María Belén Dabove
Middletown,VA
Summary
Experienced with facilitating communication between Spanish and English speakers. Utilizes linguistic expertise to ensure accurate and effective interpretation in diverse settings. Track record of maintaining confidentiality and cultural sensitivity while delivering clear and precise translations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
English-Spanish Interpreter/Translator
Frederick County Public Schools
, VA
08.2023 - Current
- Bilingual Family Interpreter with strong communication, translation, and family engagement skills. Experienced in developing clear, accessible written materials, informational flyers, and educational resources to help families navigate the school system, access community services, and support their children's academic success. Experienced in maintaining and regularly updating the Community Resource Guide to ensure families have access to current information about local resources and support services. Skilled in planning, coordinating, and facilitating virtual family engagement sessions on topics such as Pre-K and Kindergarten readiness, Summer Slide prevention, and understanding student report cards. Strong ability to communicate complex educational information in a family-friendly manner, build positive relationships with diverse families, and create meaningful opportunities for family involvement in education.
- Translated documents and materials into Spanish, including instructional materials, newsletters, flyers, district-wide announcements, syllabi, online registration platforms, student support plans, disciplinary letters, birth certificates, academic records, and parental notices. Reviewed and edited translations for accuracy, context, readability, and style, clarifying information between staff and school community to ensure effective communication.
- Translated birth certificates, academic records, and parental notices into English, providing essential documentation for families and supporting their engagement with the school system.
- Reviewed and edited translations for accuracy and clarity, enhancing understanding and ensuring context fidelity for educational materials.
- Facilitated consecutive interpreting for phone calls, video calls, and in-person meetings, ensuring effective communication between families and staff.
- Served as liaison between staff and school community, translating communications accurately and confirming information for clarity.
Key Account Coordinator
Randstad Argentina
01.2021 - 10.2022
- Consulted with key accounts across Argentina, focusing on trading, purchasing, and distributing grain and agricultural commodities. Built and maintained business relationships to exceed customer needs through prompt service, solution development, and collaboration with internal teams.
- Supported Key Account Manager (KAM) by analyzing, monitoring, and reporting on key account data. Collaborated with KAMs to secure new and existing business through market knowledge and value propositions. Assisted in creating presentations and documentation for internal and external high-level meetings, and filled in for KAMs during absences.
- Acted as daily contact point for customers, monitored processes, identified gaps and opportunities, and anticipated needs to schedule necessary personnel. Collaborated with customers to track and ensure that all protocols and requirements were met while responding to complaints promptly. Investigate and solve issues.
- Provided contractual and commercial support during customer negotiations, facilitated payments, and tracked trading term procedures. Communicated company benefits and drafted communications regarding new products and tools.
- Collaborated with managers to discuss strategies and improve project outcomes, regional managers, and directors, effectively utilizing strong communication and writing skills to support relationship management.
- Created comprehensive reports for client executives to aid in informed decision-making.
- Ensured accurate invoicing and supervised accounts to identify unresolved debts.
- Ensure that company processes, systems and tools are used properly and consistently according to Randstad standards and the clients' needs by the consultants nationwide. These processes include: search and selection, personnel administration, union agreement updates, payroll and terminations.
360 Consultant
Randstad Argentina
05.2016 - 12.2020
- The aim of the position is to manage national and international clients and fill their temporary and permanent vacancies by managing the process from end to end: Selection, HR administration, wages and terminations.
- Coordinated national search processes for high-volume recruitment to ensure timely placement of candidates.
- Interviewed and qualified prospective candidates through individual and group interviews, delivered tailored candidate profiles to clients, and negotiated terms to align expectations.
- Source candidates matched against pre-qualified specifications for clients. Write and tailor advertisements specific to client's needs.
- Managed high volume of incoming job profiles to enhance business development and drive sales growth.
- Plan and carry out direct sales activities with prospects and customers.
- Onboarded new employees by providing orientation, reviewing company policies, gathering payroll information, explaining benefits, and obtaining necessary signatures.
- Administered disciplinary actions based on company policies.
- Managed employee terminations by conducting exit interviews and processing final paperwork.
- Monitor and report on activities and provide relevant management information
Branch Assistant
Randstad Argentina
01.2015 - 04.2016
- Coordinated interview schedules and maintained daily appointment calendars to optimize branch workflow.
- Supported branch operations for staffing clients and matching candidates to roles.
- Coordinated administrative tasks for Rosario's Branch, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Prepared candidate files and employment documents for branch review.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Industrial and Labor Relations
Universidad del Centro Latinoamericano
Skills
- Written translation
- Consecutive interpreting
- Translation accuracy
- Terminology management
- Bilingual liaison
- Cross-cultural communication
- Family engagement
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Multitasking
- Relationship building
- Service oriented
- Family engagement
Languages
English Intermediate, Spanish Native
Timeline
English-Spanish Interpreter/Translator
Frederick County Public Schools
08.2023 - Current
Key Account Coordinator
Randstad Argentina
01.2021 - 10.2022
360 Consultant
Randstad Argentina
05.2016 - 12.2020
Branch Assistant
Randstad Argentina
01.2015 - 04.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Industrial and Labor Relations
Universidad del Centro Latinoamericano