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Copenhagen, Capital Region Of Denmark, Denmark

Supporting the HQ Risk and Compliance Group to review UNOPS' Global TA Advisory Portfolio with a view to identifying internal and external challenges and solutions associated with the fast tracking of support to national development for achieving global consistency in project design, risk management, implementation and closure.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I continue to support the united nations and governments in developing their applied understanding of resilience including the systems, capacities, technologies and policy frameworks necessary for sustained action. Included in this ambition is to strengthen national capacity to integrate climate change, SDGs and other global ambitions within a consolidated.

Geneva, Switzerland

Review project design practices across the region with a view to strengthening risk management, improving project sustainability and impact and improving project closure including the framing of lessons learned. As a follow on, I contributed to the development of regional training modules (including pilot training) and prepared a regional guidance to guide.

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Major tasks evolved around the establishment and staffing of a new UNOPS Country Office and the development of strategic partnerships within and across government, with development partners and collaborative alliances with other UN and Private Sector Agencies.The key was to establish a strong pipeline of activities to sustain the UNOPS presence and.

Manila

Leading reform within the Country Office including with human resources, office systems and processes and in association with establishing and maintaining collaborative and partnership relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including the Government, Development Partners, United Nations. The goal is to have a more responsive and efficient office.

Asia Region

Providing strategic oversight on infrastructure and resilience as applied within the development context. This involves working with the regional and country teams to advise and guide actions that ensure that the work of UNOPS and their partners including government is undertaken in accordance with establish resilience pathways.A key element of this work.

Copenhagen

My role is to provide strategic and operational advice for the establishment and functioning of the DRR for Resilience (DRR4R) Programme within UNOPS strategic policy, planning and practice at the HQ, Regional and Country Office levels. The aim is to ensure that UNOPS remains compliant with global frameworks including the UN Plan of Action on DRR for.

Bangladesh

I led a team of international experts to design a resilience project for Bangladesh entitled “Beyond Sustainability: strengthening resilience to the shocks and stresses from climate - induced and natural hazards. The key features of the design included:1. It created a transitional process that moved the development emphasis beyond sustainability to.

Brisbane Area, Australia

Undertaking home-based project and document reviews and reporting

Vanuatu

Strengthening Climate and Disaster Risk Governance within a development framework. More specifically:Analysing policy, planning and institutional systems including horizontal relationships and information management across agencies, and vertical linkages and interfaces from national to provincial through to community levels.Analysing the various mandates.

Based Out Of Dakar Senegal With Broader Africa Mandates Across 20 Countries

The $92m Africa Adaptation programme (AAP) was designed to support the long term efforts of twenty African countries to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development planning and priorities. As Manager, I.

Bangladesh

• As Chief Technical Advisor and Team Leader I was responsible for providing the strategic oversight, coordination and management in the pursuit of whole-of-government transformational change outcomes related to climate.
• Integration of risk reduction and climate change within the PRSP and endorsement of government policy for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction within development project design processes;
• National emergency response and humanitarian systems strengthenedm tested and proven under realistic conditions during Cyclone Sidr.
• Risk reduction action plans incorporating climate change, social and gender considerations developed for all communities within 32/64 districts.
• Disaster management curriculum institutionalized within government training academy, education system and government national training institute for public officers and 14 universities across Bangladesh;
• Establishment of a National Disaster Management Information Centre as a 24/7 monitoring, and activation mechanism and Cell Broadcasting mobile phone warning system;

Brisbane

• As Director I was responsible for providing the long-term visioning and strategic oversight to facilitate the effective delivery of emergency and rescue services throughout Queensland. I provided duty of care over a.
• Led the agencies functional… Show more As Director I was responsible for providing the long-term visioning and strategic oversight to facilitate the effective delivery of emergency and rescue services throughout.
• Led the agencies functional review as part of a major business enhancement strategy;
• As acting Executive Director guided the drafting team for the development of the Queensland Disaster Management Bill 2003
• Introduced a Learning and Development Strategy to guide the professional development and career planning of head office and field professionals and support staff;
• Unit safety audits completed for 144 Local Government Volunteer Units and Groups. The audit process is providing a “snap shot” of the SES organization and thus facilitating the identification of workplace safety issues.

Master’S Degree, Emergency Management, High Distinction Gpa 7/7

Bachelor'S Degree, Human Resource Management And Marketing