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Summary
- A strong communicator who is able to communicate diplomatically and tactfully and to listen carefully to what is said before responding. Understands the importance of non-verbal communication, the impact of gestures and interpersonal communication.
- Able to share ideas and knowledge to help solve problems and take shared responsibility in group decision making. Ability to use past experience to help identify and resolve problems and seek advice from appropriate sources to make informed decisions. Is competent of displaying an independence of thought but is also willing to take direction from others where necessary.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work. Enjoys the challenge of change and is willing to embrace new ways of working and respond to new situations as they unfold.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise work and reach deadlines. Supports ability to project, manage, and organise successful events. A hard working and enthusiastic team player who is equally capable of using own initiative.
- Demonstrates dedication and ability to work constructively within a large and/or diverse team.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Lecturer
Tamale Technical University
10.2024 - Current
Principal
Akrokerri College of Education
10.2015 - 09.2024
- Serve as an administrative and academic head of the institution and to provide leadership to all staff and students of the college
- Represent the college at Professional Board meetings and at all conferences of Principals of Colleges of Education, secure a sound financial base for the college and carry out important ceremonial and civic duties
Director of Institutional Collaboration
Tamale Polytechnic
08.2013 - 10.2015
- To work collaboratively across departments of the Polytechnic with a view to identifying priorities in research collaboration, scientific competence building, student and staff exchange, and institutional development with other institutions/organisations both within and outside Ghana
Senior Lecturer
Tamale Polytechnic
01.2000 - 10.2015
- Duties include teaching Higher National Diploma (HND) students Communication Skills
Supply Teacher
Teaching Personnel
01.2007 - 12.2011
- Duties included teaching high school students in the absence of their regular teachers
Vice Principal
Tamale Polytechnic
10.2004 - 10.2006
- Support the Principal in providing academic leadership to the Polytechnic
- Work in partnership with senior administrators to help drive strategy and policy development and to perform such duties as the Principal may delegate in the light of the Polytechnic’s priorities
Ag Principal
Tamale Polytechnic
10.2005 - 03.2006
- Provide leadership, academic and administrative, to the whole Polytechnic
- Represent the Polytechnic externally among other tertiary institutions in Ghana
- Secure a financial base sufficient to allow the delivery of the Polytechnic’s mission, aims and objectives
- Carry out certain important ceremonial and civic duties
Dean, School of Applied Sciences
Tamale Polytechnic
07.2002 - 10.2004
- Provide leadership and inspiration to the members of the School
- Coordinating the assessment and development of academic programs within the School
- Articulating Polytechnic policy and procedures to members of the School
Head of Department, Languages and Liberal Studies Department
Tamale Polytechnic
06.2001 - 09.2003
- Lead, manage and develop the Department to ensure it achieves excellence in Teaching, Learning & Research
- See to the development and implementation of strategic and business plans for the Department, in the context of the Polytechnic’s plan
Teacher
Bagabaga Training College
01.1991 - 12.1995
- Duties included teaching trainee teachers English Language and teaching Methodology
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - International Development Studies (DEV)
University of East Anglia (UEA)
Norwich07.2011
Master of Arts (MA) - Comparative Literature
University of Science and Technology (UST)
Kumasi02.1999
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - English and History
University of Cape Coast (UCC)
Cape Coast10.1991
Diploma in Education (Dip Ed) -
University of Cape Coast (UCC)
Cape Coast10.1991
Skills
- Sound knowledge of current policy
- Political and international development environment
- Excellent advocacy and campaigning skills
- Excellent networking and negotiation skills
- Highly computer literate
- Innovative problem solver
Academic Professional Positions
- Senior Lecturer, Tamale Technical University, Tamale, 10/01/24, Present
- Principal, Akrokerri College of Education, Akrokerri, 10/01/15, 09/30/24
- Director of Institutional Collaboration, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, 08/01/13, 10/01/15
- Ag Principal, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, 10/01/05, 03/31/06
- Vice Principal, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, 10/01/04, 10/01/06
- Dean, School of Applied Sciences, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, 07/01/02, 10/01/04
- Head of Department, Languages and Liberal Studies Department, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, 06/01/01, 09/30/03
Membership Of Boards
- Board Member, National Implementation Support Team (NIST), Ghana
- Board Member, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), Ghana
- President, Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF)
- Board Member, National Teaching Council (NTC)
- Board Member, Faculty of Educational Studies (FES), KNUST
