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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Full Name: Dr. Senwelo Mildred Isaacs

Date of Birth: 25

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October 1978

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

**** **** ******** *********** ** Induction of New Staff Appointment & Returning Staff; Centre for Academic Development, University of Botswana 2015 Training on e-Learning Design and Assessment of Course – Moodle; Centre for Academic Development, University of Botswana

2015 Post Graduate Certificate on Grant Writing and Research Training, School of Medicine; University of Botswana

2013 Botswana Training Authority (BOTA) Accreditation in Full Registration as Trainer and Assessor (Occupational Health Safety and Environment; Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing; Environmental Science; Archaeology; Leadership and Governance; Public Policy)

2013 Post Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information System (University of Botswana)

2012 Post Graduate Certificate in Health and Safety (Boitekanelo College, Botswana) 2011 Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Governance for Non State Actors, European Union–Botswana Corporation Non State Actors Capacity Building Programme, Gaborone, Botswana)

2011 Post Graduate Certificate in Peace and Security for Africa’s Development (Africa Institute of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa) 2011 Certificate in Continuing Professional Development in Energy Efficiency Building

(Botswana Institute of Development Professionals; Gaborone, Botswana) 2011 Certificate in Public Policy, Governance and Leadership (Africa University & Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa; Sandton, South Africa). 2009 Master of Science Environmental Science – Environmental Information System

(University of Botswana, School of Graduate Studies; Faculty of Science; Department of Environmental Science)

2008 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (University of Botswana, Centre for Continuing Education)

2007 Private Consulting Archaeologist Registered with Department of National Museum Monuments

2006 Certificate Award for 1

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Position in the Tertiary Category for a national essay competition on “Global Warming and Climate Change: Time to Act, 2006”, Department of Environmental Affairs, Gaborone Botswana 2003 Post Graduate Diploma in Education with Majors in Geography and History

(University of Botswana, Faculty of Education)

2002 Bachelor of Arts Humanities – Majors in Environment Science and Archaeology

(University of Botswana, Faculty of Humanities; Department of History Archaeology Unit)

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PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

July 202Nov 2022 Deputy Director Science and Technology, Office of the President – E2 I served the government at strategic levels within the policy planning and research working environment. I managed research initiatives and outputs on policies, projects and programmes. I supervised a highly technical team of at least 70 staff members. 2014-2020 Lecturer in Computer Applications (GIS/RS) in Archaeology, University of Botswana

I was employed as Lecturer in the History Department, Archaeology Unit for 6 years. My duties included curriculum design and evaluation. Assessment invigilation and exam board reporting. I undertook research in geospatial applications in archaeology and prepared proposals for conferences for local or regional funding. I am accredited with Botswana qualifications authority in geospatial, earth sciences and life sciences.

2013 December 17

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, Acting Land Board Secretary, Kweneng Land Board

Reporting to the Director – Department of Lands, management of personnel, authorization of Land Board resources, attending District and Land Board meetings, attending to Client complaints, chaired morning briefs, Secretary to the Land Board and any other duty as assigned by the Director of Lands.

2012 Head of Department and Principal District Lands Officer (Land Use), Ministry of Lands & Housing

Key Responsibilities: Team Leader in Planning and Management of land in Kweneng District for Planning and Non Planning Areas, advising the Land Board- using GIS and RS outputs; Member of the District Council Technical Committee and Secretary for the Agriculture Resources Board, Member of the District Development Committee; District Economic Development Committee; Secretary of District Land Use Planning Unit; District Disaster Preparedness Team; liaising with Department of Wildlife & National Parks for rangeland and Wildlife Management Areas monitoring, consultation of stakeholders including local community, Village Development Committee and Village Extension Team; Technical Land Use Officer- KLB Adjudication Team on land conflicts at the Land Tribunal, Occupational Health Safety and Environment in the field

& work place; design and manage departmental plans and budgets, and develop annual training plan for departmental staff; undertook staff Performance Management System Appraisals, Promotions and Transfers; maintaining the departmental staff establishment register; undertaking any other duties as assigned by the Land Board Secretary and District Commissioner. 2011 Senior Lands Officer (Land Use) – Ministry of Lands and Housing Key Responsibilities: Implementation of Sub-District Integrated Land Use Plans, Chair of the Okavango Sub District Land Use Plan Unit, Land Board Representative in USAid Okavango Delta Management Plan implementation team, monitoring and management of the Okavango Ramsar Site ISO 14001, stakeholder consultations (DVC, VET, NGO’s and local communities), land use monitoring of heritage resources (Tsodilo Hills, Gcwihaba & Koanaka); Member of the District 3 P a g e

