MUNIRU A. RAHAMAN
Tamale
Summary
- I am a self-motivated and experienced educational, researcher and development worker with over 10 years work experience in Education Programmes and Project Management targeting access and quality education for the marginalized. I am also a researcher in economics, education, finance and socioeconomic development. Successfully monitored and facilitated projects in School for Life and Empowerment for Life in the Northern Region of Ghana. Interested in protecting the rights of women to economically empower them through establishment of sustainable enterprises and teaching of students. OBJECTIVE: I will build a long term career with the employing organisation utilizing my many years of NGO Project Management and implementation of Complementary Basic Education expertise to enhance field and administrative level operations of the organisation. Operations Management
- Research and project reporting
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Ability to work under pressure with (out) supervision
- Team player and leader
- SPSS, Excel, Survey CTO, use of Android applications
- Internet
- Effective Communicator with IELTS qualification
- Results Based Management and Reporting
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Lecturer
University
- Time at Valley View University in 2018 and 2019
- Taught Research Methods, Design of Experiment and Sample Survey in Tamale Technical University
Assistant Lecturer
University for Development
01.2021 - Current
Field Facilitator
05.2013 - 03.2021
- Mobilisation of community based groups
- Facilitate gender analysis tools and gender roles
- Facilitate youth entrenuership boot camp training
- Facilitate Village Savings and Loans Agency (VSLA) boxes for women groups
- Facilitate establishment of enterprises for women and youth groups
- Facilitate and building of groups technical capacities
- Facilitate the groups on how to democratically engage duty bearers
- Monitoring of groups activities and effective of resources/aid
- Facilitate the groups to form networks/alliances/reflects
- Facilitate the groups on issue identification and resolution
- Linking the groups to other organisations
- Trained facilitators on youth entrepreneurship and carrier guidance
- Trained farmers on modern technologies and formation of farmer groups to access credit- 2007
- Trained PTAs and SMCs on school governance
- Trained PTAs and SMCs on how to monitor schools/ pupils in schools and how to collaborate with duty bearers
- Train PTAs/SMCs on how to monitor Capitation, feeding grants and GPEG
- Train Local Community groups on Leadership and group dynamics, Strategic planning and development of group constitutions
- Facilitated communities and community based organisations on the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools on Community Dialogue process and Action Planning
- Facilitate and establish REFLECT circles as a platform for community based organisations to learn, share experiences and performance of individual groups
- Engagement meetings with DEOCs and DAs on the need to monitor schools and projects within their jurisdiction
- Formulation of Assessment of Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) on HIV/AIDS 2015
- Development of BCC strategies on HIV/AIDS 2015
- Animation of Communities to site literacy classes
- Lead the data collection and analysis in the Empowerment for Life Phase II and III
Field Facilitator
Ghana Developing Communities Association
01.2015 - 01.2021
Instructor/Facilitator
Valley View University
01.2018 - 01.2020
Pedagogical Research & Doc. Officer
School for Life
05.2013 - 12.2014
- Led baseline and End line survey and analysis of School for Life/Tzedek
- Led the formation of Old SfL Learners’ Association
- Monitor CBE classes and trainings in all the Programme Areas
- Facilitating workshops for field staff on data collection, cleaning and Analysis and on pedagogical skills development
- Evaluation of learners’ results
- Organised and Co-Facilitated Head Teachers training of Tolon District with Danish teachers on Teacher Exchange Programme
- Engagement meetings with DAs and GES of Savelugu/Nanton and Kumbungu District to commit them to programs of School for Life through the signing of MoUs
- Led the School for Life/Tzedek project staff to conduct focus group discussions in Yendi Municipal and Chereponi and Saboba Districts