- Member, Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Ghana
- Member, Professional Board, Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Member, Akrokerri College Council, Akrokerri, Ghana
- Member, Tamale Polytechnic Governing Council, Tamale
- Staff Development Committee, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, Ghana
- Member of Executive Committee, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, Ghana
- Member of Academic Board, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, Ghana
- Member of Appointments and Promotions Board, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, Ghana
- Member, Editorial Board, Tamale Polytechnic, Tamale, Ghana
Accredited Research Work
- Politics and its Relationship with Literature, Occasional Paper 46, School Of Development Studies, University Of East Anglia, Norwich, 2010
- Feminist Epistemology: Considering the case of Male Researchers using Qualitative methods in Gender Studies, DEV Working Paper, 16, 16-19, 2011
- Utopia in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, The Criterion, 13(5), 24-29, 2013
- Conjugality and Bargaining in Households of Muslim Women, Development and Change, 45(8), 117-134, 2013
- Gender and Household Bargaining: Reconsidering the Presumed Insignificance of Women’s Informal Work, IDS Working Paper 164, 137-144, 2014
- The Judas Motif in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, The Criterion, 14(2), 11-18, 2014
- Social And Cultural Perceptions on Women’s Education and Physical Embodiment on Their Ability to Wield Power over Men: the Yendi Experience in Northern Ghana, International Journal of Gender and Women's Studies, 3(2), 143-155, 2015
- Are Traditional Health Care Practices for Children with Mental Health Problems in the Tamale Metropolis in Ghana as Effective as Psychological Interventions?, Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), 31-44, 2016
- Women’s Informal Water Vending as An Economic Activity and Its Effects on Household Bargaining Dynamics in Northern Ghana, Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(2), 71-84, 2016
- Weeping Wives or Smiling Divorcees: Implications for Access to Property and Inheritance for Women in Northern Ghana, International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, 10(2), 78-89, 2016
- Intra-Household Gender Relations and Women’s Informal Economic Activities in Tamale, Northern Ghana, International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, 10(2), 13-25, 2016
- I Should Have Married One Woman: Bargaining Dynamics in Polygamous and Monogamous Households in Tamale, Northern Ghana, Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(6), 19-30, 2016
Mailing Address
Post Office Box 3, Tamale, E/R, Ghana
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/10/65
- Nationality: Ghanaian
- Marital Status: Married
Interest Areas
- Gender
- Education
- Social Development
Training
- Effective Communication Skills and Report Writing for Administrative staff of Action Aid Ghana, Tamale, 02/11/01
- Human Resources Development, a tool for National Development, Tamale Polytechnic branch, 06/24/01
- Population and family Life Education (POP/FLE) training Workshop, GNAT Hall, Accra, 02/01/01
- MOE HIV/AIDS Focal Persons Trainer of trainer of Trainers workshop, Anyinam Lodge, Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 11/01/02
- HIV/AIDS and the prevalence of Drugs and substance abuse in Ghana, Tamale Polytechnic Community, 01/22/03
- Good governance in a tertiary Environment for SRC executive, Tamale Polytechnic, 02/11/03
- What has gender got to do with Information and Communication Technology?, University of Manchester, UK, 10/01/07
- Weeping wives and Smiling mothers: The case of women in northern Ghana, London School of Economics (LSE), UK, 11/01/08
- Seasonality and Informal Economic Activities: Impacts on Intra-Household Gender Relations in Northern Ghana, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK, 12/01/08
- The dynamics of relief provision in sub-Sahara Africa, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 07/01/09
- Polygamy, Monogamy and Islam: Implications for Development Policy and Good Governance in northern Ghana, University of Leeds, UK, 09/01/10
- Training Workshop-Second Leadership and Management Programme: Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL), Koforidua, Ghana, 02/15/16 to 02/18/16
- Big Fish or Small Fly, Accra, 03/18/22 to 03/22/22
Timeline
Senior Lecturer
Tamale Technical University
10.2024 - Current
Principal
Akrokerri College of Education
10.2015 - 09.2024
Director of Institutional Collaboration
Tamale Polytechnic
08.2013 - 10.2015
Supply Teacher
Teaching Personnel
01.2007 - 12.2011
Ag Principal
Tamale Polytechnic
10.2005 - 03.2006
Vice Principal
Tamale Polytechnic
10.2004 - 10.2006
Dean, School of Applied Sciences
Tamale Polytechnic
07.2002 - 10.2004
Head of Department, Languages and Liberal Studies Department
Tamale Polytechnic
06.2001 - 09.2003
Senior Lecturer
Tamale Polytechnic
01.2000 - 10.2015
Teacher
Bagabaga Training College
01.1991 - 12.1995
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - International Development Studies (DEV)
University of East Anglia (UEA)
Master of Arts (MA) - Comparative Literature
University of Science and Technology (UST)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - English and History
University of Cape Coast (UCC)
Diploma in Education (Dip Ed) -
University of Cape Coast (UCC)
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