individual and Households
- Monitoring the workflow of the campaign Mapping and identifying where the immigrant population resides and distributed 20,000 flyers.
Founder & CEO
BLAZE Travel Agency
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
11.2015 - 10.2018
- Direct, coordinates and participates in merchandising travel agency services, like sale of transportation company carrier tickets, packaged or specialized tours, or vacation packages
- Plan work schedules for employees
- Keeps employee records and hires discharges employees
- Reviews employee ticketing and sales activities to make sure cost calculations, booking, and transportation scheduling are in accordance with current transportation carrier schedules, tariff rates, and regulations that charges are made for accommodations
- Reconciles sales slips cash daily
- Coordinates sales promotion activities, approves advertising copy, and travel display work.
Loan Officer
Oromia International Bank
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
03.2013 - 08.2016
- Advice/ consults customer about the credit process, types of terms, eligibility, utilization, debt, service e.t.c
- Collects and checks all required loan processing documents and provides acknowledgment letter signed by Branch Manager/ Director- Credit Management to the customer
- Gathers adequate financial and non-financial information about the customer including loan processing documents collected from customer
- Facilitate Collateral estimation, credit information, legal opinion, and loan & mortgage contract preparation
- Makes approval loan ready for disbursement
- Assists the Attorney in the preparation of contracts
- Follow-up periodic loan account performance and loan delivery time reports
- Files loan documents, provides loan files upon proper request, and ensures timely returns.
Human Resource Officer
Oromia International Bank
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
03.2012 - 03.2013
- Prepares internal and external vacancy announcement
- Prepares memos and letters for the implementations of decisions regarding various personnel actions and other related matters
- Collects facts regarding disciplinary violations and presents same to supervisor for further investigations and appropriate actions
- Follows-up the posting of external vacancy announcement on the newsletter
- Prepares employment agreement, notices of termination, employee requisitions, notice of disciplinary and other personal correspondence
- Complies information, filling forms and attaching relevant documents to applications of candidates for new employment or promotion.
Junior Marketing Officer
Oromia International Bank
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
03.2008 - 02.2012
- Makes travel arrangements and preparing necessary promotional materials for outlying branches opening ceremony, Follow up in delivery of printing materials based on the purchase order Assist the department staff in event organizing for annual Share Holders meeting conference, management meeting etc
- Distribution of Materials for different departments and branches, Organize and maintain computerized records containing marketing activities, Organize the scheduling of Training and workshops, ensure that any equipment required for the event is organized and delivered accordingly.
Share Sales Promoter
Oromia International Bank
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10.2007 - 02.2008
- Delivering presentations and demonstrations to customers and other stakeholders
- Distributing information and providing feedback for improvement to the management team
- Following up with customers and providing guidance on share sales promotion
- Meeting daily targets and submitting sales reports
- Networking with relevant stakeholders
- Disseminate brochures, flyers etc
- Engage with Shareholders and discover their wants and needs Build lasting relationships with Shareholders & customers by contacting them to follow up on purchases, suggest purchase options and invite them to upcoming events.
Education
Master of Arts - Business Administration and Management
ST. MARRY UNIVERSTIY
05.2017
Bachelor of Arts - GENERAL LAW
ST. MARRY UNIVERSTY OF COLLEGE
01.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSTY
08.2008
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Skills
- Campaign Support
- Interpersonal Communication
Timeline
Lead Organizer
African Communities Together (ACT)
03.2020 - 03.2023
Community Organizer
African Communities Together (ACT)
03.2020 - 03.2023
Census Outreach Captain
African Communities Together (ACT)
01.2020 - 03.2020
Lead Canvasser- Voter Turnout
African Communities Together (ACT)
05.2019 - Current
Founder & CEO
BLAZE Travel Agency
11.2015 - 10.2018
Loan Officer
Oromia International Bank
03.2013 - 08.2016
Human Resource Officer
Oromia International Bank
03.2012 - 03.2013
Junior Marketing Officer
Oromia International Bank
03.2008 - 02.2012
Share Sales Promoter
Oromia International Bank
10.2007 - 02.2008
Master of Arts - Business Administration and Management
ST. MARRY UNIVERSTIY
Bachelor of Arts - GENERAL LAW
ST. MARRY UNIVERSTY OF COLLEGE
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSTY
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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