Technical Team for the KAZA Cultural Tourism Regional Plan and reporting to the Principal Land Use Planner – Tawana Land Board and Gumare Sub Land Board Secretary respectively. 2009 Director, Principal Environmentalist/Archaeologist (Enviro-Arch Consultancy PTY Ltd), Gaborone Botswana

Key responsibilities: Liaise with Clients, preparation of pre-development EIA project proposals for tendering purposes, undertake environmental impact assessment, archaeological impact assessment, design archaeological/environmental management and monitoring plans, applications of remote sensing, environmental information systems and geographic information systems in development projects, carryout stakeholder consultations including the community, undertake site inspections, review development policies and legislative frameworks, undertake strategic environmental assessments, project manager for civil engineering and mining projects, contracts implementation and management, reporting to DEA and Botswana National Museum, management of the project budgets, training and facilitation of Occupational Health Safety and Environment; Leadership & Governance; Risk Management and Customer Care at Level 3; management of Occupational Health Safety and Environment in the field, reporting on OHS incidents and actions, implementation of SHE Policy, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000, Training in Environmental Awareness ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000. 2007 - 2009 Senior Environmental Specialists (HERBCO Technical Services PTY Ltd Civil Engineering, Environmental & Archaeological Consultants, Gaborone Botswana

Key responsibilities: management of Occupational Health Safety and Environment in the field and office, prepare safety strategy documents, reporting on OHS incidents and actions, implementation of SHE Policy, and ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000, prepare project proposals for tendering purposes, undertake preliminary field investigations, undertake archaeological/environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, environmental project monitoring, design archaeological/environmental management plans, design and produce locational and thematic maps, undertake socio-economic and biophysical investigations, carryout stakeholder consultations including the community, advising in house Civil Engineers, Contractors and Client on heritage and environmental issues, undertake site inspections, review development policies and legislative frameworks concerning the development project, write reports and advise relevant departments, design safety and health plans for Tender Documentation for Contractors, and liaise with DEA and Botswana National Museum. 2006 – 2007 Senior Teacher II (Government of Botswana, Ministry of Education, Department of Secondary Education)

Key Responsibilities: Teaching Social Studies; Coordinating the Social Studies Department, Member of PTA Board – Teacher Representative, Member of the South East Regional Cluster for Social Studies Examinations; Chair of the School Performance Management Committee for developing school policies, strategic plans and cascading to academic and support staff; Member of SE Regional Cluster Sports Committee and School Netball and under 16 Girls Athletics Coach 4 P a g e

2003- 2006 Teacher (Government of Botswana, Ministry of Education, Department of Secondary Education)

Key responsibilities: Taught Social Studies, History, Geography and Computer Awareness. I prepared examination papers and marked scripts at national level. I was Coordinator for the School Debate and Environmental Club and member of reference group for the design of the

“Archaeology Tool Kit for Secondary School Teachers” by the Botswana National Museum Monuments and Art Gallery

ACADEMIC AWARDS

2006 Certificate Award for 1

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Position in the Tertiary Category for a national essay competition on “Global Warming and Climate Change: Time to Act, 2006”, Department of Environmental Affairs, Gaborone Botswana 2019 Award for Best Guest Lecturer Presenter in Department of Environmental Science. Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Festival, 3-7 June 2019. Botswana International University of Science and Technology Positions held at other Universities/Colleges

2005 Part Time Tutor, Geography and History, Botswana Open University (previously Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning)

RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN

Undergraduate Research Supervision at University of Botswana Moyo, Boineelo, 2015 “A Spatial Analysis of Basotho Kop Cultural Landscape in SE, Botswana’. The student has successfully completed the research thesis and obtained “B” Unpublished BA Dissertation

Bogatsu Sefemo, 2015 “Geo-spatial monitoring of archaeological sites, the case of Modipe Hill, Kgatleng District”, Research in Progress

Khumalo Langa, 2016 “Mapping Sepitswane in South East Botswana” Hwananani Khumoetsile, 2016 “Survey and Documentation of Leswingo site: a GIS approach” Refereed Journal Article

Isaacs S., 2016 Pushing Agricultural Land Out of the Village: The Land Use Change in South-eastern Botswana’s Otse, 1986-2002. Botswana Notes and Records Gaborone Botswana (In Press Vol 48)

Isaacs S., and Manatsha B., 2016 A Critique of the Botswana Land Policy. Botswana Notes and Records Gaborone, Botswana (Special Edition Vol 48) 5 P a g e

