saan ecker

principal

About

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Country

australia

City

canberra

Industry

research

Skill

large group facilitation, hris, stakeholder engagement, international, sustainable agriculture, policy analysis, biodiversity, environmental issues, rural development, environmental impact, spatial analysis, report writing, social sciences, data analysis, government, corporate social, environmental impact assessment, community engagement, action learning, community development, international development, environmental policy, public policy, sustainability, program management, natural resource management, program evaluation, facilitation, policy, qualitative research, climate change, environmental awareness, environmental science, project planning, capacity building, carbon, conservation issues, project management, ecology, water management, research, environmental education, science, corporate social responsibility, agriculture, sustainable development, land use planning, workshop facilitation, water quality, natural resource, equine assisted learning

Experience

principal

inter-relate consulting

2014-8 - Present · 12 yrs 1 mo

manager, social sciences

australian bureau of agricultural and resource economics and sciences

2008-5 - 2014-7 · 6 yrs 3 mos

Social Science research consulting - environmental sustainability, agriculture and food, rural sustainability issues. Also problem solving, planning and people development.

social science and environmental research and project management

various

1990-1 - 2010-12 · 21 yrs

Overseeing social science research projects relating to agriculture and rural issues.

senior consultant

ecowise environmental

2007-1 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Developed a catchment management plan for ACT water supply catchments.

principal

saan ecker consulting

2005-1 - 2008-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Wide range of social and ecological research relating to natural resource management, social resilience and change for government and non-government clients.

adjunct associate professor

university of canberra

2011-1 - 2013-12 · 3 yrs

principal

inter-relate consulting saan ecker consulting

2014-8 - Present · 12 yrs 1 mo

Social-ecological research, facilitation and community engagement offering perspectives beyond the thinking that created the problem. Facilitation: Offering a range of systems based facilitation approaches including action learning facilitation and systemic constellations facilitation. Both of these methods approach problems from new perspectives allowing intractable problems to shift. Social research Offering social research services from project conception to reporting including social impact assessments, stakeholder analysis, literature review, focus groups and interviews. Community engagement Offering a high level of expertise in engaging community and stakeholders in participatory processes including research, practice adoption and deliberative forums. Sustainability projects- design, implementation and evaluation support Offering support for project and program development including strategic planning, establishing monitoring and evaluation plans and designing community engagement processes.

manager

blackwood basin group

1998-1 - 2005-1 · 7 yrs 1 mo

Managed the $5 million Securing the Future program. I know everyone called their programs Securing the Future, but we were among the first. Lucky for us the Future is still running. Brilliant people. Amazing community. I still adore them and miss them very much.