- Monitoring of Literacy Classes to see whether they follow set standards
- Training of facilitators and teachers on SfL methodologies including the use of School for Life’s Monitoring tools
- Developed Monitoring Tools to gather data for School for Life
- Developed tracking tool to track old School for Life Learners
- GENERAL ASSIGNMENT YEAR
- An Assessment of Statistical Relationship between Exchange rate and other Macroeconomic Variables in Ghana from
Pedagogical Research and Documentation Officer
School for Life
01.2013 - 01.2014
Census enumerator
01.1992 - 01.2012
- (Unpublished) 2014
- Population and Housing, 2000
- Administration of questionnaire in Demographic and health Survey 2003
- A research on the Assessment of Knowledge, Practice and Attitude to contraceptives in Warizehi in the Tamale Metropolis (Unpublished) 2001
- Data collection and analysis for middle Sex University, UK 2005
- Jointly prepared a community Profile for Goli in the Nadowli District 2003
- Jointly undertook a research to prepared Development Problems /Constrains 2004 and Potentials for Goli Community in the Nadowli District
- Jointly prepared a project proposal for Goli Community in the 2005
- Nadowli District
- Upper West region
- Conduct Evaluation and Need Assessment on Ghanaian Danish Communities 2005
- Projects (GDCP) in Northern Region
- Involved in the Needs Assessment of GDCP programs in various Communities 2005
- Conducted a research on the Extent of Statistical Assessment on 2006
- Contraceptive use in the Savelugu/Nanton District
- Taught Experimental design and Research Methods in Tamale Polytechnic 2006/7 on national service
- Conducted and analysed data on households and needs assessment for ISODEC,Tamale 2007
- Purchasing of Oranges and Pineapples to feed factory in the West Akim District
- 2007
- Monitor the disbursement fund to SMEs under the Microfinance scheme of GDCP 2005
Head Teller
Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd
01.2009 - 01.2011
Central Services Processor
Barclays Bank Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2009
Instructor
Tamale Polytechnic
01.2006 - 01.2008
Data Analyst
Ghanaian Danish Community Project
04.2005 - 09.2005
Teacher
Bole Secondary School
01.2001 - 01.2002
Education
PhD - Statistics
University for Development Studies, Methodist University College
2014
M. Phil - Statistics
BSc. - Mathematical Sciences With Environmental Science (Statistics & Environment
University for Development Studies
2006
Senior Secondary School Certificate -
Tamale Senior High School
1995
Skills
- RELEVANT SKILLS/COMPETENCE:
- Computer Literate (Proficient in
- Microsoft applications – word, excel, PowerPoint)
- Effective workshop planning and facilitation skills
- Project planning and Management
Accomplishments
- Results Based Management
- Resource Mobilisation (Fund Raising) Strategies
- Facilitating Community Based Development
- Financial and Non-financial data capture
- Information Security Awareness in BBG
- Customer Service
- Discipline and Grievance
- Employee Wellness Programme
- Business Continuity Management
- Compliance Management
- K Y C Compliance
- Operations Risk Management
- Basic Fraud and Security Awareness/Whistle Blowing and
- Anti Money Laundering
- Cheque Codeline Clearing (CCC) and Cheque Truncation(CT)
Timeline
Assistant Lecturer
University for Development
01.2021 - Current
Instructor/Facilitator
Valley View University
01.2018 - 01.2020
Field Facilitator
Ghana Developing Communities Association
01.2015 - 01.2021
Field Facilitator
05.2013 - 03.2021
Pedagogical Research & Doc. Officer
School for Life
05.2013 - 12.2014
Pedagogical Research and Documentation Officer
School for Life
01.2013 - 01.2014
Head Teller
Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd
01.2009 - 01.2011
Central Services Processor
Barclays Bank Ltd
01.2008 - 01.2009
Instructor
Tamale Polytechnic
01.2006 - 01.2008
Data Analyst
Ghanaian Danish Community Project
04.2005 - 09.2005
Teacher
Bole Secondary School
01.2001 - 01.2002
Census enumerator
01.1992 - 01.2012
PhD - Statistics
University for Development Studies, Methodist University College
M. Phil - Statistics
BSc. - Mathematical Sciences With Environmental Science (Statistics & Environment
University for Development Studies
Senior Secondary School Certificate -
Tamale Senior High School
Assistant Lecturer
University
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