Kathryn Harries developed the FieldTiK as part of a PhD at the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Deakin University. The toolkit builds on her extensive field and leadership experience, including:

• Trainer and facilitator in leadership, coordination, humanitarian practice, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

• Developer of a bottom-up management system for field teams, accredited to the global environmental management system (ISO14001)

• Knowledge and Learning Manager for the DFAT-funded Civil Society WASH Fund

• WASH Specialist in Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Geneva, India, Sri Lanka, and Pacific Island countries

• Team leader, including as Plant Manager of a sewage treatment plant–where her team received the organisation’s Team of the Year award.

• WASH Cluster Coordinator, Somalia, coordinating WASH teams from over 170 organisations in response to famine, drought, insecurity and malnutrition–an approach recognised globally as best practice in knowledge management and information sharing.

LinkedIn: Kathryn Harries, BSc, MEngSc, PGCert (WEDC), PhD