Senior Techncal Officer/Small Grants Coordinator

• Feb 2023 - Present

Project Manager

• Nov 2015 - Dec 2022

Project Manager for the US$6.8 Millon Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project funded by the Climate Investment Fund administered through the World Bank. Major achievements to date include: * the procurement and installation of a new Doppler weather radar for the Met Service Jamaica (MSJ) valued at over USD2.4M. * Refurbishing of the MSJ Radar station including the installation of a Solar PV System * Expansion of the network of Automatic Weather Stations operated by the MSJ; 50 new AWS procured and installed. * Establishment of a real time data transmission system, monitoring center and situation room for the Water Resources Authority (WRA), * Preparation of the 2015 and 2019 State of the Jamaican Climate Reports * Preparation of a Vulnerability Assessment of the Health Sector * Upscaling of 14 Community Disaster Risk Management Plans * Implementation of an Information, Education and Communications Campaign under the slogan "Smart and Steady get Climate Ready". Show less

Project Manager

• Jul 2013 - Oct 2015

• Designed and scrutinized project proposals and made recommendations to the Board of directors of the FMDF. • Conducted due diligence activities and approved project work/ implementation plans, budgets and cash flows. • Verified project financial and physical achievement reports and analyzed project performance with the view to formulate strategies to minimize performance lags and deviation. • Monitored and facilitated compliance with the implementation, legal, financial and technical requirements of the FMDF. • Prepared monthly execution reports for the Board of directors of the FMDF Show less

Project Coordinator

• Jan 2010 - Jun 2013

• Recommended designed and promoted programmes that attracted eligible grantees and ensured that the implementation of FCF work programmes were in keeping with national policy. • Evaluated and facilitated the approval of grant applications for the FCF on a timely basis. • Monitored the schedules of work, project expenditure and implementation status of the successful grant recipients and reported the progress made by these entities to the Oversight Committee (OC) of the FCF on a timely basis. My work at the FCF included building to capacities of grantees through the project management cycle from project initiation to project closure. Show less

Project Coordinator

• Mar 2009 - Jan 2010

Project Coordinator for the Early Action Grant – Supporting Country Action on the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Area System – GEF- Economic Valuation for Protected Areas Project (EVPA). The objective of the project was to to assess the value of PA’s to the Jamaican economy and to understand how to incorporate natural resource valuation into policy, and create the capacity to consistently apply the information to relevant decision- making. Project Coordinator for the Early Action Grant – Supporting Country Action on the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Area System – GEF- Economic Valuation for Protected Areas Project (EVPA). The objective of the project was to to assess the value of PA’s to the Jamaican economy and to understand how to incorporate natural resource valuation into policy, and create the capacity to consistently apply the information to relevant decision- making.

Community Relations Officer

• Nov 2003 - Jan 2009