Wessel van den Berg
Curriculum Vitae 2011
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Personal objective
To lead a small, problem-solving team with creative and innovative perspectives.
Focus
- Monitoring and evaluation system design and training
- Sustainable development program design and supervision - Capacity building of organisations - Project Management |
Strengths as assessed by Strengthsfinder 2.0
- Empathy
- Strategy - Ideation - Maximiser - Relator |
Core Competencies
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· Developing national monitoring and evaluation systems
· Academic writing, editing, survey and qualitative research · Computer literacy, all general office applications · Basic software management with good grasp of managing web-based applications · Experienced as webmaster: Platform web-hosting and Google Sites · Design and administration of online database and survey tools · Managing national scale projects and grants · Establishing and maintaining multiple stakeholder relationships · Positioning social change initiatives in wider systems like the economy, policy and natural environments · Strategic development of practical implementation plans · Curriculum development in fields of gender, public health and sustainable development |
· Designing interventions for fields of gender, public health and sustainable development
· Mentoring a team of coordinators in national programs · Facilitating learning combined with personal development · The ability to structure work in such a manner that it is enjoyable and sustainable · Familiarity with creative mediums to facilitate learning · Mediation and negotiation in any environment · Ability to position training within the National Qualifications Framework of SA · Excellent personal communication · Creative and systematic thinking · Empathic · Pro-active and problem solving · Equanimous |
Work experience
1. Monitoring and evaluation manager OLIVE LEAF Foundation Sept 2010 – present.
2. Sustainability research and development officer OLIVE LEAF Foundation April 2009 – Aug 2010
3. Monitoring and evaluation manager Sonke Gender Justice Network Sept 2008 – Mar 2009
4. National gender program manager at OLIVE LEAF Foundation June 2007 – Aug 2008
5. Program coordinator of Men as Partners at OLIVE LEAF Foundation Mar 2006 – May 2007
6. Program coordinator of The Men’s Kindness program at Ikamva Labantu Aug 2004 – Feb 2006
7. Project Coordinator of ‘Kgotla – the exchange’ youth organisation Jan 2004 – Dec 2004
8. Skills Development Facilitator and Training Consultant at Assessors of Human Capital Jan 2003 – Dec 2003
9. Kindergarten teacher, Primary teacher at Stellenbosch Waldorf school Jan 2000 – Dec 2002
2. Sustainability research and development officer OLIVE LEAF Foundation April 2009 – Aug 2010
3. Monitoring and evaluation manager Sonke Gender Justice Network Sept 2008 – Mar 2009
4. National gender program manager at OLIVE LEAF Foundation June 2007 – Aug 2008
5. Program coordinator of Men as Partners at OLIVE LEAF Foundation Mar 2006 – May 2007
6. Program coordinator of The Men’s Kindness program at Ikamva Labantu Aug 2004 – Feb 2006
7. Project Coordinator of ‘Kgotla – the exchange’ youth organisation Jan 2004 – Dec 2004
8. Skills Development Facilitator and Training Consultant at Assessors of Human Capital Jan 2003 – Dec 2003
9. Kindergarten teacher, Primary teacher at Stellenbosch Waldorf school Jan 2000 – Dec 2002
Education and learning
- Enrolled in MPhil in Sustainable Development at the University of Stellenbosch to be completed September 2011
- Completed HIV Leadership fellowship at Mailman School of Health Columbia University New York 2008
- Completed BPhil Honours Cum Laude in Sustainable Development at the University of Stellenbosch 2007
- Teaching Diploma of Waldorf Education at Centre for Creative Education 2001
- Completed HIV Leadership fellowship at Mailman School of Health Columbia University New York 2008
- Completed BPhil Honours Cum Laude in Sustainable Development at the University of Stellenbosch 2007
- Teaching Diploma of Waldorf Education at Centre for Creative Education 2001
