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New JPOSC Staff

Welcome New Colleagues on Board! We are pleased to welcome four new full-time members of the JPOSC team.

Maria Segovia Aguirre joined the JPOSC under the JPO Programme as HR Analyst. She will be working among others on the JPO career development programme and mentoring programme. Furthermore, she will be responsible for the JPO network and the JPO Facebook group. Maria has 7 years of Human Resources experience, both in the private and NGO sectors, in generalist positions, in Europe as well as in Africa, where she has spent the last 3 years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources.
We have also been joined by Pierre Noël joined the JPOSC as Communications Associate. He is mainly maintaining the Website of the JPOSC, www.jposc.org , and editing, reviewing or providing translation services from English to French and Spanish. Pierre has 6 years of experience in the NGOs and private sectors in the areas of Communication in different European countries, Mexico and West Indies. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Development Studies.
Svjetlana Tafro joined the JPOSC on the 18th of January 2010 as Human Resources Associate. She is working on separations for JPOs, as well as, separation of sensitive and complex cases for Benefits and Entitlements in SAS. Svjetlana has 17 years of experience with the United Nations, working both in UNHCR and UNDP offices, in managerial and general positions in the Administration, Human Resources and Finance in Europe, United States and Asia. She facilitated the establishment of the Benefits & Entitlements (BES) Unit in Copenhagen, as well as UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.
Yasmina Rais El Fenni joined the JPOSC on the 15th of February, as Human Resources Assistant. She is working primarily with UNDP portfolios, as well as supporting the rest of the team. Yasmina holds a BA in International Relations and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. She has previously worked with the Learning and Development unit in UNOPS in Copenhagen for 8 months, in the Gender Responsive Budgeting unit in UNIFEM in New York for 3 months and in Human Resources Maersk in Morocco for 7 months.
Finally, Marcos Martinez has left the team to take up an assignment with UNV in Sudan.

Welcome to our 35 new JPOs in Jan./Feb. 2010

ALCALA, Luis Angel (Spain), UNFPA Honduras
ALMEIDA, Daniel (Spain), UNIFEM Ethiopia
BLANQUER ESCRIBANO, Pablo (Spain), UNDP Senegal
BRINKMANN, Dominik (Germany), UNDP Panama
CARRASCO-I-MIRO, Gisela (Spain), UNDP Mozambique
CHATELAIN, Anne-Lise (France), UNDP Lao
CHEMLI, Nabil (Spain), UNFPA Haiti
CLADOS, Miriam Sophia (Germany), WHO Switzerland
EBISAWA, Yoko (Japan), UNDP Solomon Islands
ENGELIN, Kristina Inger (Sweden), WHO Switzerland
GIL CUESTA, Julita (Spain), WHO Viet Nam
GOMEZ GONZALES, Maria Jose (Spain), UNFPA Mexico
GUILLOT DE LA PUENTE, Sofia (Spain), UNFPA Nicaragua
HENDRIKS, Sally (Netherlands), UNFPA Papua New Guinea
ISSA, Danae Christina Theresa (France), UNDP Norway
KAMAU, Njeri Virginia (The Netherlands), UNDP Tanzania
KEATES, Liisamaria (Finland), WHO Switzerland
KIM, Suhgenie Seojin (Rep.of Korea), UNIFEM United States
LARSEN, Dennis Christian (Denmark), UNAIDS Mozambique
LIM, Thea Agape (Spain), UN Relief Agency for Palestine, oPt
MARTIN GONZALEZ, Olga (Spain), UNDP India
MARTINEZ GIL, Rafael (Spain), UN Volunteers Germany
MATRAIA, Tomas (Italy), UNDP Belgium
MOL, Maartje (The Netherlands), UNDP Bhutan
NILSSON, Erika Kristina (Sweden), WHO Cambodia
OVESEN, Puk (Denmark), UNIFEM Mozambique
PAGES, Ruben Antonio (Spain), UNAIDS Guatemala
PASTORE, Roberta (Italy), WHO India
PETERSEN, Tommy (Denmark), UNOPS Jordan
SCHUTTE, Georgette (Netherlands), UNFPA Senegal
SPECKER, Leontine (The Netherlands), UNDP United States
STROMME, Alvhild (Norway), UNDP Jordan
VRIDAOU, Tao (The Netherlands), UNFPA Congo
WALTER, Marius Thomas (Germany), UNDP Malawi
ZWETSLOOT, Anneke (The Netherlands), UNFPA Uganda