• Consultant writer, editor and researcher for the Culture & Arts Programme of the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) tasked to develop a community based toolkit for child caregivers to build mental health of children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS (March-May 2007).
• Reproductive Health consultant for The African Pulse an HIV/AIDS educational charity working to improve HIV/AIDS education and life skills in schools, youth clubs and community centres through multi-media educational packages. Responsibilities included developing strategic partnerships and identifying routes of distribution with government, UN agencies, CBOs and NGOs and corporate bodies and developing and delivering training workshops (June 2007-March 2008).
• Qualitative researcher working with the Maasai of Ngorongoro District, Tanzania. Research was conducted for the charity Empuaan, an innovative dialogical HIV/ AIDS prevention programme that aims to reduce the risk of STI/HIV/AIDS through awareness raising and critical analysis and debate at the community creating effective and sustainable local networks of information, care and support.
• Researcher on the uninhabited coral atoll of Aldabra, Seychelles. Work included conducting coral and fish transects, turtle monitoring and tagging and shark research (August-Dec 2006).
• SCUBA diving instructor on M/Y Northern Star in Bahamas, Caribbean and Mediterranean (Jan-August 2006)
Publications:
- Co-author and editor for manual for child caregivers on improving mental health of children with HIV and AIDS, Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (currently under development)
- Author of HIV/AIDS educational text for children aged 7-9 years in the Caribbean, Pan Macmillan (currently under development)
- Educational text for young children on self-awareness and self-worth entitled “The Tortoise that Wished Too Much” Shooter and Shuter. Scheduled for publication April 2008.
- Author of children’s educational book on HIV/AIDS “Marcham, C L (2007) ‘But… I don’t want to.’ Pietermaritzburg; Shuter and Shooter”. Book used as part of South African school curriculum. Distribution in rest of sub-Saharan Africa scheduled mid 2008.

• Course designer, convener and lecturer in Medical Anthropology, HIV/AIDS, Research Methods and Industrial Health at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Developed and coordinated inter-disciplinary initiative offering more than 40 courses across 12 disciplines, including designing website, posters and leaflets.
• Supervised and internally examined Masters Theses on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
• Developed and coordinated the Writing Initiative to Support Academics (WISA) at UKZN, which has since led to a number of publications in the group.
• Facilitated focus group discussions in Durban Industrial Basin to determine impact of industrial development on local communities. Collaborative project with Michigan University.
• Assisted in the cleaning of Men and Women’s General Health Survey data set, conducting analysis of open ended questions. Results presented back to Community.
• Attended 7th Annual HIV/AIDS Planning workshop in sub-Saharan Africa. Organised by and gained sponsorship from Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD).
• Undertook in-depth interviews with the !Xoo of the Kalahari Desert to gain information on health needs and service delivery.
• Member of the Executive Board Committee for the School of Sociology and Social Sciences
• Member of the Population studies group as a Social Scientist to undertake qualitative research on uptake of HIV test results in Mtubatuba district.

• Coordinated restricted funded projects in Middle East and North Africa. Funding received from governments and charitable bodies including the UK Community Fund and Gates Foundation.
• Supported Family Planning Associations (FPAs) by providing technical assistance in proposal development and report writing remotely and in person.
• Assisted in the monitoring and evaluation of projects, including work plans with FPA’s.
• Liaised with the Central Office resource mobilisation department to ensure all donor funding requirements were met; including timely submission of reports.
• Assisted finance officers in the development of project budgets.

• Managed youth centre offering extensive programmes from education to sport to over 500 disadvantaged local young people at risk of social exclusion and offending.
• Managed 31 paid staff members and volunteers, providing regular supervision and appraisal.
• Identified potential sources for funding, developed funding proposals and maintained links with funding bodies and sponsors by submitting reports and repeat applications.
• Organised monthly meetings to provide updates on activities, funding and state of accounts.
• Attended Steering Group Meetings with council members to discuss the needs of over 4000 local residents experiencing extreme poverty and deprivation.

• Assisted in the fieldwork phase of a Programme Guidance Tool to improve management of RTIs/STIs in Latvia and state of Ceara in Brazil. This involved participation in rapidly conducted qualitative fieldwork and the development of summary reports.
• Organised consultations on dual protection and condom promotion as primary family planning method.
• Liaised with USAID, UNAIDS, UNFPA in preparation for consultation and development of joint UNFPA/UNAIDS/WHO statement on dual protection.
• Co-authored working document for joint WHO/UNAIDS/UNFPA consultation- Marcham CL, O’Reilly KR, Peterson H. (1999) “Reassessing dual protection: the role of condoms in preventing unplanned consequences of sex.”