AYAMGA AWINEBORA JOHN
PAGA
Summary
Dynamic District Nutrition Officer with Ghana Health Service, skilled in implementing impactful nutrition interventions and enhancing health staff capabilities. Proven expertise in stakeholder mapping and social behavior change communication, driving quality improvements in community health initiatives. Adept at managing large-scale projects, fostering collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
District Nutrition Officer –Kassena Nankana West
Ghana Health Service
09.2014 - Current
- To oversee and supervise the implementation of nutrition sensitive and specific interventions in the district
- Provision of quality mentorship and coaching to health staff
- District WASH focal person
- District Quality improvement focal person
- District Sahel resilient spill over project focal person
- Focal person for the World Vision Ghana implementing project on improve feeding practices on the first 1000 days of the young child's life
- Regional facilitator for nutrition programmes
- Member of the district audit committee
Field Worker
Kintampo Health Research Centre
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Schedules: weekly administration of qualitative data collection tool, follow ups, recruitment of new members into the project
- I worked in two different projects (the obaapa vita project and the birth cohort study project)
Pupil Teacher
St Benedict preparatory School Kintampo
Kintampo
07.2007 - 08.2009
- Schedules: KG 2, Primary 1 and Primary 3
Education
Bachelor of Public Health - Nutrition
University of Health and allied science
01.2022
Diploma - Technical Officer Nutrition
Rural Health Training College
01.2013
West Africa Senior School Certificate - General Agriculture
Bolgatanga Senior High School
01.2007
Skills
- Good interpersonal relationship
- Good communication skills
- Competent skills in information and computer technology
- Innovative
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good in facilitation skills
- Stakeholder mapping
- Coordination
- Advocacy
- Ability to manage
- Ability to implement
- Ability to coordinate
- Ability to monitor activities
- Social behavior change communication expert
- Ability to deliver
- Ability to handle large crowd
Skills Capabilities
- Good interpersonal relationship
- Good communication skills
- Competent skills in information and computer technology
- Innovative, ability to work under pressure and to deliver on schedule
- Good in facilitation skills, stakeholder mapping, coordination and advocacy
- Ability to manage, implement, coordinate and monitor activities
- Social behavior change communication expert
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to deliver and handle large crowd
References
- NELLIC NYANWURA EDMUND, MUNICIPAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, BAWKU MUNICIPAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE, Nellic2@yahoo.es, 0244580199
- GLORIA YVONNE GOBATI, REGIONAL NUTRITION OFFICER, UPPER EAST REGIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE, gkobati@yahoo.com, 0200920109
- PROFESSOR FRANCIS BRUNO ZOTOR, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, FAMILY HEALTH FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES, fbzotor@uhas.edu.gh, 0241236389
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing and watching football
- Watching adventure movies and listening to music
- Reading of historical and philosophical texts
Other Relevant Experience
Competent in both qualitative and quantitative data collection
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: BOLGATANGA (ZORKO)
- Date of Birth: 03/19/89
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
English
Beginner
A1
Timeline
District Nutrition Officer –Kassena Nankana West
Ghana Health Service
09.2014 - Current
Field Worker
Kintampo Health Research Centre
01.2009 - 01.2010
Pupil Teacher
St Benedict preparatory School Kintampo
07.2007 - 08.2009
Bachelor of Public Health - Nutrition
University of Health and allied science
Diploma - Technical Officer Nutrition
Rural Health Training College
West Africa Senior School Certificate - General Agriculture
Bolgatanga Senior High School
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