Summary
For fifteen years Julie has supported governments, communities, NGOs, and humanitarian organisations across the Pacific, Asia and Australia to address climate change through their policy, project and program work. Her specialties are adaptation, resilience and gender. She has expertise in research, writing and analysis. She also has substantial expertise in developing and delivering tailored training packages and developing targeted and practical communication materials, guidelines and toolkits for diverse audiences. She has excellent written and verbal communication skills and substantial experience in mentoring, capacity building and leadership. She has a Masters in Sustainability from Murdoch University and is completing a Master of Climate Change from the Australian National University.
Qualifications and credentials
Master of Climate Change (Development Focus), 2014-2016, On-going, Australian National University
Master of Sustainable Development, 2000-2005, Completed, Murdoch University
Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honors, 1990-1993, Completed, Murdoch University
Various Red Cross and CARE, 2007-2015, Completed, CARE and Red Cross
Various networks and groups associated with Pacific climate change, gender and resilience issues, 2002-present
English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Work experience
Gender mainstreaming
Community development specialist
Proposal writing/Report writing
Community trainer specialist
Capacity building specialist
Resilience
Self employed, Consultant: adaptation, gender and resilience, Melbourne Australia, Myanmar, Resilience Advisor, BRACED: Building Resilience Against Climate Extremes and Disasters, Developed and delivered a three day training program for Alliance field staff that resulted in a Resilience Framework for communities in Myanmar and a, Vietnam / Vanuatu / PNG / Timor Leste, Resilience, gender and CBA advisor, CBA Projects, Climate change and gender learning analysis CARE Vietnam. Facilitated lessons learned from programs and developed a framework with the teams to reflec, Africa, Gender and climate advisor, African Adaptation Learning Program, Synthesized evaluations and learning from the five year African Adaptation Learning Program on gender, climate change and adaptive capacity., Pacific, Strategy advisor, Save the Children, Researched and analysed climate change programs and policies for Pacific strategy development for Save the Children Australia, Asia Pacific, Resilience and climate advisor, Resilience Marker, Portfolio review of integration of resilience, climate change and risk reduction, and advice on developing tools and process to support improvements f
CARE Australia, Climate Change Advisor, Asia Pacific, Pacific, Asia, Middle East, Ongoing capacity building and support to staff across the region in climate change adaptation and DRR. Key achievements include being part of a small
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Senior Climate Advisor, Vanuatu and Pacific wide
Solomon Island Government, National Adaptation Program of Action Advisor, Solomon Islands
Red Cross, Disaster climate and organisation development advisor, Solomon Islands
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, Senior Program Manager, Australia
Nepal Tourism Board, Sustainable Tourism Advisor, Nepal
Self employed consultant, Various listed, ***April to June 2015: Resilience Advisor. Plan Myanmar. UK funded BRACED Project (Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disaster
Publications
Weather Climate and Climate Change: Facts and Figures for Vanuatu Red Cross Branches, Vanuatu Red Cross, https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0c4HOWdfu5ZdWdMMkpfblRDT1k/edit?pli=1
Communicating Climate Change for Risk Reduction in Pacific Communities Guidance Note for Red Cross Staff and Volunteers, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, http://www.solutionexchange-un.net/repository/pc/ccd/Communicating-ClimateChange.pdf
Climate vulnerability and capacity of ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam, CARE International in Vietnam, http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/CARE_ClimChg_Vietnam_0413_web1.pdf
Tools for Community Based Adaptation: lessons from NGO collaboration in Vanuatu, Taylor and Francis Journal of Coastal Management, http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/iNNkiSNmPXTsyXNferaE/full#.VezqFM7BY7A