Experience

UNDP South Africa

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Disaster Management Officer

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  In line with the government’s disaster response approach I provide technical support for the following phases: • Phase 1: Support immediate humanitarian relief efforts within selected districts by providing operational and logistical support to ensure that all affected persons are safe and that their basic needs are met. • Phase 2: Provide technical expertise to contribute to stabilization and recovery, rehousing people who have lost homes and restoring provision of services. • Phase 3: Provide technical expertise to contribute to Rehabilitation & Reconstruction. Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Head of the Provincial/municipal disaster management centre or his/her designated mandated representative(s) as well as UNDP, I provide • Provide operational and logistical support for immediate integrated response and relief efforts in the affected districts • Provide technical expertise to facilitate the development and monitor the implementation of disaster management plans and frameworks • Provide technical expertise for the development and/or updating of municipal disaster risk profiles • Provide technical expertise for the development and/or review of the Provincial disaster risk profile • Provide technical expertise for the development and implementation of climate change adaptation strategies for sustainable development • Coordinate and provide substantive inputs for the development of municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to ensure the alignment of Disaster Management Sector Plans with IDPs • Provide technical expertise for the establishment and effective functioning of municipal and provincial IGR structures • Support the development and monitor the implementation of a disaster management research agenda • Support the development and implementation of the disaster management monitoring and evaluation system and tools • Support effective implementation and monitoring of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act Show less



eThekwini Municipality

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Area Coordinator

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2023

  Job Purpose: To co-ordinate, plan and implement eThekwini’s incremental informal settlement upgrading programme, in a support role to the current planning manager and EU project team. Key Responsibility Areas: • Undertaking lateral multi-stakeholder engagement and coordination (transversal coordination and inter-governmental relations-IGR), working closely with EU project team. • Undertaking vertical stakeholder coordination and communication (working closely with the EU project team). • Undertaking municipality upgrading programme planning, data management and evaluation (working closely with the EU project team). • Providing support to the EU upgrading programme including pilot project planning by serving on EU upgrading partnership programme steering committee. • Undertaking reporting and administrative support. • Reporting to the project steering community and ward committee meetings in order to understand opportunities and site constraints and to keep communities abstract development • Undertaking related assignments and projects. Show less



University of KwaZulu-Natal

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Assessment of social perceptions and environmental impacts emanating from the installation of on-site low-flush alternative sanitation systems, implemented by eThekwini Municipality Water and Sanitation Departments as part of alternative sanitation systems programme • Planning, coordination and implementation of social and environmental evaluation • Design and development of household surveys • Analysis of data • Report writing • Rapid impact assessment • Assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts of Green Corridors green spaces and tourism-focused work projects Show less



Project Preparation Trust

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Area-level participative planning • Analysis of socio-economic surveys of informal settlement communities • Vulnerability assessment and planning • Planning and implementing community participative initiatives for vulnerable communities • Undertaken data management, monitoring and evaluation • Report writing • Area-level participative planning • Analysis of socio-economic surveys of informal settlement communities • Vulnerability assessment and planning • Planning and implementing community participative initiatives for vulnerable communities • Undertaken data management, monitoring and evaluation • Report writing

• Research Coordinator

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2018

  • Develop water resource management and urban climate change adaptation in the cities of Durban and Cape Town • Built successful informal settlement project plans, covering participative methodologies, recruitment of resources and staffing to meet schedules • Prepared documents, reports and presentations detailing results and conclusions • Designed and facilitated training and capacitative programs • Conducted participative field research, collecting and documenting data • Designed monitoring and evaluation instruments • Monitored unit budget to meet financial objectives for spend rate and funding • Management of multi-stakeholder research teams • Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results • Supported report generation and dissemination of data Show less



SDI (Shack/Slum Dwellers International)

• Intern

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Provided technical support to participative informal settlement planning and upgrading • Support community-based informal settlement incremental upgrading • Vulnerability mapping • Upheld office schedule and calendar to coordinate workflow and meetings • Coordinated the conceptualization and development of the research agenda • Provided technical support to participative informal settlement planning and upgrading • Support community-based informal settlement incremental upgrading • Vulnerability mapping • Upheld office schedule and calendar to coordinate workflow and meetings • Coordinated the conceptualization and development of the research agenda

• Residence manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  Safety, Health, Environment Administrator Procurement project management maintenance Safety, Health, Environment Administrator Procurement project management maintenance