Rob Mckee Email & Phone Number

Canada

Africa

• Source and confirm information to ensure UN Office on Drugs and Crime Global Maritime Crime Programme team members across Indian Ocean West region can mitigate security risks.• Assess security situation in Indian Ocean West region countries. • Update country-specific assessment Maritime Law Enforcement documents.• Provide Monitoring and Evaluation expertise of events and develop of information sharing system to keep donors informed on project progress.

Africa

• Deploy on ground to provide specialised security services at World Bank offices across Africa.• Communicate with security stakeholders in-country to assess risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.• Lead coordination of all security responsibilities between Country Offices and Headquarters.• Produce assessments and analysis briefs for East, Central and Southern Africa regional offices.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Increased security information gathering and analysis across Africa.• Produced high quality security analysis reports.• Enriched relationships between IDLO, donors, legal actors, and state security agencies. • Wrote detailed reports to headquarters in Italy.

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

• Identified and analysed evolving risks to company mining concessions.• Wrote internal security briefs. • Upgraded company representation within stakeholder relations working group.• Grew knowledge of mine site Security Managers on Human Rights / Security compliance issues.

South Sudan

• Monitored, collected, analysed, and disseminated security information to ensure staff safety.• Issued daily and weekly security briefings in written and verbal form.• Developed and implemented policies and standard operating procedures.• Collaborated with US Government, United Nations, and host government on security & safety issues.

Africa

• Collected and analysed information to drive business expansion into new countries. • Conducted political, military, ethnic and socioeconomic risk analysis for new locations. • Wrote and edited comprehensive investigation and analysis reports. • Presented report findings to board of directors.

Africa

• Led company public engagement efforts across Africa and internationally.• Planned and implemented public engagement strategies.• Grew and maintained relationships with varied stakeholders. • Served as the company’s media spokesman during civil war in South Sudan.

Africa

• Planned, launched, and continuously improved Risk Management and Analysis department. • Cultivated source network across 10 states and trained participants on intelligence cycle model. • Set up Security Information Service and developed base of clients. • Investigated security, political and ethnic conflict developments based on frequent field work.

South Sudan

• Analyzed political and security developments through frequent travel to hostile locations.• Drafted and implemented hibernation, relocation and evacuation plans.• Collaborated in security meetings with NGO’s and host government security agencies.• Led all editorial responsibilities for six community radio stations along disputed borderline.• Trained local journalists on all matters of news gathering, production and presentation.

Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Sudan, South Sudan

• Shot, edited, and filed TV footage from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Sudan, and South Sudan.• Wrote story scripts to accompany footage.• Developed credible sources within military, police, and civil society circles.• Balanced delicate relations with vastly different ethnic groups to understand all sides and ensure impartial and objective coverage.• Arranged all logistical needs for coverage including transport, accommodation, food, entry visas, and press… Show more • Shot, edited, and filed TV footage from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Sudan, and South Sudan.• Wrote story scripts to accompany footage.• Developed credible sources within military, police, and civil society circles.• Balanced delicate relations with vastly different ethnic groups to understand all sides and ensure impartial and objective coverage.• Arranged all logistical needs for coverage including transport, accommodation, food, entry visas, and press credentials.• Planned advanced editorial coverage in coordination with news bureaus in Nairobi, Dakar, Johannesburg and London for both daily news and long format features. Show less

Sierra Leone

• Established network of informed sources in all areas of the country in the run up to post war presidential and parliamentary elections. • Taught all aspects of journalism to local reporters with focus on sourcing and confirming information.• Designed and led a national election reporting campaign. • Filed monthly reports to JHR head office in Toronto.

Master’S Degree, International And Intercultural Communication

Associate’S Degree, Broadcast Journalism