Experience

MetaMeta

• Netherlands
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager/ Agriculture and Water Management specialist

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Coordinator of the SMART Centre Group and the Flood-based livelihoods network (FBLN) www.smartcentregroup.com and www.spate-irrigation.org Coordinator of the SMART Centre Group and the Flood-based livelihoods network (FBLN) www.smartcentregroup.com and www.spate-irrigation.org



SMART Centre Malawi

• Malawi
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Centre Manager and Technical Advisor

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2019

  The job at the CCAP SMART Centre is a continuation of the role I had under the YEP Water Programme. The monitoring and evaluation of existing pumps and the training of local companies in manual drilling and the fabrication of Rope pumps are part of the job. I also support local entrepreneurs in the sale of filters and in the role of Centre Manager I facilitate contacts with partners and am responsible for the finances of the SMART Centre. The job at the CCAP SMART Centre is a continuation of the role I had under the YEP Water Programme. The monitoring and evaluation of existing pumps and the training of local companies in manual drilling and the fabrication of Rope pumps are part of the job. I also support local entrepreneurs in the sale of filters and in the role of Centre Manager I facilitate contacts with partners and am responsible for the finances of the SMART Centre.



Foundation Connect International

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Centre Manager and Technical Advisor

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2016

  As of October 2014 I work for SMART Centre Mzuzu as Technical Advisor to promote low-cost WASH techniques. From September 2015 on I have also taken up the role of Centre Manager.The monitoring and evaluation of existing pumps and the training of local companies in manual drilling and the fabrication of Rope pumps are part of the job. I also support local entrepreneurs in the sale of filters and in the role of Centre Manager I facilitate contacts with partners and am responsible for the finances of the SMART Centre.This role is part of the YEP Water programma. Show less

• Technical and Marketing Advisor

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

  As of October 2014 I work for SMART Centre Mzuzu as Technical Advisor to promote low-cost WASH technieken. The monitoring and evaluation of existing pumps and the training of local companies in manual drilling and the fabrication of Rope pumps is part of the job. I also support local entrepreneurs in the sale of filters.This role is part of the YEP Water programma.



Young Expert Programmes

• Netherlands
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Young Expert at CCAP SMART Centre, Mzuzu

  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2016

  As part of the YEP Water programme I work at SMART Centre Mzuzu, through the foundation Connect International and the CCAP Development Department. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Netherlands Water Partnership have initiated the Young Expert Programme Water (YEP Water) and the Young Expert Programme Agrofood (YEP Agrofood) -in partnership with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform- with the objective of providing assurances for the continued availability of international professionalism and expertise in the water and agri & business sector. Both programmes are carried out in YEP Programmes (www.yepprogrammes.com). YEP Programmes offers Dutch young professionals an opportunity to acquire professional experience abroad and young local professionals an opportunity to take their first steps in an international work environment via Dutch organisations. In adopting this approach YEP Programmes makes a contribution to a dynamic international water and agri & business network and makes this network open to a new generation of young experts. Show less



Mzuzu University

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

  Within the YEP Water programme I taught for the Water Resources Management and Development Department of Mzuzu University. In 2014 I started with the course 'principles of hydrology'​ for 3rd-year BSc students. In 2015 I taught the courses 'principles of irrigation'​ to 2nd BSc-students and the course 'groundwater exploration and management' to 3rd-year BSc-students. Within the YEP Water programme I taught for the Water Resources Management and Development Department of Mzuzu University. In 2014 I started with the course 'principles of hydrology'​ for 3rd-year BSc students. In 2015 I taught the courses 'principles of irrigation'​ to 2nd BSc-students and the course 'groundwater exploration and management' to 3rd-year BSc-students.



Nationaal Watertraineeship

• Netherlands
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee at waterschap Hollandse Delta

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014

  Besides taking part in trainings with fellow-trainees I worked in projects for the following organisations: waterschap Hollandse Delta - evaluation of the use of rainfall date for the department Data en Advies GMB - research into the possibilities to implement Asset Management waterschap Rivierenland - evaluation of the supervision of waterways for the department 'Handhaving' Royal Eijkelkamp - market research for a groundwater data validation tool Besides taking part in trainings with fellow-trainees I worked in projects for the following organisations: waterschap Hollandse Delta - evaluation of the use of rainfall date for the department Data en Advies GMB - research into the possibilities to implement Asset Management waterschap Rivierenland - evaluation of the supervision of waterways for the department 'Handhaving' Royal Eijkelkamp - market research for a groundwater data validation tool



Waterschap Hollandse Delta

• Netherlands
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Stakeholder Manager (Medewerker Omgeving) and Policy Advisor Waterway Management

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014

  At Waterschap Hollandse Delta I worked as a stakeholder manager in one of the dike improvement projects (Eiland van Dordrecht). I also worked as a policy advisor for the maintenance of the waterways in the service area of the waterboard implementing the new policy on the dredging of the waterways. At Waterschap Hollandse Delta I worked as a stakeholder manager in one of the dike improvement projects (Eiland van Dordrecht). I also worked as a policy advisor for the maintenance of the waterways in the service area of the waterboard implementing the new policy on the dredging of the waterways.



BlggAgroXpertus

• Wageningen

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Mar 2012 - Sep 2012



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Assistant

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  Student Assistant for the course 'Irrigation Systems Design and Operation' (ISDO). Coaching student-groups in the design and calculation of an irrigation system in Indonesia. This included hydraulics, crops, soils and socio-economic aspects of the system. Student Assistant for the course 'Irrigation Systems Design and Operation' (ISDO). Coaching student-groups in the design and calculation of an irrigation system in Indonesia. This included hydraulics, crops, soils and socio-economic aspects of the system.



IFES-Nederland

• Netherlands
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IFES-Coordinator

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2010

  Coachen of local boards, coordinating the Alpha and Beta-courses and the development of a projectplan for a local staff-worker. Coachen of local boards, coordinating the Alpha and Beta-courses and the development of a projectplan for a local staff-worker.



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Promoter at 'Scholenvoorlichting'

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2009