Curriculum vitae
Willemijn Ellen de Bruin
Independent Consultant, WE-Consultancy
Nationality:
Dutch
Residency:
Country experience:
Residency and work experience: the Netherlands, Ghana, France, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka.
Project experience: Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda.
Languages:
Dutch (mother-tongue), English (fluent), Afrikaans (intermediate), French (basic), Sinhala (beginner).
Work Experience
WE-Consultancy, Sri Lanka.
Jan 2023 - present
INTRAC, UK.
Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
Edgar Diabetes & Obesity Research Centre,
University of Otago, New Zealand.
Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
AMPC International Health Consultants, the Netherlands.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Independent Consultant.
As an independent consultant under the name of WE-consultancy, I am offering monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), research, and project management services to international and national NGOs, local civil society organisations, and donors of development programmes.
I am a proud member of the INTRAC network, see more information about INTRAC below.
Research and Programme Coordinator.
INTRAC is a UK based non-profit organisation that builds the skills and knowledge of civil society to be more effective in addressing poverty and inequality. At INTRAC, I worked as Programme Coordinator for the Development Alternative and for the Civil Society Innovation Fund in Ethiopia (see above). I undertook additional MEL and research work to support on consultancy projects, including assistance with development of methodologies, desk reviews, quantitative and qualitative research, and design or implementation of MEL frameworks. Lastly, I executed in-house research on INTRAC’s strategic themes such as the implementation of research ethics, and work on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and health & wellbeing.
Network Coordinator, and Assistant Research Fellow
Edgar Diabetes & Obesity Research (EDOR) is a University of Otago flagship research centre, aiming to make a significant contribution to reducing the global burden of diabetes and obesity through research and dissemination of knowledge. As coordinator of the network I lead a systematic social network analysis and established a nationwide network of all New Zealand groups involved in diabetes and obesity-related research, service, and advocacy. Through the EDOR NZ Network we aim to facilitate greater connectedness and offer authoritative consensus commentary on diabetes and obesity related issues. Additional tasks included: media management, social media and web content for EDOR. As assistant research fellow I have been involved in various studies (pilot studies, observational research, and randomised-controlled trials) on the relationship between sleep and overweight in children, screen-use and sedentary behaviours in teenagers, interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes in obese adults.
Junior Consultant.
AMPC International Health Consultants is a consultancy firm based in the Netherlands that offers independent strategic advice and services to clients in both the public and private health sector. AMPC supports the planning, design, construction, equipping and operation of hospitals and clinics worldwide. As junior consultant I worked on various project assisting with healthcare needs, -demand and - supply assessments as well as health systems evaluations. Moreover, I prepared bidding documents and project proposals for project acquisition.
Education
2013-2015
Masters of Science,
VU University of Amsterdam
MSc in Management, Policy Analysis & Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences, specialising in International Public Health with Distinction. Dissertation: Learners’ perspectives on the provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services in South African public schools for UNICEF South Africa.
2009-2012
Bachelor of Science,
VU University of Amsterdam
BSc in Health & Life Sciences.
Dissertation: Combining peer-led self-care interventions for people affected by leprosy or diabetes in leprosy-endemic countries. What do health care professionals think? For the Netherlands Leprosy Relief.
