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| Position wanted: |
Urban Planner |
| Job category: |
ArchitectureConstructionGovernmentNon-ProfitPublic SectorReal Estate/PropertyResearch/DevelopmentTransportation |
| Objective and Resume Summary: |
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| MSc Architect and Urban Planner, specialized in Development Planning and Management, with work experience concentrated in Brazil and late education in UK (MSc, University College London, Development Planning Unit/ DPU). Ability to develop work methodology and to organize and carry out events of strategic and participatory planning. Developed skills of fund raising, team management and budget and schedule control and liaising people and organizations involved in a project. Seeking a position of urban planner or development planner in a company or third sector organization. |
| Skills: |
strategic and participatory planning, fund raising, team management budget control schedule control liaising people urban development planner |
| Known languages (and levels): |
English-Very GoodFrench-GoodSpanish-Very GoodOther: Italian, Portuguese
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| Type of Employment wanted: |
Full TimePart Time
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| Minimum Yearly Salary in Numbers: |
45000 GBP
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| Current Location: |
Brazil, Curitiba |
| Education History, Qualifications & other additional information: |
| Level of Education: |
Masters
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2007 UNIBRASIL, Curitiba, Brazil
Diploma in Public Administration (unfinisehd)
2001-2000 University College London, London, UK
Development Planning Unit
MSc Urban Development Planning
Dissertation: Strategic Planning and Social Justice: the Case of Curitiba, Brazil
1997-1993 Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Architect and Urban Planner
Final Project: Urban Design for the Regional Administration and Bus Terminal of Maracanã, Colombo, Brazil
1990-1987 Federal Center for Technical Education of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Technician on Industrial Design
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| Work History & Experience: |
| Years of Work Experience: |
More than 15 Years |
2007-pres PR.SP Consultants for Housing, Urban Planning and Design, Curitiba, Brazil
PR.SP is a consultant company headquartered in Curitiba, with 6 employees, specialized in housing, urban planning and urban design, usually subcontracted by major companies to manage their projects.
Position: Technical Coordinator
Project: (i) Land Regularization in Piraquara, Brazil, involving 2.200 families and activities on urban design, registration of families and community organization, surveying the land, analysis and resolution of ownership-related issues. Contracted by Piraquara City Hall, with Federal Government resources of USD 235,000, and subcontracted by Hagaplan Planning and Projects. Hagaplan is a Brazilian office headquartered in Sao Paulo, with approximately 100 employees, specialized in planning and engineering projects throughout Brazil and South America
Duties:
• Coordinating the activities of a 10 people team os lawyers, architects, social workers and trainees;
• Technical coordination of all project activities;
• Project planning;
• Preparation of reports.
Project: (ii) HBB Florianopolis, Habitar Brasil/BID Program, involving: land regularization, land parcelling and construction legislation review, preparation of the municipal housing policy and municipal housing fund and committee. Project financed with Interamerican Bank - BID resources, in amount of USD 350,000. Contracted by Florianopolis City Hall and subcontracted by Brazilian Company of Projects and Enterprises – Cobrape - a Brazilian office headquartered in Sao Paulo, with approximately 180 employees, specialized in environmental, sanitation, water resource and urban development projects throughout Brazil and South America
Duties:
• Preparation of reports on the restructuring of the municipal housing fund and committee (elaboration of the proposal for the institutional arrangement and sources of funding, as well as outcoming legislation)
2006-2007 IPPUC – Institute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba, Brazil
IPPUC is the public company responsible for planning the city development, especially in its physical aspects, involving 75 neighbourhoods and 2,2 million inhabitants. IPPUC has around 220 effective employees and administrates a yearly budget of around USD15million
Position: President’s Technical Advisor
Projects: (i) Institutional Development; (ii) Plans related to the Master Plan of Curitiba (Housing Plan; Transportation and Circulation Plan; Environmental Plan; Social Development Plan; Economic Development Plan and Security Plan).
Duties:
• Advising in organizational matters;
• Advising in participatory planning methods;
• Advising in urban national policies;
• Collaborating in urban development plans, programs and projects under demand.
