Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Professional Qualification
Publications
Reference
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PROSPER YAW HOETU

Accra,Ghana

Summary

An experienced professional with 22 years of cumulative experience in public service, civil society and law practice having contributed to constitutional, policy and legislative reforms in areas of parliamentary democracy, open parliament, small arms control, child protection and youth development.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work history

Chief Executive Officer

National Homeownership Fund
03.2025 - 07.2025

Director, External Support Office

Parliament of Ghana
02.2025 - 03.2025

Senior Research Officer/ Head of the Citizens’ Bureau

Parliament of Ghana
01.2021 - 01.2025

Policy Analyst

Parliamentary Service, Ghana
10.2020 - 01.2021

Project Manager

GIZ and You-net
08.2019 - 12.2019

Executive Director (Volunteer)

Youth Network for Human Rights & Democracy
06.2006 - 12.2019

National Consultant

UNICEF
11.2017 - 05.2018

National Consultant

UNICEF
10.2015 - 08.2017

Project Manager

STAR-Ghana
01.2016 - 01.2017

Project Manager

UNDP
03.2016 - 11.2016

Project Officer

European Union
06.2014 - 02.2015

Programme Officer

Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons
06.2011 - 06.2014

Lead Consultant

National Youth Authority
04.2012 - 01.2013

Teacher

Ghana Education Service
08.2002 - 07.2005

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Political Science

University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
/2021 -

Master of Arts - Peace and Development Studies

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
/2012 - /2013

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) -

University of London
London, England
/2010 - /2013

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology and Social Work (with Economics)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kumasi, Ghana
/2005 - /2009

Skills

  • Leadership excellence
  • Communication and Facilitation Skills
  • Research Skills
  • Analytical Skills
  • Strategic visioning


Professional Qualification

Qualifying Certificate in Law (Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana), Ghana School of Law. June, 2022

Teachers’ Certificate ‘A’ Post-Secondary, (Awarded by Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast), Peki College of Education, 2002.


Publications

Hoetu, P (2023). After Two Decades of Review - Ghana’s Parliament set to Adopt

Revised Standing Orders. The Parliamentarian, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Hoetu, P & Bedzrah, E.K (2023). Towards an Inclusive, Transparent and Responsive

Parliament: The role of the Parliament of Ghana’s Citizens’ Bureau. The Parliamentarian, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Hoetu, P (2020).Ghana’s Youth: Trust and Confidence in Institutions (unpublished).

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Ghana

Hoetu, P & Dagadu, E (2015).Galamsey and Guns: Small Scale Mining and Small Arms Proliferation in Ghana.Parliamentary Briefing Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana.

Hoetu, P &Applerh, J (2012).Small Arms and Electoral Violence; Avoiding the Canker in Ghana. Parliamentary Briefing Paper, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Ghana.

Hoetu, P (2012).The Role of the Youth in Promoting Peaceful Elections in Ghana. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana.

Hoetu, P (2011).Mainstreaming Youth, the Key to Effective Youth Development in Ghana Parliamentary Briefing Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana.

Reference

Prof. Seidu Alidu

Department of Political Science

University of Ghana

Phone: 020 8278432

E-mail: smalidu@ug.edu.gh

Timeline

Chief Executive Officer

National Homeownership Fund
03.2025 - 07.2025

Director, External Support Office

Parliament of Ghana
02.2025 - 03.2025

Senior Research Officer/ Head of the Citizens’ Bureau

Parliament of Ghana
01.2021 - 01.2025

Policy Analyst

Parliamentary Service, Ghana
10.2020 - 01.2021

Project Manager

GIZ and You-net
08.2019 - 12.2019

National Consultant

UNICEF
11.2017 - 05.2018

Project Manager

UNDP
03.2016 - 11.2016

Project Manager

STAR-Ghana
01.2016 - 01.2017

National Consultant

UNICEF
10.2015 - 08.2017

Project Officer

European Union
06.2014 - 02.2015

Lead Consultant

National Youth Authority
04.2012 - 01.2013

Programme Officer

Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons
06.2011 - 06.2014

Executive Director (Volunteer)

Youth Network for Human Rights & Democracy
06.2006 - 12.2019

Teacher

Ghana Education Service
08.2002 - 07.2005

Doctor of Philosophy - Political Science

University of Ghana
/2021 -

Master of Arts - Peace and Development Studies

University of Cape Coast
/2012 - /2013

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) -

University of London
/2010 - /2013

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology and Social Work (with Economics)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
/2005 - /2009
PROSPER YAW HOETU