Chapters in Books

Stephens M and Isaacs S (2021). The Geodiversity of Caves in Botswana. In: Landforms and Landscapes in Botswana (ed.) Eckardt. Springer Elsevier. India Isaacs S., and Stephens, M. (2021). Geoconservation in Botswana. In: Landforms and Landscapes in Botswana (ed.) Eckardt. Springer Elsevier. India Conference proceedings

Session Theme: Climate Variability, Landscapes and Predictive Modeling: a geospatial perspective

Paper Title: Highlighting the importance of Geo-archaeological sites in South East Botswana. 1- 3 July 2015Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists, Harare, Zimbabwe Unpublished Conference/Seminar papers

i. Isaacs S., and Stephens M., 2016 A Preliminary analyses of settlement patterns and usages at Baratani-Otse hill, SE Botswana and possible implications for societal change during the past millennium. Journal of Southern African Archaeology (Forthcoming) ii. Isaacs, S. 2018 Remote Sensing Thermal Radiation and Composite Infra-Red for Land Use Planning and Sustainable Livelihoods in Otse, SE Botswana (Forthcoming) iii. Isaacs, S. 2018 Geoconservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage linked to Geomorphosites: paleo mining of Specularite on the ancestral land of Ba-Ga-Malete, Otse SE Botswana. Journal of African Archaeology (Forthcoming)

iv. Isaacs, S. 2018 Participatory geospatial assessment and geoconservation of Marapo-a- Tshwene geo-cultural heritage resource in Otse, SE Botswana (Forthcoming) v. Isaacs, S. 2018 “Where They Graduated” Linking geo-cultural and geomorphological perspective of Motibatibo Archaeohistorical site, Otse SE Botswana (Forthcoming) vi. Isaacs, S., “Spatio-temporal Analysis of Effects of Land Use Change in Peri-urban areas on livelihood strategies in Otse, Botswana” Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologist Conference 1-3 July 2015, Harare, Zimbabwe vii. Isaacs, S., “Effects of Land Use Change Planning in Peri-Urban Areas on Livelihood Strategies in Otse, Botswana, Department of Environmental Science August, 2015 6 P a g e

viii. Isaacs, S., Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Effects of Land Use Change in Peri-urban areas on livelihood strategies in Otse, Botswana”, Department of History August, 2015 ix. Isaacs, S., “Landscape Archaeology in Southern Africa” Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists Conference, University of Botswana, 2013 x. Isaacs S, “Kweneng District Integrated Land Use Plan, 2003” Lentsweletau Stakeholders Workshop 3-5 December

xi. Isaacs S, “Introduction of Integrated Farming in Agricultural Land and Implementation Guidelines” Lephephe Sub Land Board Stakeholders Workshop 21

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xii. Isaacs S, Corruption in Land Management: Causes, Consequences and Prevention Kweneng Land Board Stakeholders Workshop, Molepolole June 2014 xiii. Isaacs S, “Importance of Land Utilization and Planning of Heritage and Natural Resources in Botswana; the case of Otse”, 2015

Thesis and Dissertations

Isaacs, S., (July 2018 to Nov 2021) Geoconservation for Land Use Planning of Heritage Landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in peri-urban and rural areas: in Otse South East Botswana

(PhD Dissertation), School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science Department of Environmental Science. University of Botswana.

Isaacs S., (May 2018) Geoconservation for Land Use Planning of Heritage Landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in peri urban and rural areas: in Otse South East Botswana (Unpublished MPhil Proposal), School of Graduate Studies. Faculty of Science Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana

Isaacs S., (2009) Land Use Change in Otse, South East District, Botswana. Unpublished MSc Thesis, School of Graduate Studies Faculty of Science Department of Environmental Science. University of Botswana

Other Publications

Isaacs, S., “Land Speculation in Botswana”. Ministry of Lands and Housing Kweneng Land Board Newsletter, 2012/13

Isaacs, S., “Land Bank in Botswana”. Ministry of Lands and Housing Kweneng Land Board Newsletter, 2012/13

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Policy Reviews

Isaacs S., 2012 Report Chapter - Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environment Sector for the Mid Term Review for the Kweneng District Development Plan 2009-2016, Kweneng District Council.

