Jemima Stancombe joined GRM in 2003 and recently completed the Young Professional Program. Prior to joining GRM she completed a 12 month contract with a British NGO in Madagascar.
Jemima has a BA (Hons) in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, Norwich and as a part of her studies she spent three months at the partnering Makerere University in Uganda and performed a field study on a remote island in Sulawesi, Indonesia, for her thesis. These overseas ventures gave her first-hand experience in the development field, which has been an asset in her current role.
Jemima transferred from the GRM London office to GRM Australia where she is currently the project coordinator on a number of sustainable tourism development projects based in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.
"I have been interested in International Development for a long time and found upon leaving university that entry level jobs in the field were extremely hard to come by. So it was great to discover GRM's Young Professional Program," Jemima says.
"The Program has given me the opportunity to grow and develop in the sector. As a Young Professional I've been continually exposed to a variety of different areas of work including business development, tender preparation and project coordination. I enjoy the fact that on a daily basis I'm communicating with people all over the world, whether they are in one of the GRM offices overseas, or in one of the many countries we currently work in."
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