Curriculum Vitae
Skender Xhakaliu
1. Family name: XHAKALIU
2. First names: Skender
3. Date of birth: 21 March 1968
4. Nationality: Kosovar/Germany
5. Civil status: Married
6. Education:
| Institution [ Date from - Date to ] | Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: |
| City College, International Faculty of Sheffield University, October 2009– ongoing | Master in Business Administration (MBA): General Management (expecting to graduate November 2012) |
| Vocational Education, Germany, 2003 - 2006 | Diploma in Health Management |
| Upper-Secondary Education, Germany, 1997 - 2000 | Diploma in Economic Sciences |
| Upper-Secondary Education, Germany, 1995 - 1996 | Health Management |
| University of Prishtina, Faculty of Economic, 1988 - 1992 | Bachelor of Economic |
7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)
| Language | Reading | Speaking | Writing |
| Albanian | 1 | Mother tongue | 1 |
| English | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| German | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serbian/ Croatian | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8. Membership of professional bodies:
• German Humanitarian Organization “Cap Anamur”.
• “Red Cross Organization”, Germany.
• World Organization “Doctors without borders”.
Association “Grune Helme”.
9. Other skills:
Fully computer literate,
Proficient in the use of MS Office
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Good Internet research skills
10. Professional experience
| Date from - Date to | Location | Company | Position | Description |
| 1992 –2000 | Germany | Hospital Centre Red-Cross in Germany | Head of Management Unit | • Head of management division of hospital. • Managing diverse health projects. • Head of Business Planning Unit of Hospital. |
| 2000–2002 | Germany | Humanitarian Organization “Cap Anamur” | Coordinator for Balkan | • Coordinator of all the projects implemented in Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia • Construction and Refurbishment of 6000 houses. • Construction and Refurbishment of professional school in Prishtina, Kline, Gjakova, Viti, Podujeve. • Reconstruction and Refurbishment of Medical Centre and medical ambulance • Managing programs and projects of total value of 58 million euro. |
| 2002-2003 | Kosovo | German Liaison Office in Kosovo, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Political and Media Assistant | • Coordination of office of Ambassador • Advising the Ambassador • Coordination and Implementation of different German funded programs and projects. |
2003-2006 | Germany | Rehabilitation and Hospital Centre “Rein Main Kliniken“ | Manager | • Management of Medical Personnel • Management of Health Projects • Management of Budget and Finances |
2006-2008 | England, London | Company “Gina Croft” | General-Manager | • Planning Management • Human Resource Management • Financial and Accounting Management |
2008- 2009 | Kosovo | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | Political Adviser of Minister of Education, Science and Technology | • Coordination of office of Minister • Advising the Minister • Coordination and Implementation of different funded programs and projects. |
2009-2010 | Kosovo | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | Director of Central Administration | Management of the organization budgets Document preparation for annual planning process Logistic support for all sectors within the organization |
2010-2011 | Kosovo | Ministry of Education, Science and Technology | General Secretary | • Working on drafting the capacity building needs analysis and capacity building programme for the MEST • Drafting the strategic documents, legislations, development policies and planning of actions in the education sector |
| October 2011 | Kosova | EC Liaison Office to Kosova | Expert-EU Education SWAp Project- Support to the implementation of the education sector-wide approach in Kosova | • Developed and processed the necessary information for effective planning of actions for the European integration process for Kosovo. • Organized and managed the internal communication and information regarding the European integration process, the instruments of EU assistance. • Monitor the progress of implementation of the education sector strategies |