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Kim Groeneweg

Kim Groeneweg

Arusha

Summary

Highly-motivated professional and team player with a strong background in education, community development, and tropical landuse systems and development. Possesses strong adaptability, creativity, analytical and entrepreneurial skills. Eager to take on new challenges and continue learning and engaging in the field of agriculture, sustainable development, and changing mindsets.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Education Advisor and Trainer

Africa Amini Life
Momella, Tanzania
08.2024 - Current
  • Advice, structure, and develop training methodologies for the vocational training curriculum on Regenerative Agriculture.
  • Training of Teachers.

Agroforestry

Self-employed
Mufindi Highlands
08.2016 - Current
  • Tree planting, with a focus on agroforestry and nature-based solutions.
  • Building sustainable land use systems to restore land and conserve nature through establishing a food forest, making biochar, and incorporating regenerative agriculture practices.

Independent Consultant

Rijk Zwaan
Arusha, Tanzania
04.2022 - 07.2024
  • Training and coaching of the management team and professionals as part of their 'Growing People Together' Program.
  • Training and development of training packages on Leadership.
  • Coaching

Technical Advisor – Consultant

The Kilimanjaro Project
Moshi
03.2023 - 01.2024
  • I led, guided, and offered technical advice to the NGO's feasibility study for the development of a smallholder carbon project in the Pangani Basin.
  • Main fields: Project design; agroforestry and climate smart farming approaches;community engagement and development.

Founder & Managing Director

Jobortunity Training Institute
01.2007 - 04.2021
  • Established and managed a Social business developing education approaches and teaching 21st century skills targeting employment of youth.
  • I founded Jobortunity in a effort to bridging the 'Skills Gap' by developing approaches and teaching 21st-century including Life and Soft) skills.
  • Training of trainers and human resources.
  • Business development, marketing, and networking.
  • Honorable board member

Owner/ Freelance trainer / Consultant

Building Capacity
11.2005 - 08.2009
  • Together with my business partner, we ran a 2-person Service Consultancy: training trainers in environmental sustainability and skills strengthening capacity building.
  • Service Consultancy training trainers in environmental sustainability.

Agriculture & Marketing Support Manager & Trainer

Certified Coffee UTZ
08.2006 - 12.2007
  • Developing training methodologies supporting certified coffee farmers to develop their farms and business, and sell their Utz certified coffee in Vietnam, Kenya, Tanzania, Colombia, and Guatemala.

Research Fellow

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Kenya
07.2004 - 11.2005
  • Capacity building, methodology, and tools development led to the publication of a training guidelines and technical manual for training livestock farmers.

Associate Professional Officer

United Nations - Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Peru & Kenya
04.2001 - 04.2004
  • In both countries, with a team of agricultural engineers, ministries, and farmers developing and implementing the Farmer Field School Methodology, training sustainable agricultural practices.

Program Evaluator

International Potato Centre
Vietnam
02.2000 - 08.2000
  • Consultancy assignment to assess the results of Farmer Field School projects working with farmers producing sweet potato in four different regions in Vietnam.

Education

Master Practitioner NLP -

RaVisie
Utrecht, the Netherlands
03.2020

Post Graduate Environmental Sustainability -

University of Edinburgh
Scotland
06.2006

MSc. - Tropical Land-use/ Extension Science & Innovation Studies

Wageningen University & Research
the Netherlands
06.1999

Skills

  • Leadership skills
  • Community engagement & development
  • Climate change adaptation & regenerative agriculture
  • Education, curriculum design and development of participatory training packages
  • Creative and out of the box thinking
  • Analytical thinking and problem solving
  • Team player & Team management
  • Organisational development

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Swahili

Publications

  • Hi5 – Key to Life – Stories of Tanzanian Youth & 100 Topic Curriculum on 21st Century Skills Training, https://www.jobortunity.org/hi5-book-the-key-to-life/
  • Livestock FFS Guideline - English, http://www.fao.org/sustainable-food-value-chains/training-and-learning-center/details-materials/en/c/276923/
  • Livestock FFS Guidelines- Spanish, http://www.simas.org.ni/publicaciones/919/escuelas-de-campo-para-productores-pecuarios-normas-para-la-facilitacion-y-manual-tecnico/
  • Participatory project evaluation, http://www.leisa-al.org/web/index.php/volumen-22-numero-1/2001-fuentes

Timeline

Education Advisor and Trainer

Africa Amini Life
08.2024 - Current

Technical Advisor – Consultant

The Kilimanjaro Project
03.2023 - 01.2024

Independent Consultant

Rijk Zwaan
04.2022 - 07.2024

Agroforestry

Self-employed
08.2016 - Current

Founder & Managing Director

Jobortunity Training Institute
01.2007 - 04.2021

Agriculture & Marketing Support Manager & Trainer

Certified Coffee UTZ
08.2006 - 12.2007

Owner/ Freelance trainer / Consultant

Building Capacity
11.2005 - 08.2009

Research Fellow

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
07.2004 - 11.2005

Associate Professional Officer

United Nations - Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
04.2001 - 04.2004

Program Evaluator

International Potato Centre
02.2000 - 08.2000

Master Practitioner NLP -

RaVisie

Post Graduate Environmental Sustainability -

University of Edinburgh

MSc. - Tropical Land-use/ Extension Science & Innovation Studies

Wageningen University & Research

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