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Abena Adubea Amoah

Summary

I am a professional development management expert with over two decades of practical experience working at international and local levels and in diverse sectors, including but not limited to education and youth economic empowerment, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, youth development, employment, health, gender, economic empowerment, and skills training, volunteer programmes, partnerships, child marriage and sexual and gender-based violence. For the past 15 years, I have demonstrated the capacity to understand and work with diverse donors and development partners while ensuring compliance with different strategic frameworks and systems. Some of these donors and development partners include International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), World Health Organization (WHO), West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), UNFPA, JOICFP - Japan, Swedish International Development Agenda through RFSU, OXFAM Ghana, Danish Family Planning Association, Hewlett Foundation, etc. Over the period, I have gained enormous multi-cultural and multi country experience working with colleagues in other country offices, and IPPF member Associations in Africa and beyond on numerous projects and activities. These countries include Netherlands, Norway, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Ethiopia among others. I also enabled the sharing of lessons, programme models, good practices, etc., within regions and wider organization for organizational learning by hosting numerous global and regional learning forums in Ghana involving over 30 members associations or countries of IPPF African regional involving but not limited to the following countries; Tanzania, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroun, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, etc. With the ability to craft and lead partnership engagements involving multi stakeholders, I have successful led policy influencing and advocacy activities that has yielded positive result. Expertise in engaging diverse donors and partners and to raise funds to prosecute organisational goals.

Education

International Masters Programme for Managers -

Lancaster University Management School
11.2023

Professional Development Cert. - Project Management option

International Organisation for Capacity Building, London (IOCB)
12.2014

Cert. in NGO Management -

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
11.2007

M.A. - Development Studies

University of Ghana
01.2005

B. ED (Hons) - Social Studies

University of Cape Coast
01.1997

Diploma - Geography

University of Cape Coast
01.1996

Skills

  • Motivated
  • Team player
  • Project management
  • Strategic leadership
  • NGO management
  • Gender/SRHR/ Youth programming
  • Professional Counselling
  • Mediation and Peacebuilding
  • Women Empowerment
  • Partnership development
  • Capacity Building
  • Organisational understanding
  • Business processes
  • Managing resources and finance
  • Formal people management
  • Managing risk
  • Managing technology and digital working

Consultancy And Research Work

  • Consultant, National Youth Authority, 11/01/20 - Present, Support the development of the National Youth Volunteer Framework.
  • Consultant, Department for International Development (DFID), 02/01/20 - 04/30/20, Provided technical expertise to review the project on reproductive health.
  • Consultant, Niras Sweden AB, 12/01/18 - 03/31/19, Provided technical expertise for evaluating the Guttmacher Institute programme.
  • Consultant, T-TEL, 01/01/17 - 06/30/17, Facilitated the development of gender-responsive improvement plans.
  • Consultant, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences- University of Cape Coast (DFASUCC), 02/01/16 - 12/31/16, Developed strategies to improve participation of women and youth.
  • Consultant: STAR-Ghana 10/11 - 10/14, Coordinated and supported Star Ghana Grant Partners (GP) to develop M&E capacities
  • Consultant: STAR-Ghana 01/12-03/12, Coordinated organisational needs assessment of 10 STAR Ghana Grant Partners towards capacity support

Career Experience

  • Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, 06/01/18- Present, Develop work plans from organizational strategic documents., Work with regional management to identify and implement options for shared services., Enable sharing of lessons and good practices within the organization., Effectively led the implementation of the organization's strategic direction., Manage individuals across the team for full development of potential.
  • Country Director, World University Services of Canada (WUSC), 08/01/13, 08/31/17, Supervised the implementation of six programmes in Ghana., Led the country team to identify and develop proposals for competitive bids., Represented the organization in various local and international meetings.
  • Uniterra Country Coordinator, World University Service of Canada, 07/01/10, 08/31/14, Led the review of the Uniterra Strategic Framework., Developed and implemented new internship and youth volunteer placement projects., Ensured quality implementation by clients' and stakeholders' expectations.
  • General Manager, Students and Youth Travel Organization, 10/01/05, 06/30/10, Set the agenda for the growth and sustainability of the organization., Represented the organization in Youth Travel fairs and partnership meetings.
  • Programme Coordinator, Students and Youth Travel Organization, 08/01/01, 09/30/05, Developed and implemented the Student and Youth internship programme., Supervised World Youth Millennium Awards Programme.
  • Tutor, St Louis Training College-Kumasi, 09/01/98, 07/31/01, Delivered Social Studies lessons., Examined students during examinations.

Timeline

International Masters Programme for Managers -

Lancaster University Management School

Professional Development Cert. - Project Management option

International Organisation for Capacity Building, London (IOCB)

Cert. in NGO Management -

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

M.A. - Development Studies

University of Ghana

B. ED (Hons) - Social Studies

University of Cape Coast

Diploma - Geography

University of Cape Coast

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