Claire Fordred
Researcher and writer
South Africa
Efficient in working in teams but competent to work alone in an office or in remote areas. Vastly skilled in being in rural communities doing research, analysis, and presentations. Effective in working with a wide variety of cultures, companies, and departments. Confident in the communication and presentation of information to large groups, departmental officials, and school groups. I am a strong believer in community involvement in projects to drive the sustainable growth of environmental and social aspects, especially through education. I have experience working in the University of Pretoria’s archive. And I also have experience being an intern journalist writing newsletters for the National Zoological Gardens. Then I moved onto being a communication officer at an HIV/AIDS NPO company that works together with USAID. I worked on, all their social media communication platforms, fundraising and was part of the production of the company’s sustainable product – vermi compost. From there I moved to the academic world, being a Geography lecture for two years and then I was an environmental researcher followed by a Tourism lecturer.
Categories
Skills
Work Experience
2007-2008
GeoTerraImage
Geographical Information Systems Analysist
GIS assistant in data and map capturing.
2013
University of Pretoria
Research Assistant
Organising and archiving documents in the archive.
2012
The National Zoological Gardens of SA
Journalist
Journalism skills, educating environmental and conservation issues, and public engagement skills. Facilitate natural and life science lessons and workshops.
2013-2015
Future Families
Communications Officer
Coordinating and promoting various products, programmes, and events for the NPO as well as the company’s image through various communication mediums and writing success stories. (Contract)
2015-2017
University of South Africa
Lecturer
Compiling geography coursework modules and involved in continuous student assessments.
2017-2018
University of South Africa
Environmental Sciences Postgraduate Research Assistant
Assisting and carrying out research for the Environmental Sciences Department.
2018-2019
University of South Africa
Lecturer
Various blended teaching and learning practices for four modules.
2020-2021
Tutor Doctors
Tutor
Tutor (Grade 1 – 12) at Tutor Doctors, tutoring school subjects to pupils.
2021
University of South Africa
Marker
I am a marker for the UNISA for all sorts of assesments.
2021
Independent Institute of Education
Geography content writer
I am a geography consultant, composing coursework, assignments, and exams.
Education
2022
PhD in Environmental Management
Environmental science
I am looking at the livelihoods of communities adjacent to private protected areas.
2006
Tourist guide
Tourism and guiding
I am a tourism guide for cultural history of Gauteng.
2020
Social Media Marketing
Social media and marketing
Took a course that looked at social media marketing.
2003
Public Relations Management
Public relations and communications
Took various courses from public relations management, communications, journalism, marketing and computer skills
2007
Ba Geography and Tourism
Geography and Tourism
I completed various courses from geography, tourism, psychology, sociology, archaeology, visual arts and cultural history.
2008
BsocSci
Geography and Tourism
How urban tourism regenerates the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) and contributes to the Local Economic Development (LED) of Tshwane.
2011
Masters of Geography
Geography and Tourism
My masters was on the impact of tourism on the bushman paintings of the Drakensberg in South Africa.