nandun dissanayake

I am a 30 year old fresh-off-the-boat postgraduate candidate in Law from Sri Lanka, currently based in Dundee, Scotland. 

Like most fortunately unfortunate students immigrating to these lusher parts of the Western world in search of robust further education, I am searching for part time/relief work to pay through my tuition and accommodation fees. 

Although I do not have ‘professional’ experience as far as hospitality, event management & coordination sectors are concerned, I believe that the skills I developed over the years as a legal counsel representing the best interests of various clients in litigation and dispute resolution, client consultation and related liaising I have engaged in with various corporate and civilian clients; not to mention the volunteer and team-work experience I gained having worked with United Nations Sri Lanka and with the Galle Literary Festival Sri Lanka (first as a volunteer and then as a staff member), have equipped me with the necessary tools to successfully execute the duties demanded by a number of positions in the hospitality sector. 

I am proud to say that I belong to the LGBTQIA+ group and that the experience I have had in growing up in a developing country like Sri Lanka as an openly gay man, has instilled a high level of empathy in me, which I intend to fully harness and use to good effect in executing the required duties, if you accept me for a suitable position. 

As a  team-player,  effective communicator, a  quick  learner and a  goal-oriented, committed and humble individual, I believe I could be a valuable addition to your team. 

I am looking forward to receiving a response from you inviting me to be a part of your unique and prestigious venture/s. 

I have years of volunteering experience: I have helped organize events, done laundry, tended bars, served food, coordinated event organizers, written speeches, given orations, entertained singers, diplomats, politicians, etc. I can hold a conversations in most topics, smile a pleasant smile, hold my alcohol and break a fight. 

Galle Literary Festival | 2017, 2018

60th Anniversary Celebration Event – United Nations, Sri Lanka

Volunteer-Awards 2013 – United Nations, Sri Lanka

United Nations Day | 2013, 2014

Commonwealth Youth Conference 2013 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sri Lanka

Television Presenter | 2017 – 2019 Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

Volunteer Coordinator - Galle Literary Festival, Galle, Sri Lanka 

Event Coordinator/Assistant Editor - ANFREL (Asian Network for Free Elections)

Asian Electrical Stakeholder Forum 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Interpreter

Commonwealth of Nations - Parliamentary Election 2015, Sri Lanka

PAFFREL (The People's Action for Free & Fair Elections)- Parliamentary Election 2015, Sri Lanka

PAFFREL (The People's Action for Free & Fair Elections)- Presidential Election 2014, Sri Lanka

If experience is education, then I am modestly educated in most things which are to do with hospitality.