Kirsty Fairhurst

Assistant Project Officer at Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association - EMEA
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ES
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Professional working proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Catalan Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • Spain
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Project Officer
      • Oct 2022 - Present

    • Spain
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Policy Assistant
      • Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

      MedWaves is the Regional Centre for the Stockholm and Barcelona Conventions under the UN Environment Programme and Mediterranean Action Plan. My role was to enhance the outreach of the project Just2CE - just transition to the circular economy - by identifying projects with similar objectives. I also supported the policy team in the organisation of a regional workshop under the BRS Conventions on the elimination of toxic chemicals and the adoption of good policy based on science. MedWaves is the Regional Centre for the Stockholm and Barcelona Conventions under the UN Environment Programme and Mediterranean Action Plan. My role was to enhance the outreach of the project Just2CE - just transition to the circular economy - by identifying projects with similar objectives. I also supported the policy team in the organisation of a regional workshop under the BRS Conventions on the elimination of toxic chemicals and the adoption of good policy based on science.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

      I carried out legal mapping for a multi-disciplinary project on the decarbonisation of the oil and gas industry in the North Sea. I was responsible for mapping the key legal barriers to the decarbonisation efforts of the industry and government policy in the project's initial stages. The research required investigation into various legal issues including labour law and just transitions, climate change law and international commitments, and oil and gas law. I carried out legal mapping for a multi-disciplinary project on the decarbonisation of the oil and gas industry in the North Sea. I was responsible for mapping the key legal barriers to the decarbonisation efforts of the industry and government policy in the project's initial stages. The research required investigation into various legal issues including labour law and just transitions, climate change law and international commitments, and oil and gas law.

    • Spain
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Language Assistant
      • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

      Creating activities and delivering lessons for primary students in Spain to support their English language learning. Awarded Expert in TEFL with a final grade of 95%. Creating activities and delivering lessons for primary students in Spain to support their English language learning. Awarded Expert in TEFL with a final grade of 95%.

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

      I worked on a project in a team of 6 to find innovative, socially conscious business solutions for our client. The client was provided with our final deliverable, allowing them to follow our research for the long and short-term goals, and apply our proposals on how to achieve them. I worked on a project in a team of 6 to find innovative, socially conscious business solutions for our client. The client was provided with our final deliverable, allowing them to follow our research for the long and short-term goals, and apply our proposals on how to achieve them.

    • Chile
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intern
      • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

      I researched the mechanism of concessions in national parks in the United States and how this compared to the system implemented in Chile. The NGO was putting forward their recommendations to the Chilean government on how to reform the current system. I researched the mechanism of concessions in national parks in the United States and how this compared to the system implemented in Chile. The NGO was putting forward their recommendations to the Chilean government on how to reform the current system.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Recreation Assistant
      • Jun 2016 - May 2018

      I was responsible for ensuring the safety of the public in the sports centre. This included shift work of lifeguarding the pool hall and patrolling the building. I was responsible for ensuring the safety of the public in the sports centre. This included shift work of lifeguarding the pool hall and patrolling the building.

Education

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra - UPF
    Master of Laws - LLM, European and Global Law
    2021 - 2022
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
    Expert in TEFL, Elementary Education and Teaching
    2020 - 2021
  • The University of Edinburgh
    Law and Spanish, Law
    2016 - 2020
  • Universidad Diego Portales
    Derecho
    2018 - 2019
  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
    2009 - 2016

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