2005-2006 Piraquara City Hall, Piraquara, Brazil
Piraquara is a city of around 95,000 inhabitants, within the Metropolitan Area of Curitiba, with several restrictions regarding environmental aspects, due to its location on water reservoirs of the region
Position: Technical Advisor/Urban Planning Secretary
Projects: (i) Land and Urban Regularization Project of Guarituba, an environmentally protected area, where 10,000 families live under poor conditions of housing and sanitation; (ii) Piraquara Master Plan; (iii) other projects of social housing and land regularization
Duties:
• Coordinating pilot-projects on land regularization;
• Developing plans to improve housing conditions and land regularization;
• Arranging meetings for planers and the group for popular mobilization;
• Coordinating socioeconomic surveys in poor areas;
• Participating in legal discussions for urban regularization and development;
• Proposing framework for implementation of GIS;
• Giving technical support for different departments of the municipal administration.
2004-2005 Ambiens Co-operative, Curitiba, Brazil
Ambiens is a co-operative started in 2000 gathering professionals with different backgrounds, in order to work with planning and management of urban and rural development
Position: Co-operate/Urban Planner
Projects: (i) Master Plan for Castro, a city with 65,000 inhabitants, economically based on tourism and agroindustry; (ii) TORs for the housing program Habitar BID/Brasil in Londrina, one of the major cities of the state with 450,000 inhabitants; (iii) “Workshop for the Place” - Olha Aqui! Project, in Colombo and Lapa, designed to exchange urban and rural experiences of 75 children and teenagers living in poor settlements, financed by the National Bank for Socioeconomic Development – BNDES; (iv) I National Seminar on Master Plans (speech and mediator)
Duties:
• Administrating the co-operative;
• Working within a creative team on development projects in general;
• Giving speeches on urban development (specially housing);
• Presenting the Co-operative and the technical aspects of urban development planning to different publics;
• Coordinating of plans and projects;
• Elaborating development plans (mainly urban and participatory aspects);
• Elaborating projects for fund raising.
2002-2003 Vertrag Planning Ltda, Petrolina, Brazil
Vertrag is one of the major private consultancies on urban planning in Curitiba, Brazil, specialized on the elaboration, implementation and follow-up of projects and other activities related to territorial and urban development
Position: Coordinator of Monitoring and Evaluation
Projects: “Bairro Legal” Multissectorial/ Urban Development Plan, implemented in urban poorest areas, comprising 85,000 inhabitants. A contract of USD 220,000 financed by the National Bank for Socioeconomic Development – BNDES.
Duties:
• Coordinating the activities related to the monitoring and evaluation of the Plan, to meet the requirements of the financial agent.
2002-2001 Ambiens Co-operative, Curitiba, Brazil
Ambiens is a co-operative started in 2000 gathering professionals with different backgrounds, in order to work with planning and management of urban and rural development
Position: Co-operate/Urban Planner
Projetcs: (i) Sustainable Development Plan for Rural Settlement in Ramilândia (National Institute of Colonization and Land Reform – INCRA); (ii) Technical Meeting on Urban Legislation (Engineering and Architectural Regional Council – CREA-PR); (iii) Technical Meeting on Rural Development (Free University for the Environment – UNILIVRE).
Duties:
• Administrating the co-operative;
• Working within a creative team on development projects in general;
• Coordinating and elaborating rural development plans;
• Arranging seminars and technical meetings of rural and urban planners;
• Establishing fund raising projects for urban plans;
• Providing technical support on urban planning for social and community organizations.
1997-2000 Pinhais City Hall, Pinhais, Brazil
Pinhais is a city of around 120,000 inhabitants, within the Metropolitan Area of Curitiba, economically based on small industries and bounds with Curitiba
Position: Director of Urban and Environmental Planning / Planning Secretary (first year as trainee)
Projects: (i) Municipal Urban Development Plan; (ii) Land regularization projects; (iii) Fund raising projects for social housing (Brazil and EU); (iv) Projects for social services buildings (schools, community centers, etc.); (v) Environmental plans for protected areas (water catchment basins).
Duties:
• Attending urban legislation and giving orientation on land use for entrepreneurs;
• Producing studies on use of urban infra-structure and social services buildings;
• Elaborating and coordinating specific projects on land use and rehabilitation.
1997-1996 COMEC – Coordination of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, Brazil
COMEC is the state organization created in 1974 for the urban and development planning of the metropolitan area of Curitiba, nowadays with 3,3million inhabitants
Position: Trainee / Planning Coordination
Projects: (i) Environmental Report of Curitiba Metropolitan Area
Duties:
• Contacting professionals involved with environment planning in 26 city halls within the metropolitan area;
• Researching and collecting information in order to follow environmental indicators;
• Writing brief analysis about the indicators, comparing the situation among the 26 cities of the metropolitan area;
• Editing texts, maps and tables.
1996 National Technical University, Athens, Greece
The National Technical University (NTUA) is the oldest and most prestigious educational institution of Greece in the field of technology. Founded in 1836, it has 9 major schools nowadays, including the School of Architecture
Position: Trainee / Urban Planning Laboratory
Projects: (i) GIS (Geographic Information System).
Duties:
• Explaining to the board the situation in Brazil on urban planning, modern planning (Brasilia) and GIS in Curitiba;
• Visiting the Laboratory departments, in order to learn the situation of urban planning and GIS in Greece.
1995 Paraná State Government, Curitiba, Brazil
The State of Paraná is located in Southern Brazil occupying an area of 199,554 square kilometers or 2.3% of the total Brazil’s surface. In July 2004 Paraná had 399 municipalities
Position: Technical Designer / Governor Cabinet/Urban Projects Advisory
Projects: (i) Industrial Penitentiaries, the re-design of main penitentiaries around the state, in order to provide space for production, involving prisoners in productive tasks; (ii) West Coast, the urban design of the towns coast along Paraná River, aiming tourist attraction; (iii) Paraná Coast, the urban design of the towns coast along the sea, aiming tourist attraction; (iv) Craft Station in Ponta Grossa, the refurbishment of an old train station into a place for training the unemployed.
Duties:
• Developing design for main projects of the government (maps, architecture and schematic designs).
1995-1994 Jaime Lerner Institute, Curitiba, Brazil
Jaime Lerner Institute is a non-profit organization, not belonging to a political party, that provides capacity building for municipalities for innovative administration
Position: Technical Designer
Projects: (i) Tamboré Housing Estate; (ii) Bus Terminal in Aracaju and other cities in Brazil
Duties:
• Preparation, development and detailing of design work.
1994-1993 Urbanville Architecture and Planning Ltd, Curitiba, Brazil
Urbanville was an office with architecture and urban planning works and 7 employees. No updated information about the ongoing activities could be found.
Position: Technical Designer
Projects: (i) Urban Design for a Child Leisure Space
Duties:
• Preparation, development and detailing of design work.
Lectures and Speeches
2006 Paraná State Forum for Democratic City Development Plans, Curitiba, Brazil
Implementing City Development Plans
Speaker on the round table “Development Plan and Democratic Governance”, among with the Niterói City Hall
(august)
2006 IPPUC – Institute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba, Brazil
Workshop – Institutional Development
Organizing, supervising and mediating the workshop for 50 employees (directors, managers and technitians).
(may)
2005 Ambiens Co-operative, Curitiba, Brazil
National Seminar – City Development Plans: Experiences and Agreements on Social Function and Democratic Management in Brazilian Cities
Speaker on the round table “Development Plan – Elaboration and Implementation”, among with the City Ministry, Polis Institute (SP) and Fortaleza City Hall; Mediator and Final Paper on the short course “Space Production: Popular Mobilization and Capacity Building”
(june)
2005 Carambeí City Hall, Carambeí, Brazil
City Development Plans – Training for the Municipal Staff
Lecturer on the Module “Development Plans and Democratic Management – Methodology and Techniques for Public Participation”
(april)
2004 Ambiens Co-operative, Curitiba, Brazil
City Development Plans – Training for the Municipal Staff
Lecturer on the Module “Socio-Spatial Formation of Cities”
(october)
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