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Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

Oversight and strategic directions for STOP cities in East Java and Bali; engagement of funders, management of Steering Committee; technical input; leadership and insight across multiple workstreams, engagin government partners; tehcnial problem solving; now leadership of 20MUSD Banyuwangi Hijau program and side projects. Specific responsibilities.

London

UK And International

Responsible for development and growth of WasteAid UK. The role involved strategic oversight, financial management, fundraising, proposal writing and strategic development of the organisation whilst overseeing delivery of various projects:- Proposal writing, oversight of DFID funded UKAID Direct and UKAID Match projects:o Community plastics recycling.

UK, International

Delivering a range of consultancy and training, ongoing work includes:March 2020: Author, overview chapter, Poor People's Waste Management Outlook, Practical ActionDecember 2017/January 2018: Senior Technical Consultant, Development Alternatives Inc., feasibility study for development of plastics waste value chains as part of USAID Integrated Goverbance.

Wye, Kent And London

Planning, managing, execution of a portfolio of projects to develop information and advice to local authorities and other service providers to inform the design and delivery of recycling and waste collection services, and to manage and contribute to projects which research and define good practice.

London, United Kingdom

• I am currently responsible for all day-to-day project delivery, network management and development. I report directly to the Chair of Trustees. Achievements and responsibilities include:
• Delivering re-use consultancy to waste disposal authorities – brokering and procuring re-use contracts for housing association and non-housing association residential properties;
• Delivering and brokering new textile recycling and re-use programmes in London;
• Managing the LCRN network - managing the production of a fortnightly newsletter to over 4,000 recipients; managing the network's social media presence
• Writing numerous tenders and funding proposals, including a €1.3M EU Life+ bid, currently under consideration, and successful major framework tenders. Actively xeeking out new sources of funding and income for the.
• Developing the network and proactively identifying growth and funding opportunities, including new material streams and re-use and recycling opportunities.

London

• This involved working with over 200 local authorities across the UK, major retailers, housing associations, schools, prisons and a range of public and private organizations nationwide. This also included developing a.
• Developed an Environmental Management System and successfully obtained ISO14001 standard for an EMS that covered all recycling, sorting and logistical elements of the organisation.
• Doubling the size of the bank network (800 to 1600 sites) by recruiting and training a nationwide network of site finders.
• Setting up various textile collection pilots with different after liaising with local authorities to introduce a pilot scheme for textile collection, including kerbside collection and bespoke on-demand door-to-door.
• Securing TRAID textile yields by developing innovative new partnerships with the public sector, notably the London Borough of Brent in a project delivering educational support for textiles, and with several prisons.
• Working with the Charity Retail Association, compiling a toolkit for third sector organisations to work with local authorities to increase textile collections and lobbying local authorities to reduce textile tendering.

• Planning and delivery of recycling and waste prevention behaviour change strategy, benchmarking exercises, reviews and research for over thirty local authorities, as well as central government, corporates and other NGOs.
• Managed framework contracts with public sector clients, successfully responded to numerous briefs and proposals; managing up to ten projects simultaneously, mainly for local government clients, including client.
• Represented Waste Watch at numerous national and international conferences and meetings; spoken at national conference; acted as spokesperson in national and regional print and broadcast media, with regular columns and.
• Provided bespoke training on waste, recycling and “cleaner greener” topics for back office staff and operatives and back office staff for twelve local authorities; Delivered open training courses on behalf of Waste.

Solomon Islands

Built local capacity to develop demonstration green waste recycling system including health & safety and quality assurance systems, developing local educational and community links; ensuring financial sustainability of project, building links with local government and developing relationships with donors. Specific achievements included setting up, with.

Msc, Environmental Economics And Environmental Management

MSc Environmental Economics and Environmental Management

Bsc, Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences BSc with Hons