Isaacs S., et al Review of Kweneng District Settlement Strategy 2009-2016 Isaacs S., et al 2012 Review of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for Molepolole Development Plan 2015 to 2027, Kweneng District Council Isaacs et al, 2012 Technical Team Member for formulation of Botswana Land Policy, 2015 Isaacs et al, 2012 Technical Team Member in the development of Botswana Integrated Farming Guidelines, 2013

Isaacs et al, 2012 Member of Technical Team for Review of Kweneng Land Policy, 2013 Isaacs et al, 2012 Member of Technical Team for Review of the Town and Regional Planning Act, 1977

Isaacs et al, 2012 Member of Technical Team for development of the Town and Regional Planning Act, 2013

Isaacs et al, 2012 Member of Technical Team for development of the Development Control Code, 2013

Isaacs et al, 2012 Technical Team Member for development of the Kweneng District Settlement Strategy 2015-2027

Professional Appointments

2011 Head of Botswana Delegation Team for the Environment Sector as Chairperson of Board – Somarelang Tikologo at Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (BOCONGO) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties 17, Durban South Africa. 2011 Botswana Chapter Chair of the Southern Africa Public Policy Network of the Open Society Initiative of South Africa

2010 Chairperson of Board for Somarelang Tikologo, Non-Government Organization 2006 Board Secretary for Masisi Organ Transplant Foundation 4.3.3 Consultancies Undertaken

Isaacs S., 2014 PEIA and AIA for Lodge construction in Ramotswa Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd

Isaacs S., 2014 PEIA and AIA for the construction of a Lodge in Mochudi Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd

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Perkins, J., Isaacs S., 2013 EIA/AIA for Prospecting and Mining for Tsodilo Resources (PTY) Ltd in Ngamiland. Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd and Bio-track (PTY) Ltd

Isaacs S., 2013 Environmental Management Plan for a Manufacturing and Packaging Plant in Tlokweng for David Pharmaceuticals Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd Isaacs S., 2013 Monitoring Development Covenant on Ranches and Wildlife Management Areas in Kweneng District Kweneng Land Board Perkins J., and Isaacs S., 2013 Geo-spatial analysis for Prospecting & Mining License Area in Ngamiland, for Tsodilo Resources (PTY) Ltd,

Isaacs S., et al 2011 Environmental/Archaeological Impact Assessment Statement for Sand Mining in Moshupa River, Enviro-Arch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., 2011 Environmental/Archaeological Management Plan for Borrow Pit in Mantsho Molepolole for Roads Department, Enviro-Arch Consultancy

(PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., 2011 Development of a Unique Environmental and Cultural Tourism Package for Huiku Trust, Qabo-Grootlagte, Ghanzi Enviro-Arch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., 2010 Strategic Environmental and Archaeological Impact Assessment for the development of Boeshock Estate in Rustenburg South, Poolaxis Properties

(PTY) Ltd in South Africa and Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., et al 2010 Environmental Management Plan for Transportation of Chrome for Alloy Extrata Mine and Poolaxis Properties (PTY) Ltd in South Africa, Enviro- Arch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., 2009 Archaeological Impact Assessment for the construction of Internal Roads and Storm Water Drainage in Tlokweng Village, Tlokweng Sub District Council. Enviroarch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd

Isaacs S., 2009 Archaeological Impact Assessment for the upgrading of Water Distribution Network in Khwai village, Enviro-Arch Consultancy (PTY) Ltd Isaacs S., et al 2009 Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for the construction Mmandunyane-Mathangwane Road for Department of Roads, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., et al 2008 Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for the construction of Nata- Kazungula Road for Department of Roads, HERBCO Technical Services

(PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., et al 2008 Environmental/Archaeological Impact Assessment for upgrading of water distribution network and storm water drainage in Mahalapye-Palapye for Department of Water Affairs, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd Isaacs S., et al 2008 Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for Internal Roads and Storm Water Drainage in Gabane, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., et al 2008 Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for internal roads and water distribution network with associated storm water drainage in Bobonong, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., et al Environmental Impact Assessment Statement for the construction of Mohembo Bridge for Department of Building and Engineering Services, CPP Botswana International (PTY) Ltd.

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Isaacs S., et al 2008 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment for the construction of Kazungula Bridge for Department of Roads, CPP Botswana International

(PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., et al 2007 Environmental Impact Assessment for the relocation of Mohembo Automotive Workshop and Staff Housing in Mohembo for Central Transport Organization, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., et al 2007 Environmental Impact Assessment for the construction of Thune River for Department of Roads, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., et al 2007 Environmental Impact Assessment for the construction of Botswana International University of Science and Technology, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd.

Isaacs S., et al 2007 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment for Botswana Housing Corporation in Maun, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd. Isaacs S., et al 2007 Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan for Botswana Housing Corporation in Maun, HERBCO Technical Services (PTY) Ltd.

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