Experience

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  Verdant Capital

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Environment and Social Manager

    • May 2022 - Present
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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  Independent Consultant

  • Nairobi, Kenya

  • Environment and Social Safeguards Specialist

    • Sep 2020 - Dec 2021
    • Nairobi, Kenya

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  Tullow Oil

  • Social Performance Advisor

    • Apr 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Land Access and Resettlement specialist

    • Oct 2014 - Mar 2017

    Secure community consent for land access and gain relevant site based permits in accordance with the agreed Tullow Oil Kenya Land Access and Resettlement Framework.Land-related stakeholder engagement and community consultation activities in accordance with regulatory and IFC requirements.Timely resolution of land-related stakeholder and community grievances.Valuation and payment or provision of appropriate compensation in accordance with Tullow Oil procedures. Engagement as appropriate with Exploration, Operations, Civils, Legal, Environment, Security and site based contractors to ensure land & permitting compliance prior to access and throughout operations to demobilisation.Cooperation with Social Investment and National Content teams to ensure alignment between land access agreements, broader social investment initiatives (e.g. community water provision) and local content initiatives. Land related information management including ensuring all relevant land and permitting data are recorded appropriately. Cooperation with Tullow Oil GIS to ensure the effective integration of land issues / data into spatial services to inform operational planning and engineering design.Support the Land Access and Resettlement Manager and Technical Assistant and Field Social Performance Manager as requested.

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  Concern Worldwide

  • County Dublin, Ireland

  • Student Researcher

    • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
    • County Dublin, Ireland

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  Earthview Geoconsultants

  • Nairobi

  • Environmental Consultant

    • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014
    • Nairobi

    Ensure the compliance of the seismic contractor to national legislation, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) for the work.Mitigate, where possible and where not, to minimize the impacts of the 2D seismic operational work. Where impacts have been sustained to guide and monitor the restoration of the impacts to ecological functionality.Monitor the impacts of the 2D seismic operational works, through implementation of a programme of pre-works surveys, monitoring the progression of the work and post-works surveys.Produce daily restoration reports for portions where work is concluded.Make daily plan of identified locations along the line requiring restoration.Taking of photographs after restoration.Identify the Environmental Sensitive Locations along the line where restoration efforts have to be concentrated vis a viz the entire line being restored.