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France

• Operating as a sole trading contractor for Helen Millicer and Climate Wise Associations• Collaborating with the team to arrange and prepare for meetings, conferences, and media engagements.• Conducting research to deepen understanding and contributing to solutions for a more sustainable future in Australia.

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Australia

• Managed a number of environmental, circular economy andsustainability projects, most notably the Circular Economy Strategy for Parkes Shire Council's Special Activation Precinct.• Researched international sustainability and circular economy best practice strategies and implemented these in the Australian context.ISCA projectsCarbon neutral projects (climate active)

Brisbane, Australia

• This role initially involved independently setting up Ricardo’s Waste Practice in Brisbane including establishing key client relationships. • Responsible for the hands on delivery of waste consulting services where the main focus of the role was to work with clients to investigate waste management solutions through mapping, data analysis and project management across Australia.

Manchester

• Ricardo helps their clients solve some of the world’s most complex environmental challenges and provide governments, public agencies and businesses with leading analysis, advice and data.Clients benefit from unprecedented depth of capability across six key practice areas: Air & Environmental Quality; Energy & Climate Change; Resource Efficiency & Waste Management; Water; Sustainable Transport; and Chemical Risk.• I have worked on a range of different projects across the Waste, Energy, Air Quality and Water Practices and has gained a variety of transferable skills including project management, report writing and data analysis. Key business areas she has worked on in depth include Environmental Assessment and Renewable Energy.• Delivered projects to clients through updating Environmental Assessment Reports and creating GIS maps.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Managed the Green Impact programme which is an environmental accreditation and awards scheme run by the National Union of Students that brings together staff and students to green campuses, curriculums and communities across the country.• Managed and influenced sustainability practices at the University level by reducing food waste in the Catering Department by researching innovative ways to reduce food, material and energy waste by evaluating alternatives to throwing away food waste.• Recommended and adopted effective course of action consisting of coordinating leftover food to 'Student Action Volunteers' who donates food to the homeless.• Increased knowledge of environmental practices in the workplace by meeting specific and measurable criteria, covering several main aspects of sustainability: waste, water, travel, energy, procurement, greening teams and communications.• Organized events and meetings to follow up on the team's progress to meet targets.• Achieved higher sustainability award at Green Impact Awards Ceremony.

Nicaragua

• Grupo Fenix works with communities in Nicaragua to promote renewable energy, reforestation and sustainable development.• Worked with a rural Nicaraguan community on various hands-on various renewable energy projects increasing their technical skill level.• Developed English lesson plans for a group of 10+ young adults and modified activities to meet the learning needs of individual students increasing their employability.• Supported community self-determination and local responsibility for the projects.• Designed and managed the new pathway project linking the Solar Workshop to the Solar Kitchen (below).

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• CUTS International is a leading Southern voice and face of consumer empowerment through its rights-based approach and activities for influencing the process and content of inclusive growth and development.• Improved policy coherance in East Africa by working closely and networking with employees from NGOs, the UN and the WTO.• Researched and edited the project “Promoting Agriculture-Climate-Trade linkages in the EAC” (PACT EAC) which has strived to help East African stakeholders better understand and address the need for coherent policies at the interplay between climate, food and trade issues.• The project has influenced a number of policy improvements with linkage aspects now being reflected in the draft Kenya Environmental Policy, the new draft Agricultural Policy of Tanzania, and a potential review of the GMO policy at the Vice Presidents’ Office in Tanzania.

Master’S Degree, Environmental Planning And Management

Activities and Societies: • Fossil Free Manchester • BotSoc • Student Action • Fossil Free Manchester • Manchester Students Food.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations, Gpa: 3.50 / Upper Second Class Honours Degree

Classes included: • Politics of Climate Change • International Development • Global Political Economy • Theories of International.