Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Mailing Address
Personal Information
References
Hobbies and Interests
Work Training And Certification
Additional Qualities
Accomplishments
Timeline
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Iddrisu Arafat

Tamale

Summary

I am hard working, self-motivated, self-driven and a dependable business graduate with the ability to work well both independently and in a team. I have extensive experience of working with the public which has taught me the values of good interpersonal relations, open-mindedness and above all thinking on my feet.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

District Operations Coordinator

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2017 - Current

Company Overview: Abt Associates (Vectorlink Project/PMI Evolve Project)

  • Oversee the recruitment, training, and supervision of spray teams at the district level
  • Developed a comprehensive spray calendar for the spray season.
  • Worked in collaboration with district health team, district assembly and district chiefs for planning and smooth implementation of IRS activities
  • Timely delivery of program tracking reports for quick decisions
  • Supervised and tracked inventory distribution and storage of material
  • Ensured all compliance measures are fully implemented
  • Managed and supported the planning and implementation of BCC∕IEC campaign strategies
  • Supervised field data collection
  • Provides district activities budget and inputs in budgeting project work plan
  • Facilitates district meetings with chiefs and opinion leaders
  • Represents Chief of Party in the district to attend District Assemble and Ghana Health service meetings
  • improved equity, inclusion and culture in IRS implementation.

Temporary help (M&E Department)

USAID/RING
10.2016 - 12.2016
  • Perform periodic field visits to collect or participate in project events
  • Observe and interact with beneficiaries to gain a better understanding of monitoring data collected and noting any changes to the M&E team
  • Assist M&E team in organizing, analyzing and presentation of project indicators performance
  • Support M&E team during annual survey
  • Conduct hardcopy data cleaning on every monitoring form in preparation for data entry
  • Ensures completeness of data collection forms before data is entered into the project Database
  • Data entry and coding
  • Data verification and validation

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator (District)

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2015 - 12.2016

Company Overview: Abt Associates (IRS Project/Vectorlink Project)

  • Providing technical advice to the district manager
  • Data center supervision
  • The use of M&E tools (the use of error eliminator and data collection verification) for data cleaning
  • Physical spot checks on data collection
  • Draw spray plan and weekly activity plan
  • Daily data Syncing
  • Weekly monitoring and Progressive Report
  • Data analysis using project indicators
  • Observing data quality assurance
  • Facilitate spray operators and mobilizers training in their various sub-districts

Data Base Manager (District)

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2011 - 06.2013

Company Overview: Abt Associates (Indoor Residual Spraying)

  • Data Analysis
  • Data Monitoring
  • Data Verification
  • Data Entering
  • Data Cleaning
  • Daily Data Report
  • Abt Associates (Indoor Residual Spraying)

Secretary

Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Accra
09.2007 - 12.2008

Company Overview: Regional Agricultural Development Unit, Accra

  • Filing and indexing
  • Typing of letters
  • Organizes meetings
  • Preparation of cash book and petty cash
  • Preparing and paying withholding taxes on behalf of the suppliers and service renders to the Internal Revenue Service
  • Office management
  • Regional Agricultural Development Unit, Accra

Education

Commonwealth Executive master’s - business administration

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
11.2019

Bachelor of Management Studies -

University of Cape Coast, Center for Continue Education
09.2013

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Secretaryship and Management studies

Tamale Polytechnic, School of Business and Management Studies
09.2008

Senior Secondary School Certificate - Business Accounting

Northern School of Business
06.2004

Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Internet Research
  • Email
  • Comcare
  • ODK
  • Planning
  • Organizing Programs
  • Organizing Events

Mailing Address

P. O. Box TL 2263, Tamale

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 05/24/84
  • Nationality: Ghanaian
  • Marital Status: Married

References

  • Mr. Abu Seidu, Monitoring and Evaluation officer RING (Ring One), 0208272422, zxabu@yahoo.com
  • Abdul karim Abdulai, Operations Manager, Abt., 0240414983, Abdulkarim_Abdulai@pmivectorlink.com
  • Ernest Fletcher, Chief of Party, 0244163326, Ernest_Fletcher@pmivectorlink.com

Hobbies and Interests

  • Listening to all types of music.
  • Community development activities.
  • Information Technology.
  • Tourism.
  • Reading.
  • Games.

Work Training And Certification

  • Leadership and Management training.
  • Facilitation skills for IRS Master Trainers (IRS boot camp)

Additional Qualities

  • Easily adaptable to environment.
  • Able to work in a challenging environment and under pressure.
  • Good communication skills (able to express myself in English, Dagbani and in Mampruli).
  • Ability to meet deadlines without delays and result oriented.

Accomplishments

  • Exceeded the Abt/USAID IRS target of 85% to 93%.
  • streamlined and improved 30% both sprayed coverage and target within two years of campaign.
  • Able to save 10% of cost in IRS implementation.
  • Able to manage two districts and achieved over 92% covarage.
  • Give technical assistants to National Malaria Control to implement IRS successfully with over 90% coverage

Timeline

District Operations Coordinator

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2017 - Current

Temporary help (M&E Department)

USAID/RING
10.2016 - 12.2016

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator (District)

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2015 - 12.2016

Data Base Manager (District)

USAID/PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE
01.2011 - 06.2013

Secretary

Ministry of Food and Agriculture
09.2007 - 12.2008

Commonwealth Executive master’s - business administration

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Management Studies -

University of Cape Coast, Center for Continue Education

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Secretaryship and Management studies

Tamale Polytechnic, School of Business and Management Studies

Senior Secondary School Certificate - Business Accounting

Northern School of Business
Iddrisu Arafat