Work Experience
- June 2020 - Present
Communications, Visibility and Engagement Officer, Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD) Division, Pacific Community (SPC)
Responsibilities: awareness and visibility of HRSD core and divisional activities; development of information, education, communication and knowledge products; graphic design and video production; managing visibility campaigns; stakeholder engagement; capacity-building initiatives and programmes for stakeholders; events planning; developing stories of change and impact; reviewing and editing divisional reports; and development, implementation and monitoring of communications plans and strategies for HRSD as a division. Focus areas: human rights, social inclusion, gender mainstreaming, and culture for development. - 2016 - 2020
Communications Manager, Pacific Horticultural & Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) Programme
Responsibilities: development, implementation and monitoring of communications plans and strategies; development of knowledge, information and communication products for 6 Pacific countries, namely Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu; and maintaining programme visibility regionally and globally via traditional media and digital/online platforms. Areas: Aid for Trade; - Fiji Corrections Service (FCS)
Public Relations Officer
Contracted for crisis management through communications and implement a visibility campaign targeted at uplifting the organisation’s public profile and reputation following a spate of negative publicity. Also developed, implemented and monitored the FCS communications strategy and introduced its newsletter that remains an effective tool for visibility to this day.
- 2009 - 2015
Deputy Chief Subeditor and Journalist - The Fiji Times
Responsibilities: reviewing and editing news reports; vetting articles for potentially contentious content; deciding placement of stories in order of importance for the daily edition; newspaper layout and design; managing media campaigns; building team capacity and meeting multiple deadlines on a daily basis. As a journalist, responsibilities included doing interviews with people from all walks of life and across all levels of society; writing news reports, features and analytical articles; and photography.
- 2003 - 2009
Chief of Staff and initially, journalist - The Fiji Sun
Responsibilities included managing the operations of the newsroom from organising newsroom gatherings on a daily basis, verifying information from interviews, ensuring accuracy of information; fact checking; ensuring balance in stories; writing and editing articles for publication and protecting the media company from libel. Also worked as a features writer.
AWARD(s)
2019 Finalist, Celebrating Agriculture in the News Competition hosted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) International Development
2012 Sea Series Newspaper Journalist of the Year hosted by SeaWeb
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) International Development Journalist Masterclass in Samoa
2013 - Leadership and Change workshop with Prime Vision Fiji
2012 - Peace Journalism Workshop with Dr Jake Lynch
2011 - Sea Series Media Fellowship
