January 2002 - April 2002

Cashier for the Public Guardianship Office, Lord Chancellor's Department, Archway, London.

Duties involved:

• To log, check and reconcile in-coming cheques to the PGO for banking each day.

• To input details of cheques banked onto the AAS System.

• To process Vote account payment runs, including the printing of cheques, BACS transmissions and authorised remittances.

• To process the refund cheque batches received.

• To research unidentified, returned or out of date cheques.

November 2001 - January 2002

Founders Arms, Blackfriars, London

Duties involved:

• Serving customers.

• Maintaining the bar.

 1^st of April 2001 - 15^th of July 2001

Public Information and Programming Assistant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Bulgarian Branch Office.

Duties involved: 

• Organising meetings and seminars.

• Liaising with diplomats and officials from the European Commission.

• Initiating fundraising projects.

• Researching information relating to refugees.

• Providing communication support.

September 2000 to January 2001

Press and Promotion officer - Amnesty International, Thessaloniki, Greece

Duties involved:

• Establishing and maintaining relations with journalists.

• Organising fundraising / public awareness events.

• Providing logistical support.

• Managing volunteers.

June 2000

Telephone Interviewer - ICM Direct, London, United Kingdom

Duties involved:

• Conducting telephone interviews.

• Filling in questionnaires.

October 1998 to March 1999

Bar Staff - Beehive Harvester, Gants Hill, London, United Kingdom 

Duties involved:

• Serving customers.

• Maintaining the bar.

March 1997 to July 1998

Training facilitator/manager - Philkeram-Johnson SA, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Duties involved:

• Devising and implementing the training programme.

• Managing groups of trainees.

• Providing logistics concerning accommodation and transportation.

• Negotiating purchases.

July 1996 to July 1998

Lead Guitarist for 'Pseudoprofites'

Duties involved:

• Performing.
• Studio Recording.
• Writing Music and Lyrics

June 1996 to August 1996

Journalist - Radio FM 105, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Duties involved:

• Interviewing.

• Writing scripts for the newscast.

• Researching the news.

December 1995 to February 1996

Journalist - Kathimerini, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Duties involved:

• Writing features and news articles.

• Interviewing.

• Researching the news.

• Converting Press Releases to publishable columns.

September 1994

One-month security guard at the Trade International Fair of Thessaloniki, Greece. 

September 1992 to September 1993

  Compulsory national service in the Greek Army as a corporal. 

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