1. Career History
Department of Conservation (June 2008 – 18 Sept. 2015)
Position Title: Ranger – CITES (No.62/529)
The primary purpose of the role is to facilitate the legal and sustainable trade of CITES-listed species
Functional area:
 Provide comment and advice on proposals, recommendations and correspondence from
colleagues, DOC staff, national and international agencies and prepare and present agreed
advice as required
 Process CITES permit applications within statutory timeframes
 Check and identify products made from CITES-listed species
 Monitor and record items seized at the New Zealand border through national CITES Database
 Respond to public enquiries; Engagement with local communities
 Liaise with CITES and DOC staff to provide advice to managers on CITES management and
administration as appropriate
 Issuing of Wildlife Act 1959 permits and certificates in collaboration with the Permissions
Department.
 Knowledge and experience of international trade, quarantine procedures and identification of
exotic fauna and flora.
 Working knowledge of IATA Live Animal Transport requirements
 Provide advice, support and training to MPI and Customs staff
Auckland Regional Council – Visitor Services & Assets (Nov 2005 – June 2008)
Position Title: Discretionary Activities Co-ordinator
Functional area:
 Co-ordination of commercial activities on Regional Parkland with the focus on Concessionaire
Management
 Discretionary Activity Consent processing
 Monitoring & Compliance
 Co-ordinate and provide content for parks knowledge base
 Stakeholder relationships
 Implementing ARC policy positioning and requirements
 Support concessionaire accounts, reservation and booking management
Auckland - North Shore City Council – Parks Department (June 2003 – May 2005)
Position Title: Parks Officer – Albany Ward & Historical Cemeteries
Functional area:
 Project Development / Management

2.  Contract Management
 Park Maintenance Contract
 Landscape Contract Management
 Asset Management
 Legislative compliance issues (commercial or governance compliance)
 Local / Council Community Board Liaison
 Risk Assessment
 Customer Service
 External & Internal Stakeholder Relationship
 Land Use Consents and Developers Contributions Maintenance programmes
 Community Services Health and Safety representative
Career History in South Africa
Acting Operational Manager Finance (1999 – 2000)
Acting Operational Manager Street Trees (1998 – 1999)
Manager Nature Conservation Officer Law Enforcement (1994 – 1998)
Conservation Officer Law Enforcement
Skills and abilities
Verbal Communication and Relationship Building
 Training through PowerPoint presentations and role play activities
 Collaboration with MPI Training Officers compiling training module for new officers
 CITES presentations at Auckland Museum and to Auckland Ornithological Society
 Collaboration with sister agencies, cultural/community groups and inter departmental
groups with regards to education, training and presentations
 Excellent Customer service record.
Written Communication
 Delivering of Ministerial Information requests
 Writing of Standard Operating Procedures
 Writing of Council reports for submission to Local Community Boards
 Respond to electronicpublic enquiries breaking down technical explanations to where it is
understood and accepted
 Progress reports to Managers.

3. Self Management and Personal Organisation
 Experienced in managing staff and work programming to ensure that all functional
requirements are met
 Experienced in meeting organisational requirements and within statutory timeframes
 Attended self management courses
 Experienced in breaking down my day so that allpriorities are dealt with, deadlines are met
and work is distributed in manageable loads.
Attention to detail
 Positive identification of fauna and flora
 Providing of accurate and detailed information when required
 Accurate report writing
Organisational skills and Systems
 Sound knowledge & experience in all conservation related disciplines i.e. erosion control, re -
vegetation, pest control, monitoring etc.
 Excellent computer skills (Word, Excell, PowerPoint and Databases)
 Experienced with and very comfortabledelivering educational presentations/talks and media
Education
 NationalDiploma in Nature Conservation, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa, 1986 - 1989
Assessed by NZQA as Category C Level 5
 Certificatein Animal Management – Captive Wild Animals, Unitec Institute of Technology,
February 2007 – November 2007.
 Courses Completed:
o Health and Safety Representative, Level 3, EMA Learning, September 2013
o People Matter, Department of Conservation, 2013
o First Aid, valid till 2017
o Emotional Intelligence, Auckland University, 2006
o Project Management, Auckland University, 2006