Robert Kent

Water Resource Policy Advisor, Receptive Relations

• Autonomous and innovative supervisor with excellent communication, reporting and leadership skills. • Strong personal integrity, relates to local communities and creates trust by working for their interests. • Dependable and consistent in supporting and facilitating team efforts to produce genuine long-term livelihood gains. • Highly confident and persuasive team-builder, able to motivate local stakeholders to undertake and invest in sustainable programs. • Persistent and flexible approach to bridging cultures between local communities/staff and foreign agencies. • Meticulous and diligent observer of project costs and work schedules. • Reliable long-term project planning and organization, ensuring dependable cost-management. • Creative and original approach when working to solve abstract and complicated problems. • Honours degree in Civil Engineering. Specialties: •Three years of development field experience in water resource management, sanitary landfill design and creating sustainable community livelihood projects •Currently have a Blog reader list of 1,000+ people who contribute to projects •Organized and facilitated Solid Waste Management (SWM) conferences, bringing together community members, education facilities, NGOs and government agencies •Knowledgeable in applying for grants and setting up transparent micro-credit programs at the local level