Brankica Brusin

• Capitalize on advanced fluency in Spanish to collaborate with a network of contacts throughout the countries of responsibility across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean to gather intelligence, manage bilateral relationships and work on advocacy and outreach efforts to address local and regional issues as they pertain to migration.
  • Coordinate and lead regional outreach efforts in the organization of stakeholder events for international students in support of Canada’s International Education Strategy.
  • Empower, motivate and create opportunities for 50+ employees to participate in strategic engagement activities and develop regional client engagement and communication initiatives across the 8 offices in Latin America and Caribbean.

• Liaison with Head of Mission (HOM) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Programs Managers in promoting Canada’s international migration agenda and advancing Canada’s perspective on global migration policies in a way that demonstrates Canadian leadership and supports Canada’s immigration and humanitarian objectives.

• With advanced fluency in Spanish, strengthened ability to represent the Government of Canada at regional forums to advance global migration policies in a way that supports Canada’s immigration and humanitarian objectives, most notably at bilateral consultations with government counterparts, and at High level Meetings of Migration Authorities particularly the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization of Migration (IOM).

• Support continuous strategic alignment of the management of priorities and workload in order to achieve targets and maintain processing times within established service standards.

• Focused on employee wellness in the face of staffing cuts and a need for change management to make our team more cohesive and agile.

• Statistical reporting on achievement, office capacity and
application inventory to ensure optimal performance and effective
participation in work-sharing initiatives across the Latin American and
Caribbean region.

• Provide effective oversight of the third party Visa Application Centre (VAC) network and act as the point of guidance and direction for in-country managers, reporting on trends, concerns, issues and incidents at the regional level.
• Proactive management of Quality Assurance exercises to contribute to the program re-design and evaluation.

• Successfully contributed to meeting immigration targets on an annual basis within departmental processing times, in a complex processing environment.
• Directed four annual refugee selection trips to Ecuador, including liaising with colleagues from partner agencies: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Increased network alliance building with local partner agencies using Spanish advanced fluency.
• Effective supervision of client service delivery models in quality responses to enquiries received from applicants and members of parliament within the established response times.

• Successful completion of examinations following rigorous
training and completion of overseas training component at the Canadian General Consulate in New York City, USA.
• (Maternity leave 2011-2012)

• Successfully negotiated contribution agreements valued at $10
million Canadian, through effective project portfolio management in a Grants and Contributions environment servicing Canadian companies working in intensive research and development industries.
• Established effective interfaces with colleagues within the Canadian
Innovation community, including government officials, private sector
companies and industry associations.
• Developed strategic intelligence on companies, technologies, and markets within Canada’s aerospace and defense sectors.

• Provide strategic recommendations to senior colleagues and management on financial investments in technology development projects.