About

Consultant ,
Pacific Research and Evaluation Associates

Summary

A sustainability generalist, with wide ranging skills, knowledge and experience to bring in solving complex problems. Over 12 years experience in the environmental management sector, including government, private industry and the education sector. Experience working across the Pacific Islands delivering training in project design and proposal preparation. Project design, management, implementation and evaluation experience. Experienced trainer and facilitator.
Knowledge and understanding of social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of natural resource management (marine & terrestrial) and sustainability, with a focus on community change and adaptation. Extensive practical experience in government and industry, including liaising with community groups and stakeholders, conducting surveys, and report writing. Experienced integrative team player with strong relationship building skills, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, prioritization and multi-tasking abilities, and an ability to operate autonomously.

Qualifications and credentials
Masters of International & Community Development, 2006 – 2010, Completed, Deakin University
Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Management), Marine & Terrestrial Resource Management, 1995 – 1999, Completed, James Cook University
English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
French, Excellent, Excellent, Good
Work experience
M & E specialist
Community development specialist
Proposal writing/Report writing
Capacity building specialist
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Pacific Research & Evaluation Associates, Principal, Melbourne Australia, Samoa, Trainer and resource developer, Training in proposal preparation for the Adaptation Fund, Developed resources and delivered training on how to prepare proposals to access the Adaptation Fund. Training delivered in Samoa at SPREP campus over, Pacific region, M&E support, PACC programme, Delivering monitoring and evaluation support to PACC programme countries. This has involved delivering training in M&E, reviewing and revising logfram, Solomon Islands, Evaluation consultant, Temotu Community Sustainability and Livelihoods Resilience project, Conducted an external evaluation of the Temotu CSLR project for World Vision Solomon Is. Included developing research tools, field trip to gather data
Swinburne University, Project Manager, Melbourne
Capacity development in proposal preparation using the logical framework approach, SPC, Trainer and resource developer, Development of learner guide, training resources, and delivery of training in 14 islands, as well as post-training impact evaluation. See http://evalu
Tuvalu CCESD project evaluation, UNESCO, Evaluation Consultant, Inception report, data collection tools, and evaluation report