Jan Thomas Hiemstra

Consultant, Implementation Advisor, Crisis Manager

About

International development. Management and coordination of development programmes and projects. Specialties: Democratic governance with emphasis on local governance, man-made crisis and natural disaster recovery, agricultural development, rural development

Country

Netherlands

City

Schiedam

Industry

International Affairs

Skill

Agriculture, Humanitarian Assistance, NGOs, International Development, Civil Society, Rural Development, Capacity Building, Human Rights, International Organizations, Capacity Development, Economic Development, Policy, Sustainable Development, Africa, Poverty Reduction, Leadership

Experience

Consultant, Implementation Advisor, Crisis Manager

Hiemstra SURGE Consultancies

2023-6 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands

Safer tanker salvage senior coordinator (UNDP RBAS/Yemen), Gaza crisis response advisor (UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People)

Head of Country Support: Crisis Bureau

UNDP

2019-8 - 2023-6 · 3 yrs 11 mos

New York, New York

Rapid response, SURGE support, support to UNDP Country Offices in crisis, Crisis Academy, fast-track implementation

Country Director

UNDP

2015-6 - 2019-8 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Kyiv, Ukraine

Country Director

UNDP

2013-2 - 2015-5 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Damascus, Syria

Deputy Director for Programmes

UNDP

2009-2 - 2013-2 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Abuja, Nigeria

Coordinator of Programme Support and Manager of the SURGE Project

UNDP

2007-4 - 2009-1 · 1 yr 10 mos

Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development Programme, New York

Team Leader and Programme Advisor

UNDP

2005-2 - 2007-3 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Programme Advisor and Regional Focal Point for Arab States and Horn of Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, New York

Team Leader of the Poverty and Economic Development Team

UNDP

2004-1 - 2005-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

UNDP, Iraq

Head of Sub-Office

UNDP

2003-6 - 2004-12 · 1 yr 7 mos

Basrah, Iraq

Deputy Resident Representative

UNDP

2001-4 - 2003-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Maldives

Team Leader, Area-Based Development

UNDP

1998-9 - 2001-3 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Programme Management Officer Agriculture

UNDP

1994-8 - 1998-8 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Jerusalem

Associate Expert

Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

1991-10 - 1994-7 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Education

University of Groningen

Development Economics

1983 - 1989 · 6 yrs