About
Regional Project Manager - PACC Program
SPREP
pleavai@gmail.com
Summary
The consultant's key fields of expertise include Environmental Management (Env Mgt Sys, Env Audit, EIA, SEA), Sustainable Development, Climate Change (Adaptation, Mitigation, Science, Policy), Community Waste Management, Community Based Adaptation, Ecosystem-based Adaptation. Proficient project management and project performance management skills that include practitioner skills in project management in controlled environments; skills in concept, grant and full project and funding proposal writing, climate financing proposal writing, design, work planning and budgeting. Skilled in project appraisal of project aspects such as costs, timescales, quality, scope, risk and benefits; deliver of quality project products, monitoring, reporting and evaluation. Offers training and workshops on V&A Assessments that include technical and community-based tools and frameworks, socio-economic assessments, lessons learned, results-based management, survey design and implementation, M&E design and implementation, gender & climate change. Range of working experiences at different levels of development intervention - international and regional (negotiations, policy, advocacy, lobbying, media campaigns and presentation, knowledge management); regional and national (project management, policy, science, gender, adaptation, mitigation, media campaigns, public awareness) and community (CBA, EbA, V&A, negotiations, training, gender mainstreaming level, implementation, negotiation skills on climate change, waste management, attitude and behavioral change campaigning). Have on-the-ground and field experiences in 14 Pacific Island communities, particularly in Palau, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Niue, Cook Islands, and Papua New Guinea. Sector expertise areas of climate change adaptation activities and results in integrated coastal zone management, water resources management (specializing in low-lying atolls), food security, food production, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, tourism and health.
Qualifications
Degree: Master of Science - Environmental Management & Sustainable Development Period: 2006-2008 Status: Completed Education institution: UNEP-IESD Institute, Tongji University, Shanghai China, UNSW Syndey Australia
Degree: Bachelor of Science - Earth Science & Geography Period: 1997-2001 Status: Completed Education institution: University of the South Pacific (USP)
Training: Proposal Preparation for the Adaptation Fund - Certificate of Participation Period: September 2014 Status: Completed Education institution: Climate Technology Centre & Network; SPREP Country: Samoa
Training: Trainer - Gender & Climate Change Period: June 2014 Status: Completed Education institution: SPC; SPREP Country: Fiji
Training: Certified Practitioner - Project Management in a Controlled Environment (PRINCE2) Status: Completed Education institution: Office of Government Commerce Country: United Kingdom
Training: Certified Foundation - PRINCE2 Status: Completed Education institution: Office of Government Commerce Country: United Kingdom
Training: UNDP Results Based Management Status: Completed Education institution: UNDP Country: Samoa
Language: English Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Language: Samoan Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Language: Mandarin Chinese Reading: Average Speaking: Good Writing: Good Understanding: Good
Degree: Bachelor of Science - Earth Science & Geography Period: 1997-2001 Status: Completed Education institution: University of the South Pacific (USP)
Training: Proposal Preparation for the Adaptation Fund - Certificate of Participation Period: September 2014 Status: Completed Education institution: Climate Technology Centre & Network; SPREP Country: Samoa
Training: Trainer - Gender & Climate Change Period: June 2014 Status: Completed Education institution: SPC; SPREP Country: Fiji
Training: Certified Practitioner - Project Management in a Controlled Environment (PRINCE2) Status: Completed Education institution: Office of Government Commerce Country: United Kingdom
Training: Certified Foundation - PRINCE2 Status: Completed Education institution: Office of Government Commerce Country: United Kingdom
Training: UNDP Results Based Management Status: Completed Education institution: UNDP Country: Samoa
Language: English Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Language: Samoan Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Language: Mandarin Chinese Reading: Average Speaking: Good Writing: Good Understanding: Good
Work Experience
Area of expertise: Gender mainstreaming Experience: 0
Area of expertise: M & E specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Climate financing specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Knowledge management specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Database/Network specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Community development specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Proposal writing/Report writing Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Community trainer specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Capacity building specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Disaster Relief/Management specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Environmental and social safeguards specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: CBA, EbA, Project Management Experience: 0
Employment date: Sat, 01/03/2014 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/08/2010 - 12:00 Current: No Company: SPREP Position: Regional Project Manager Location: Samoa Projects: Project date: Sun, 01/08/2010 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/02/2014 - 12:00 Location: SPREP Position: Adaptation Planning Officer Title: PACC Description: The PACC programme is the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region, with activities in 14 countries and territories. PACC is building a coordinated and integrated approach to the climate change challenge through three main areas of activity: practical demonstrations of adaptation measures, driving the mainstreaming of climate risks into national development planning and activities, and building and sharing knowledge in order to build adaptive capacity. The goal of the programme is to reduce vulnerability and to increase adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change in three key climate-sensitive development sectors: coastal zone management, food security and food production, and water resources management. PACC began in 2009 and is scheduled to end in December 2014. The PACC programme is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Australian Government with support from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Climate Change Capacity Development (C3D+). The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is the implementing agency, with technical and implementing support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Employment date: Thu, 01/01/2009 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 12:00 Current: No Company: UNDP Position: CC Mitigation & Adaptation Officer Location: Samoa
Area of expertise: M & E specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Climate financing specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Knowledge management specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Database/Network specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Community development specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Proposal writing/Report writing Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Community trainer specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Capacity building specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Disaster Relief/Management specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: Environmental and social safeguards specialist Experience: 0
Area of expertise: CBA, EbA, Project Management Experience: 0
Employment date: Sat, 01/03/2014 - 12:00 - Sun, 01/08/2010 - 12:00 Current: No Company: SPREP Position: Regional Project Manager Location: Samoa Projects: Project date: Sun, 01/08/2010 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/02/2014 - 12:00 Location: SPREP Position: Adaptation Planning Officer Title: PACC Description: The PACC programme is the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region, with activities in 14 countries and territories. PACC is building a coordinated and integrated approach to the climate change challenge through three main areas of activity: practical demonstrations of adaptation measures, driving the mainstreaming of climate risks into national development planning and activities, and building and sharing knowledge in order to build adaptive capacity. The goal of the programme is to reduce vulnerability and to increase adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change in three key climate-sensitive development sectors: coastal zone management, food security and food production, and water resources management. PACC began in 2009 and is scheduled to end in December 2014. The PACC programme is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Australian Government with support from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Climate Change Capacity Development (C3D+). The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is the implementing agency, with technical and implementing support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Employment date: Thu, 01/01/2009 - 12:00 - Thu, 01/07/2010 - 12:00 Current: No Company: UNDP Position: CC Mitigation & Adaptation Officer Location: Samoa