Centre for Environmental ManagementAssistant
Jan. 2003 - Sep. 2005South Africa, PotchefstroomExposure to the work at the Centre for Environmental Management significantly influenced my career focus. This job entailed increased involvement in project management, policy development, training and training design. A major source of learning to me was the experience gained through a significant involvement in a 2-year training program (2004 - 2005) for equipping officials and councillors in 17 local governments for better environmental management. I was involved in the process of developing and coordinating the training process and content and interacted with diverse stakeholders behind the scenes in the coordination of the training, as well as with trainers and trainees. Other projects which significantly influenced me, was the city of potchefstroom bylaw generating Project (2003 - 2004). I was involved in the drafting processes of the waste management by-law, water management by-law, the chemical Management by-law, the environmental policy framework and the green procurement policy. Other major activities in which I was involved, included to the world summit on sustainable development (2002), as well as the Greener Governance project (2002) involving various SADC local governments, in which I was exposed for the first time to the environmental management service delivery issues of local government.