ABOUT
Andrew Adam-Bradford was born in 1968 in Cosford, Shropshire and raised on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales. He has worked as a soldier, logistician, development practitioner, relief worker and natural resource researcher and has university degrees from Coventry, Bangor and London. Currently he is engaged on a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) interdisciplinary early career fellowship at the University of Sheffield, where he works on urban food production and health risk management under the auspices of the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Environment and Human Health Programme.
Further details of this, and other urban agriculture work, can be found at: www.shef.ac.uk/urbanag
Key Skills
- Proven ability in effectively leading and co-ordinating multi-stakeholder and multi-resource projects
- Highly proficient in field assessments, monitoring and evaluation, participatory rural appraisal techniques, qualitative and quantitative research techniques
- Strong writing skills: technical reports, project propsals, research papers
- Lateral thinker, ability to take initiative and excellent problem solving skills
- Strong interpersonal, communication and cross-cultural skills
- Excellent training and facilitation skills
- Extensive experience of living in difficult conditions in urban and rural settings
- Extensive experience of working in conflict and post-conflict environments
Countries of Operational Experience
- Senegal
- Ethiopia
- Indonesia
- Kosovo
- Pakistan
- Lebanon
- Niger
- Kenya
- Ghana
- India
- Macedonia
- Czech Republic