“Have you ever asked yourself what is your goal?
“Think about your goals, work hard to achieve them, always use the opportunities available to you and ultimately create your own success story!”
On Monday October 8, during his visit to Georgia, ISET hosted Dr. David Tsirekidze, the Principal Consultant at Edgeworth Economics (Washington, DC), PhD in Economics from Stanford University, and an ISET graduate of 2011. He gave a presentation entitled “Success and Motivation”.
Dr. Tsirekidze talked about his experience and provided his insight on how to set goals and achieve them. David related the story of his career so far, and recounted not only the great successes he has had, but also the painful failures and disappointments and the experience he has gained from them. He revealed what motivated him to set his eyes on top US PhD programs many years earlier: in fact, his ambitions originated from his time as a high school student. David shared the lessons he learned through his own experience in the hope that the audience found his message inspiring, as well as motivating so that they can be successful in their own endeavors.
Position title: Grants officer
Reports to: Deputy Director for Operations
• Screening, looking for new grants and donors;
• Identify and report regularly on all the emerging opportunities;
• Development of templates per donor requirements;
• Administrative support in proposal submission;
• Grants monitoring for ongoing projects (a) Monitor and fulfilment of project terms, contractual deliverables and conditions and Budget monitoring and reporting);
• Assist to monitor that project milestones are being met and ensure that grants are acquitted in a timely manner;
• Assist in the provision of logistical support in the proposal preparation;