Jack Mcquibban Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Zero Waste Europe’s latest strategic framework, 2021-2024, is built around three key pillars: movement building, enabling conditions and the implementation of zero waste solutions. This third pillar, focusing on implementation at the local level, combines our work with cities and businesses by providing more resources, capacity and finance to accelerate local level change towards a zero waste society. It is my role to coordinate this work, helping our network of nearly 500 cities and a growing number of partner businesses to implement more effective zero waste strategies, at a quicker pace. We are also creating new financial models to help connect local actors with greater opportunities to accessible finance for zero waste infrastructure. I am also responsible for ensuring the support provided to ZWE members and close partners is of the highest quality and best tailored to the local needs of the entities we work with.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Further develop and implement the overall strategy for the Zero Waste Cities programme in close collaboration with ZWE’s members:o Design and set up structures that further develop and facilitate the work of ZWE, with its members and municipalities, being responsible for the overall project management and implementationo Develop the database for the programme - municipalities, waste professionals, academia... - by identifying and engaging with key stakeholderso Identify and implement structures and procedures to increase the impact of the programmeo Pursue opportunities to raise the visibility of the programme in key events, either representing or ensuring that team and members can represent the programmeo Line manage the Cities programme team ensuring effective planning, implementation and support• Coordinate ZWE’s contribution to the Erasmus+ project and provide support to partners• Represent ZWE’s work on cities within BFFP Europe• Represent ZWE’s work on cities in the GAIA Zero Waste (Cities) working group- Pursue global opportunities with GAIAFundraising and Operational Planning• Engage and actively contribute to planning and strategic discussions to pursue thegoals of ZWE, including team retreats and other meeting spaces of the organisation• Contribute to grant development and be responsible for the reporting on grants’deliveries, including the LIFE operating grant, Erasmus+, Adessium and other funds• Be responsible for fundraising and operational planning for the programme:o Proactively contribute to the development of the Zero Waste Citiesprogramme fundraising strategy, being responsible for identifyingpotential new funding sources, maintaining relationships with donors,develop fundraising proposals and contribute to an overall building strategyo Manage and execute the programme’s budgeto Ensure the appropriate reporting of funds• Follow-up EU legislation that is relevant for city work and scope interventionpoints

London, United Kingdom

Key achievements:- Coordinated the organisation’s first high level UN event at the 2018 High Level Political Forum. The small event was sponsored by 3 different governments and attended by 7 others, which included 5 ambassadors, along with civil society and UN representatives. The event built support and provided legitimacy with key decision makers for our UN campaign, securing excellent support from Permanent Missions at the UN especially given non-accredited status.- Built successful working relationships with over 40 different UN Permanent Missions, setting up meetings, calls and events together to pursue joint campaign aims to achieve a UNGA resolution.- Built Cruelty Free International’s reputation and brand at the United Nations from scratch, including successfully applying for ECOSOC NGO accreditation, co-drafting the UN Major Group for Non-Governmental Organisation’s policy paper for the 2018 High Level Political Forum and securing keynote speeches delivered by organisational staff on behalf of the Major Group.- Getting 5 MPs from each of the major UK political parties to sponsor an Early Day Motion and then securing over 115 signatures from MPs calling for the UK government to support Cruelty Free International’s Forever Against Animal Testing campaign. - Implemented the organisation’s first successful advocacy strategy in an Africa, attending the African Animal Welfare Summit in Nairobi that secured the public support of a number of civil society partners and parliamentarians for our campaign.- Nominated to and became a member of World Animal Net’s International Policy Forum, providing expert, cutting edge advice and guidance for animal protection organisations to engage in global and national advocacy.- Coordinating the UN advocacy for the Forever Against Animal Testing campaign, creating a successful advocacy strategy to achieve a UN general resolution banning cosmetics animal testing.objectives of Cruelty Free International.

London, United Kingdom

In this role I was responsible for - - Being one of two organising partners within the UN Major Group for Children & Youth, ensuring its success, participating in key avenues within UN processes and increasing youth participation and inclusion in all avenues of work.- Fostering key relationships with influential organisations, including the United Nations, which includes UNDP, UNFPA, UN DESA, UN OCHA- To grow and develop positive relationships with other key partners that include the World Bank, DFID, a wide variety of civil society organisations and private sector representatives. - Devising and fully implementing organisational advocacy strategies for global conferences, including the 2016 UN General Assembly, the UN High Level Political Fourm, 2017 ECOSOC Youth Forum, the World Bank's Global Youth Forum and the first ever World Humanitarian Summit. - Attend and represent Restless Development in high level spaces, implementing the advocacy strategy that I have led on creating. This includes at the UN General Assembly, 2017 UN ECOSOC Youth Forum, OGP Summit 2016, Global Festival of Ideas & Global Perspectives conferences, the World Humanitarian Summit and a number of events within the UK Parliament.- To devise and implement a public affairs strategy for Restless Development's UK-based advocacy & policy work, including fostering key relationships with UK decision makers, monitoring relevant legislation and organising high-level events.- To continue to support networks of young people, including 20 young accountability advocates who, with my support, have created their own national accountability frameworks designed to accommodate country level implementation of the SDGs.Link to speech at UN, 1 hour 54 min in: http://webtv.un.org/search/interactive-discussion-ecosoc-youth-forum-2017/5305767995001/?term=ECOSOC Youth Forum 2017&sort=date

London, United Kingdom

The Network Support Officer role has three key areas:- Creating and delivering strategic communications to a UK audience for three different campaigns. - Supporting a UK network of young volunteers to engage in our campaign areas and wider development issues, becoming empowered and confident global active citizens.- Providing logistical and strategic support to the three campaigns, organising and facilitating events and engaging wider audiences into the organisation through press releases, parliamentary briefings and recruitment events.

London, United Kingdom

Re-insurance broker for Guy Carpenter, the second largest re-insurance company in the world and also part of Marsh & McClennan companies. The position is within the North American Property team and we act as an intermediary between our clients in the US & Canada, and re-insurers in the Lloyds market here in London.

Leicester, United Kingdom

BA Hons 2:1 achieved in International Relations which included modules focusing on the theory of IR, political science, theorising Human Rights, American foreign policy, security studies, nuclear weapons and terrorism to name a few.Final year dissertation on the topic of American & Israeli relations in the Middle East, arguing that their relationship hampers their ability to achieve their goals in the region, focusing specifically on 3 of these goal areas - combating terrorism, resolving the Israeli/Palestine conflict, and halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons.