Rachel Wilson

Experience

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  Environment Canterbury

  Nov 2013 - Apr 2014

  Youth Ambassador for the Environment Canterbury/Ngai Tahu Youth Sustainability Leadership Awards

  - Created a presentation advertising the awards to schools in a motivating and inspiring way to increase entries for the competition- Booked assemblies with Christchurch High Schools and voluntary groups to perform the presentations- Wrote feedback and reported on the effectiveness of the presentation - Public speaking to small and large groups about the award- Achievement: increased entries compared to the previous competition

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  BP2GO West Melton

  Feb 2014 - Jan 2017

  Sales Cashier & Barista

  - Customer Service- Temping and reheating food- Restock shelves - Cleaning the facility- Barista making

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  Environment Canterbury

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  Contaminated Sites Officer (student)

  - Identifying a range of possible HAIL sites and activities by multiple aerial photos, boreholes, hand augers and assessing current and past resource consents- Using the regional council’s version of GIS (Gismo) to identify and document potential HAIL sites- Working within a team environment to complete identifying HAIL sites in the Selwyn District- Achievement: advanced experience in using GIS and the ability to understand and identify hail sites by experience and training.

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  Christchurch City Council

  Nov 2016 - now

  I’m excited to be undertaking a secondment in the Coastal Hazards Adaption Planning team for the next few months! I’ll be looking into signals, triggers and thresholds for public infrastructure.

  • Senior Adaption Advisor - Coastal Hazards Adaption Planning

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Senior Planner

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Level 2 Planner in Subdivisions and Land use

    Feb 2017 - Jul 2022

  • Policy Approvals Officer

    Nov 2016 - Feb 2017