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Summary
Deeply dedicated and reliable Community Relations and
development Specialist with over 15 years of stellar record of successful outreach to a wide
variety of community demographics. Adept and innovative planner and organizer.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Sustainability Manager
Kalumbila, Northwestern, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2016 - 06.2024
- Providing leadership on directing the Community Relations and
- Development Management system
- Market based business development principles
- Cooperative principles training
- Local procurement and employment development in extractive industry
- Stakeholder engagement with community leaders, Local Government and planning authorities
- Entrepreneurship development
- Social impact assessment and planning
- Budget planning and execution
Manager
Solwezi, Exploration Zambia Community Relations
05.2013 - 03.2016
- Barrick Exploration Zambia
- Development of Community Relations Management systems
- Ensure provision of license to operate for Exploration projects
- Exploration link with Community
- Exploration Social and economic investment strategies
- Community relations reporting, budgeting and analysis
- Project risk management and grievance management
- Project monitoring and evaluation
Community Development Coordinator
Solwezi, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2011 - 03.2013
- Supervision and management of Community Relations Management system sector activities in water and sanitation, education, health, agribusiness, local economic development and stakeholder engagement
- Community business development initiatives
- Local content (Procurement and employment) development
- Frequent interaction with community leaders, Local Government and planning authorities
- Oversee and coordinate Barrick Lumwana support to local community development projects including the Lumwana development Trust Fund
- Grievance management, Formal risk assessment, Supporting the Sustainability Manager as second in command.
Northwestern Business Development Officer
Solwezi, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2007 - 04.2011
- Facilitating Business diversification in Lumwana away from mining
- Fostering business investment in the Lumwana township
- Facilitating cooperative principles and values training
- Fostering business partnerships and linkages
- Developing private enterprise in Lumwana Facilitating entrepreneurial training, Business mentoring.
Senior Community Development Officer
Ndola, Care International
, Copperbelt
12.1997 - 12.2006
- Trained Government cooperative staff and cooperative partners in model cooperative building
- Undertook market research surveys on agriculture commodities market accessibility
- Cooperative and enterprise business planning for viability and sustainability of cooperatives
- Developed and implemented a program to make markets work for cooperative Agro products
- Provided technical assistance on financial and business development services to project partners
- Undertook household livelihood surveys for monitoring and impact assessment.
Northwestern District Operations Officer
Solwezi, Zambia Cooperative Federation, Finance Services
01.1994 - 01.1997
- In-charge of the district cooperative credit scheme
- Managed grain silos at district level for maize grain totaling over 15MT
- Overseer of district operations with a total of 3 staff
- Trained cooperative affiliates in cooperative policies and development
Education
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) -
Copperstone University
01.2012
level -
University of Zambia Providing basic
01.2005
MBA degree - business
01.1992
Diploma - Agriculture Business Management
University Diploma -
Natural Resources Development College
Diploma - Business Administration and Financial Accounting
Skills
- Bemba, Nyanja
- SKILLS
- Stakeholder engagement planning, analysis and mapping
- Social obligations procedures
- Grievance management mechanism
- Participatory Community Development planning
- Managing Local Content and alternative livelihoods
- Social planning management
- Corporate Social responsibility
- Managing Social License to operate for Corporate
Additional Information
- 758177 Jordon Kuschminder Social performance & Community Relations Practitioner – Mining, Oil & Gas Email: J.Kuschminder@independentsp.com 4. Hilaire Diarra, General Manager – Tongon Mine, West Africa +22372191015; Email – Hilaire.diarra@barrick.com 5. Nathan Chishimba, Country Director – Lumwana Mining company, +260977790108
Timeline
Sustainability Manager
Kalumbila, Northwestern, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2016 - 06.2024
Manager
Solwezi, Exploration Zambia Community Relations
05.2013 - 03.2016
Community Development Coordinator
Solwezi, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2011 - 03.2013
Northwestern Business Development Officer
Solwezi, Lumwana Mining Company
04.2007 - 04.2011
Senior Community Development Officer
Ndola, Care International
12.1997 - 12.2006
Northwestern District Operations Officer
Solwezi, Zambia Cooperative Federation, Finance Services
01.1994 - 01.1997
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) -
Copperstone University
level -
University of Zambia Providing basic
MBA degree - business
Diploma - Agriculture Business Management
University Diploma -
Natural Resources Development College
Diploma - Business Administration and Financial Accounting
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