Miriam Sijtsma

Programme Officer (Zambia & Sierra Leone) at King's Global Health Partnerships
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London, England, United Kingdom, GB
Languages
  • Nederlands Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Engels Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
    IELTS Official
    Apr, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) – CEFR level C2
    Cambridge English
    Jul, 2014
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Programme Officer (Zambia & Sierra Leone)
      • Oct 2022 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Policy and Advocacy Intern
      • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

      During this internship, I will support the policy and advocacy team of Malaria No More UK. My tasks include stakeholder mapping, engaging with key actors in the field of health development and malaria, setting up policy briefs and overall bringing the issue of malaria to the attention of the British government. During this internship, I will support the policy and advocacy team of Malaria No More UK. My tasks include stakeholder mapping, engaging with key actors in the field of health development and malaria, setting up policy briefs and overall bringing the issue of malaria to the attention of the British government.

    • Netherlands
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Intern
      • Oct 2020 - Sep 2021

      Under supervision of Jet Bussemaker, I worked on a mixed-methods project aimed at defining the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on single mothers in low-income neighborhoods in the Hague. Under supervision of Jet Bussemaker, I worked on a mixed-methods project aimed at defining the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on single mothers in low-income neighborhoods in the Hague.

    • Netherlands
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Student Research Assistant
      • Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

      As a student assistant, I was responsible for the literature research in preparation for a grant proposal for the Horizon 2027 grant. This involves defining and contextualizing concepts such as food justice, food democracy and food governance. As a student assistant, I was responsible for the literature research in preparation for a grant proposal for the Horizon 2027 grant. This involves defining and contextualizing concepts such as food justice, food democracy and food governance.

    • Netherlands
    • Travel Arrangements
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Hiker
      • Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

    • Netherlands
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • Ab Actis
      • Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

      During my time on the board of my student association, I was responsible for internal and external communication, taking and working out minutes of meetings, representing the student association on a local and national level and working on the long-term visions and policies of the association. Additionally, we were responsible for ensuring that all activities adhered to the national COVID-19 regulations after the pandemic struck in March 2020. During my time on the board of my student association, I was responsible for internal and external communication, taking and working out minutes of meetings, representing the student association on a local and national level and working on the long-term visions and policies of the association. Additionally, we were responsible for ensuring that all activities adhered to the national COVID-19 regulations after the pandemic struck in March 2020.

    • Public Health Intern
      • Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

      My responsibilities at the Bugisi Health clinic included:- an assessment of the possibilities to optimize patient flow in the HIV Care and Treatment center (CTC)- guiding patients through the hospital trajectory- accompanying health practitioners on Test & Trace outreach trips to remote locations My responsibilities at the Bugisi Health clinic included:- an assessment of the possibilities to optimize patient flow in the HIV Care and Treatment center (CTC)- guiding patients through the hospital trajectory- accompanying health practitioners on Test & Trace outreach trips to remote locations

    • Netherlands
    • Religious Institutions
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Communications Intern
      • Feb 2017 - Nov 2017

Education

  • King's College London
    Master of Science - MSc, Global Health & Social Justice
    2021 - 2022
  • Leiden University College The Hague
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Global Public Health
    2017 - 2020
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
    Minor, Clinical Genetics
    2020 - 2020
  • Christiaan Huygens College
    VWO: Natuur & Techniek / Natuur & Gezondheid
    2010 - 2016

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