SALMAN JAN M.IR
Prospect NSW,NSW
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Parra Legal/Language Specialist
Vidler & Associates
08.2021 - Current
- Since August 2021, I have been working as a Parra Legal and Language Specialist with the Vidler & Associates which is a private legal firm. In my role, I have been using my multilingual skills and knowledge of cultures, religious beliefs, ethnic diversity and complex socio-political challenges of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan to prepare visa applications. I assisted in preparing Refugee and Humanitarian, Community Support Program, Partner and other relevant visa applications. I have also liaised with with the clients and legal professionals, prepared clients documents and gathered their information.
Contract Interpreter
Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) National-Australia, Oncalls Interpreting and Translation Services and Ethnic Intepreting Services
04.2011 - 08.2021
- Since April 2011, I worked as a contract interpreter with TIS National, which is an organization established through the Department of Home Affairs. TIS National deployed interpreters nationwide and was also responsible for the deployment of interpreters in Immigration Detention Canters (IDC) both on Australian shores, as well as, in offshore regional processing canters. During my employment with TIS, I worked as a contract interpreter in Christmas Island, Curtin, Scherger and Darwin IDCs. Working as a contract interpreter, has been an outstanding opportunity for me in order to assist the men and women of my home country Afghanistan.
- During the same period, I worked for two other organisations as a contract interpreter. I worked for Oncalls Interpreting and Translation Services and Ethnic Interpreting Services.
Project Advisor, In-Field Monitoring and Evaluation Representative
Indigo Foundation Australia
04.2004 - 12.2014
- In 2004 I took a proposal to Indigo Foundation Australia to support a project to build schools in my home village of Borjegai, Afghanistan. We felt the need was enormous, as in those days, very few girls received education and many boys had to attend schools in rudimentary conditions. I put a proposal together and the Indigo Foundation management committee supported the project and I was appointed Project Advisor. It took time and energy to generate support for the project, but in the last few years we have had many successes.
- I was responsible for the transfer of funds from Australian donors to the village representatives, and to ensure the funds were spent for the purposes they were intended. With the development and expansion of the project, three times I have left my home in Australia to visit the village to monitor progress and check everything is progressing well. While in Afghanistan it was my responsibility to collect photos and DVD footage for Indigo Foundation for their use on the website and other promotional material. When I returned, I was required to provide verbal and written reports, as well as give formal presentations about my trip. I designed a strategy for expansion of the project and made recommendations to Indigo Foundation and its partner Rotary Club of Ryde, a member of Rotary International, for how the project can be made more effective.
- Key Achievements of the School Project: Facilitated dialogue between Indigo Foundation Australia and the Borjegai community in Afghanistan (and more recently the Rotary Club of Ryde) to propose develop and implement a program that now delivers high-quality educational programs to 5,000 local children, 40 percent of whom are girls.
- Managed the allocation of funds from Australian donors to Afghanistan beneficiaries, and monitored the progress of the project from Australia to ensure funds were spent appropriately to meet project objectives.
- Met and exceeded the reporting requirements and expectations of Indigo Foundation Australia and major partner Ryde Club of Rotary; and made various public presentations as and when required to assist with awareness-raising and fundraising activities.
- Co-developed an expansion strategy plan in 2011 that will allow Australian donors to make a bigger contribution to supporting education programs in Borjegai village. The project is aiming to educate fifteen thousand children by 2016.
Lecturer
Australian Defence Force (ADF) School of Languages – Australia
02.2012 - 04.2012
- Through my work with the Australian Department of Defense I experienced work as a public servant within the government bureaucracy. I was a lecturer and in my role I worked on two assigned sections of the School known as delivery and the development cells. In the former I delivered the lectures in the class and in the later I engaged in research to prepare the educational curriculum based on Afghan culture, religion, history, etc.
Personal Research Project
07.2010 - 11.2010
- Report Titled: The Impact of the Post September 11, 2001 Developments on Hazaras of Afghanistan
- Responsibilities: For this research project, I interviewed a large group of very high profile politicians, academics, historians, journalists, human rights activists and the average men and women in Kabul. I looked at the socio- political; economic and religious impacts of the post-September 11, 2001 on Hazaras (the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan) and was interested to know how the changes have been translated in the two spheres of development and security for Hazaras of Afghanistan.
Intern/Research Assistant, UNV In-Country Programme Manager
United Nations Development Programme-United Nations Volunteers
11.2007 - 02.2008
- During the 12 weeks of my internship, I undertook a research paper on volunteerism. In particular, I looked at (a) the feasibility of a national volunteering facility to coordinate all volunteering activities in Lao PDR; (b) the feasibility of volunteering legislations Lao PDR, and (c) the feasibility of deploying TOKTEN (Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals) for the development of Lao PDR. In my role as the research assistant I studied a broad range of United Nations’ inter-agency documents; run online workshops/interviews with the UNDP offices in Thailand, China, Vietnam and Afghanistan; and, interviewed UNDP staff and the Lao government officials to write my paper.
- Key Achievements: Produced a paper “Volunteerism and Volunteering: Loa PDR” with specific recommendations for the UNV office. Facilitated also communications between UNV office in Lao PDR and UNV offices in Thailand, China, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Education
Master of International Relations -
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia06.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Politics
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia12.2008
Diploma of Interpreting - LOTE
Granville TAFE College
Granville, NSW, Australia12.2002
Skills
- Quality assurance expertise
- Team collaboration
- Training and mentoring
- Strong analytical skills
- Document formatting
- Video remote interpreting
- Creative writing
- Language research
LANGUAGES
English: Fluent in reading, writing and verbally
Persian (Farsi, Dari and Hazaragi) Mother tongue
Timeline
Parra Legal/Language Specialist
Vidler & Associates
08.2021 - Current
Lecturer
Australian Defence Force (ADF) School of Languages – Australia
02.2012 - 04.2012
Contract Interpreter
Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) National-Australia, Oncalls Interpreting and Translation Services and Ethnic Intepreting Services
04.2011 - 08.2021
Personal Research Project
07.2010 - 11.2010
Intern/Research Assistant, UNV In-Country Programme Manager
United Nations Development Programme-United Nations Volunteers
11.2007 - 02.2008
Project Advisor, In-Field Monitoring and Evaluation Representative
Indigo Foundation Australia
04.2004 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Politics
Macquarie University
Diploma of Interpreting - LOTE
Granville TAFE College
Master of International Relations -
Macquarie University
INTERESTS
Community development, international relations, international law, humanitarian issues, news and current affairs, reading, writing, cinema, travel and meeting new people.
ACCREDITATIONS AND AWARDS
Award: Accreditation, Given by: National Accreditation Authority for Translating and Interpreting, Date: March 2012,
Award: Paul Harris Fellow, Given by: The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Date: December 2010,
Award: Recognition Award, Given by: The Borjegai Community, Afghanistan, Date: October 2010