1. Mary Caffrey, BA, MSc.
5 Ryston Avenue, 0876533281
Newbridge, www.linkedin.com/in/marycaffrey
Co. Kildare mary-caff@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Enthusiastic professional experienced in the legislation, policy and practice of sustainable development.
Well versed in a wide range of environmental surveying techniques. Passionate about working towards
environmental protection through global justice. Highly skilled in communications, public speaking and
technical writing. Seeks professional outlet for the pursuit of global and environmental justice through
advocacy for sustainable livelihoods and human dignity.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
2014 MSc. In Sustainable Resource Management: Policy and Practice (1st Class Honours)
National University of Ireland, Galway & University of Limerick
Subjects: Ecosystem Assessment; Biodiversity and Conservation; Environmental Problems and Solutions;
Material and Energy Flows; Urban Form and Transport; Urban Household sustainability; Sustainable Life
Cycle Engineering.
2013 International BA in French and Sociological & Political Studies (2nd Class Honours)
National University of Ireland, Galway
Subjects: ComparativePublic Policy; Development and Change; Environmental Sociology; Quantitative and
Qualitative Research Techniques; Theory of the Welfare State; Principles of Political Theory; French and
Francophone Studies; French Literature and Culture; Modes of Self Expression in Contemporary French
Writing
2009 Holy Family Secondary School
Leaving Certificate (485 points)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dec ’14 – Present Irish EnvironmentalNetwork, Dublin 7
Communications and Fundraising Assistant
 Communications
 Funding research
 Analysis and strategic planning
 Administration
June ’13 – Nov ’13 Crabtree & Evelyn, Kildare Village
Sales Assistant/Demonstrator
 General sales and merchandising.
 Provision of a high standard of customer service
KEY SKILLS
 Environmentallegislation: Experienced with a wide variety of environmental policy and legislation
including: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licensing
& regulations; Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE); Restriction RoHS; Best
Practice Guidelines for a wide range of environmental and sustainability practices.
 Ecosystem Assessment: Very comfortable with the use of flora and fauna identification guides,
e.g. Collins Flower Guide and Francis Rose's The Wildflower Key; experienced in water sampling, Q
Value Schemes and Mean Trophic Rank calculations; practiced in live-trapping and non-intrusive
mammal surveying techniques; experienced in bat surveying, i.e. the design and execution of foot-
based bat detectorsurveys of surrounding landscape and acoustic surveying of commuting routes

2. adjacent to important foraging habitats; well-practiced in terrestrial and aerial invertebrate
surveying, collection and analysis.
 Habitat mapping: Very comfortable with the use of Fossitt’s Guide to Habitat Classification;
proficient in ArcGIS10 mapping software; produced maps currently in circulation for the Galway
County Council.
 Sustainable Life-Cycle Engineering: In-depth understanding policy-driven sustainable
management of the life-cycle of a product; knowledgeable in external forces in industry such as
market, legislative, environmental and sustainability forces; well-informed in current practices in
environmental management of products; confident with concepts such as life-cycle analysis,
design for recycling, reverse manufacturing and end of life (EoL) solutions.
 Material and Energy Flows: Well-versed in materialflows analysis, energy and carbon accounting,
industrial ecology, recycling and re-use policy, regulations and legislation.
 Technical Writing: experienced in writing a variety of technical reports, proposals and strategies
to a very high standard.
 Computer Skills: Proficient in the Microsoft Office Package, including, Word, Excel and Power
Point; good understanding of Computer Assisted/Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software
(CAQDAS); confident in ability to learn any new programmes quickly.
 Languages: Native English speaker; fluent in French, having spent one year studying and working
in Poitiers, France as part of Erasmus programme during French degree; conversational Irish.
 Planning & Organisation: meticulous worker with great attention to detail, as evident from the
high standard of technical work produced over the course of the Masters Programme; assisted in
theorganisation of theUL contingent of theEuropean Recycling Platform’s twoday WEEE recycling
event of 2014.
 Fund-raising: experienced in the compiling, pitching and assessing of funding applications.
 Public Speaking & Communications: experienced in effective presentation delivery; proficient
public speaker; captain of both English and French senior debating teams at Holy Family Secondary
School; skilled communicator; practised at networking and engaging with a wide range of
audiences having effectively delivered presentations and talks to children, peers and superiors.
 Teamwork: Well-practiced in efficient teamworkand relatedconcepts such as knowledge sharing,
group decision making, responsibility sharing and the delegation of tasks, as evident from the
numerous and highly successful group projects completed during the Masters programme.
 Leadership skills: Confident working solitarily and in leadership roles, as evident from numerous
independent projects completed throughout the Masters programme; voted class representative
in 1st year of undergraduate course and for the duration of theMasters programme; co-ordinated,
trained and supervised 11 volunteers during the in-field collection of data for the completion of
MSc. thesis project.
INTERESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 MSc. Thesis – “A snapshot in time: An investigation into the use of landscape features by several
bat species in the area of Rosscahill, Co. Galway”
 I am a passionate conservationalist and a keen ecologist; I relish any opportunity to get outdoors,
exploring and investigating my natural surroundings.
 I am an avid writer and have had work published in the Windows Poetry Anthology.
 I have participated in a number of 10km runs and half marathons in aid of various charities and
completed several stages of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela covering over 200km.
 I have a great love for music and play a variety of instruments, I have also been a member of a
number of local bands and have played numerous shows across the country.
 I have always enjoyed art and have participated in the creation of many murals around my locality.
I have also won a number of artistic competitions.
References available on request