Services · Consulting practice
Every engagement starts with a conversation and ends with a written plan your team owns. Choose a track below, download the plan template to shape your thinking, then send an inquiry — no obligation.
Who this is for
I work with public agencies, NGOs, foundations, and private-sector partners who are ready to move from diagnosis to delivery — and who need an outside collaborator who speaks both science and operations.
How I work
I don’t parachute in with a prefilled deck. Every engagement starts by understanding the political, social, and ecological context, then co-designs a scope, deliverables, and learning plan that your team can carry forward without me.
Engagement tracks
Plan 01
Objectives & key results, National Adaptation Plans, climate implementation strategy, and disaster-risk framing for leadership teams.
Plan 02
Embedded support to move from strategy to delivery — capacity building, roadmapping, and change management over 3+ month engagements.
Plan 03
Facilitated board, executive, and community sessions — documented, followed through, and designed around your stakeholders.
Rates and budgets are scoped per engagement and discussed during the proposal step — every context is different.
Downloadable resource
The same ten-section document used to scope real engagements — from the question behind the question, through risk context and OKRs, to timeline, stakeholders, and budget. Fill it in before we talk, or use it internally with your own team.
Download the template (Word) ↓01 · The question behind the question
02 · Risk context & HRVA snapshot
03 · Objectives & key results
04 · Scope & deliverables
05 · Five-phase timeline
06 · Stakeholders & governance
07 · Budget & financing
08 · Assumptions & dependencies
09 · Evaluation & learning
10 · Sign-off & next steps
How to use the template
01
Download the Word template
Save it to a shared drive and open it in any word processor. The ten sections are already laid out for you.
02
Answer the framing questions
Start with the question behind the question and the risk-context snapshot. These two sections shape everything that follows.
03
Invite your stakeholders
Add voices from operations, finance, community liaison, and leadership. The template has prompts for each perspective.
04
Complete the remaining sections
Work through OKRs, scope, timeline, budget, assumptions, and evaluation criteria. Short bullets are fine.
05
Send it back
Attach the completed template to the inquiry form below, or paste the key points into the project scope field.
Engagement process
01
Initial consultation
A free 45-minute discovery call to understand your context and the question behind the question.
02
Needs assessment
A short diagnostic — documents, stakeholder input, and a risk snapshot — to size the engagement honestly.
03
Written proposal
Scope, deliverables, timeline, and budget, built on the downloadable engagement plan template below.
04
Implementation
Delivery with weekly rhythms, transparent reporting, and collaborative reviews at each milestone.
05
Evaluation & reporting
A closing evaluation against the agreed OKRs, with a handover package your team can run with.
Hybrid work mode — remote with strategic on-site assessments, collaborations, and workshops. Preferred engagement 3+ months.
Guided needs assessment
Answer three short questions and the assessment tool will draft a tailored needs summary — likely scope, the engagement track that fits, and open questions for a discovery call. It lands in the inquiry form below, ready for you to edit and send.
Prefer to write it yourself? Skip straight to the form — this step is optional.
Consulting inquiry
Share a few details and a short scope. You'll receive a reply within two business days — usually with a proposed time for a free discovery call. Prefer email? Write to sandman8352@gmail.com.