Oleksii Vasylevskyi

Skilled professional with a proven ability to execute projects that align with policy goals and priorities. Leading people, scheduling tasks, and exceeding expectations in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. Deep knowledge of policy issues and project management acquired during 3 years of experience managing the policy projects such as communications, cooperatives, environment, and non-profits.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Ottawa, ON, January 2021 – Present

• Successfully planned, controlled, and completed 5 policy research projects about co-operatives, municipal budget, elections, and central bank communications during 2 years—demonstrating efficiency, tenacity, and an outstanding work ethic
• Conducted 11 interviews with top executives in the Band of Canada, bank economists, journalists, and professors, and analyzed up to 5 big data sets to track the trends in elections and economic data in STATA and Excel
• Established a safety culture and clearly communicated all safety rules, policies, and guidelines to the external project participants
• Worked diligently to meet or exceed 100% of stakeholder standards by conducting walk-throughs with decision-makers and addressing concerns prior to closing each project

Sales Advisor, Sport Chek, Ottawa, ON, December 2020 – Present

• Managed three store departments
• Led omnichannel communication to resolve customers’ requests.
• Answered up to 40+ product and service questions daily
• Trained new advisors

Board Member, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Saskatoon, SK, March 2022 – August 2022

• Partnered with non-profit organizations to create educational products about Ukraine
• Negotiated the publication of Ukrainian articles in two Canadian and American journals
• Organized a media round table together with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Calgary), reaching over 1000 people

Assistant Project Manager, Kyiv City Council, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2019 – March 2020

• Partnered in a lake renovation project for the municipal committee with the municipal government
• Led a team responsible for surveying over 300 people and calculating the expenditures of the project and the maintenance expenses
• Defended the project to the municipal committee
• Reported on the status of the project to the community

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, Mitacs, Saskatoon, SK, May 2019 – August 2019

• Completed two policy projects: Canadian co-operatives legislation and housing co-operatives in Anglo-nations
• Promptly analyzed 20+ cooperative legislations and regulations of co-operatives according to the three categories: membership shares, investment shares, and debt instruments, 50+ government reports in Anglo-nations
• Presented the project results to two supervisors

Master of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 2020 – 2023

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016 – 2020