MPOWER UNIT, JOHN KELLY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE, BRENT,LONDON

Assistant Head, Vocational Lecturer:                                                                                             Sept 2008 - Present

Teaching Enterprise and Employability, Media and ICT

T4T TEACHERS, UK (Teaching Agency)

Teacher:                                                                                             2006- Sept 2008

Teaching Communications and Media, ICT and Business Studies in Colleges in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire UK.

GHANA RED CROSS SOCIETY

Communications and Public Relations Coordinator:                   May 2002– Dec 2003
Responsible for local and international collaboration, media relations, damage prevention and control, communications project management, publications and social marketing.

Specific Accomplishments:

-Coordinated the national project on mothers’ club in collaboration with the Health Department of GRCS

-coordinated all communication facilities in the measles immunisation project in 2002/2003. This was in collaboration with the American Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross

- Social Marketing coordination for the fun games in the Red Cross 2002/2003

-Main point of contact for all Ghanaian victims in the September 11 disaster in USA. This was collaborated with the Tracing and Disaster Unit. The tracing and Reunion project was sponsored by the American Red Cross.

-Produced the Red Cross Newsletter sponsored by ICRC

- Trained Regional Coordinators of communications and PR in all regional capitals of Ghana

-Worked with the Ghana Armed Forces on training programs on the principle of the Red Cross.

 
WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

Public Relations Officer       Jan 2000– April 2001

Responsible for media relations, damage control and prevention, publications, government policy and communication

-Produced all internal newsletters

-Implemented new communications strategies on internal affairs in the Accra office of WAEC

CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES

Communication and Documentation Officer                     Dec 1997-Dec.1999

Responsible for communication, media projects, research support and documentation in the Howard Library in CSPS Legon.

Specific Accomplishments:

- The initiator and first editor of the Policylines, A newsletter of CSPS sponsored by UNICEF-Ghana in 1997/98.

-Organised the first CSPS Conference for Ghanaian Parliamentarians in 1998

-Coordinated the CSPS web sited with the Odyssey Group from UK

-Developed a communication strategy for CSPS in media connectivity and collaboration.

GHANA NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME- KEEA DISTRICT

District Coordinator Sept 1995- Dec.1996

Managing national service projects in the Elmina District. Responsible for coordination of NSS projects in collaboration with the Ministries of Education, Agriculture and Health.

Specific Accomplishments:

-Participated in all District Assembly Development Schemes

-Managed the NSS budget to meet project expectations

-Coordinated youth programs including HIV/AIDS education among national service personnel

-Developed a guideline for time management in the Elimina NSS office

 EDUCATION
Higher Education

Dec 1997 University of Ghana, Legon

Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies

Dec 1994. University of Ghana, Legon

BA (Hons) Sociology with Philosophy

Oct 2007 University of Portsmouth, UK

MSc. Strategic Business Information Technology

Dec 2006 NCC Education/LVMT College London

Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Business Information Technology

Professional Education:

May 2007. Project Management College, London

Professional Certificate in Project Management

Jan. 2007. North Hertfordshire College, Stevenage, UK

Certificate in Delivering Learning (Teacher Training)

Dec 2005 LVMT Business School, London

Certificate in Relational Databases (Oracle 9i)

IT SKILLS

MS office (word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher)

Others: Oracle SQL

Professional Membership:  Institute of Leadership Management-UK (ILM).

Membership Number.S110388