Staff Profile – Rini Tafrini

Rini Tafrini was born in Ambon but moved to Bali in 1972. Rini graduated from Udayana University in Denpasar and started working at IALF in January 1997. Her first position was as an Administrative Officer with IDP Bali and 3 years later she became their Education Counselor. Currently Rini is Manager, IALF Global agency. The IALF Global team in Bali meet all sorts of students from different backgrounds, levels of education and interests, and Rini really enjoys helping these students to achieve their dreams - whether they are private or sponsored students.

As Manager and Senior Education Counselor, Rini has many roles. With her team she provides information about IALF Global services providing assistance for students who plan to study overseas. Her daily activities involve face to face counselling with students, and often their parents as well, preparing and sending applications to educational institutions abroad, and helping with visa processing and accommodation for when those students finally go overseas to study.

Rini has had a wide variety of work experiences including  visits to universities in Australia developing her contacts with, and knowledge of,  those institutions. In fact Rini has visited tertiary institutions in seven of the eight Australian states and territories over the past few years.  Rini participated in a one week Leadership Program at Melbourne University in 2007. Between 2008 and 2013, Rini managed students who won scholarships to Australia through the Program P5, Penelusuran Putra Putri Asli Papua. Twenty two students were awarded scholarships from the Jayapura Regency, and Rini gave them ongoing support before and during their studies in Australia.