Curriculum Vitae Gertrude Futi Amewuda MA.IA&D, PG.LLB, BA Research Specialist

Nationality: Ghanaian/internationall

Location: Accra, Ghana

Mobile Phone: +419*******

Email: ad1br6@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Gertrude is a talented multilingual professional with proficient expertise in International Affairs and Diplomacy, as well as extensive research and project management experience. She seeks to apply her skills to optimize the quality of life of humanity and the operational efficiency of business or institutions.

She possesses excellent project monitoring and evaluation skills and capacity building techniques for small teams. She is experienced using data analysis software such as STATA and Excel for quantitative data analysis. Gertrude is bi-lingual – English and French.

Core Skills

International Affairs

Diplomacy

Project Management

Desk Research

Leadership

Entrepreneurship

Market Research

Conducting Interviews

Supervising

Project Administration

Proposal Writing

Data Management

Youth Leadership

Fund Raising

Volunteering

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

STATA

Bi-Lingual (Eng. & French)

Career Summary

Mar 2021 – present Regional Institute for Population, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Field Manager

Outline

Project Title: ERMS Project: Technology and Local Tax Capacity: Evidence from Ghana (IGC Grant No GH-20110).

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall administrative and field implementation of the project across the sampled locations.

Liaising with, collating and managing administrative data from Melchia Investment Limited, LaNMMA and other government agencies to ensure precise adherence to the study protocols.

Managing and coordinating data collection activities of revenue collectors

Undertaking desk research, conducting interviews, undertaking data entry and analysis

Key Achievement/Projects

Led project field team to be abled to retrieved relevant detail needed by the project to be a success

Developed a strategic approach to monitor field work and write daily report on performances of field team

Apr 2019 – May 2019 Leonard’s Group of Companies, Accra, Ghana.

Project Coordinator

Outline

Principal project manager and coordinator that developed a strategic approach for the debt recovery, security retail advertisement. Developed a strategic monitoring approach to supervise various field teams.

Key Responsibilities

Involved or participated in project planning and management

Managed projects including project budget, schedule and project team.

Wrote proposals, reports, and represented the brand during contract bids, etc.

Key Achievement/Projects

The Principal project goal to developed a project M&E indicators dashboard for monitoring progress and tracking debt recovery processes was achieved.

Sep 2015 – Dec 2019 Multiple Organizations

Research Assistant Positions

Outline

Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD); Centre for Democratic Development (CDC); Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)

Key Responsibilities

Worked closely with project coordinators to resolve operational issues, assisted in procuring office items, among other office administration tasks.

Wrote reports and designed presentation materials; Also conducted interviews, and reported on EDC devices while ensuring their safety, security and cleanliness.

Provided official administrative assistance to the economics division through record keeping, book keeping, assisting in management of PHD and master’s programs, assisting in organizing programs and events, assisting in examination conduct, invigilation, writing reports, assisting during training programs, arranging for general meetings, workshops and receptions, ushering, decoration, distribution of letters.

Key Achievement/Projects

Worked with principal investigators to set up the foundation of the project initial targets.

Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 Bureau of Market and Social Research, Accra, Ghana.

Asst. Project Field Coordinator

Outline

Responsible for leading the plan to monitor progress towards targets, evaluate and disseminate results of the achieved project goals.

Key Responsibilities

I worked as an assistant project coordinator in both the administration and project management departments. My key responsibilities included: recruiting research assistants, officers and supervisors, writing reports on daily outcomes of projects, managing the welfare of field workers; paying interviewers, doing follow-ups on their work and providing incentives to respondents; being accountable to the project coordinator on daily work schedules, accounting incentives used on field.

Key Achievement/Projects

Developed the daily, weekly and monthly project plan for field team and recruiting field team members as well as updating the project team with new developments on field.

Jun 2010 – Jul 2012 Multiple Organizations, Accra, Ghana

Enumerator; 2012 – 2019

Outline

Consumer Insight Consult (CIC); Bureau of Market and Social Research (MSR); Marie Stopes Ghana; British Council; Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS)

Key Responsibilities

I was a research enumerator on the middle-line study on Community-Based Health Planning and Services in Volta region with University of Columbia, Ghana Health Service, University of Development Studies Ghana and University of Ghana. My duties included data collection through one-on-one interviews, facilitating focused group discussions, writing reports and working with teams from February to March 2019.

I was a research enumerator on the anemia prevalence study project with Regional Institute of Population studies, University of Ghana and Michigan State University, USA, between January to March 2017. My duties included data collection through one-on-one interviews, facilitating focused group discussions, travelling to engage communities, writing reports and working with teams to accomplish tasks.

I was a research enumerator on the base-line study on Community-Based Health Planning and Services in Volta region, Ghana with University of Ghana. My duties included data collection through one-on-one interviews and facilitating focused group discussions from April 2017 to July 2017.

I worked with CIC to study market trends. My key roles were collecting data through one-on-one interviews, facilitating focused group discussions, writing reports, organizing in-depth interviews, and transcribing data.

I was involved in collecting data through in-depth interviews and reporting to project supervisor to support a British council sponsored project on the skill gap in the oil and gas sector in December 2013.

I worked on a health research project as a mystery client for Marie Stopes Ghana in February 2013. This involved data collection through one-on-one interviews with staffs without disclosing my identity, writing reports, travelling from one region to another and having assessment with other research assistants on the project.

Key Achievement/Projects

My ability to meet project targets as a field team person gave me the consideration to work on other project in various capacities.

Major Voluntary Work Involvement

Founder Longlife/ lifelong Concepts: a youth development group that seeks to empower young leaders in Africa (www.longlifeconcept.org). My roles include planning, writing proposals, raising funds, writing reports, developing new ideas, managing volunteers and other colleagues, representing the group at programs and events and managing the operations of the organization.

‘Feed the Street’ Project December 2018: This is an initiative by a group of volunteers to feed poor and vulnerable street children. This takes place every 25th December each year. I support the group in the area of Fund Raising, Drawing Budgets, organizing volunteers, writing officials letters and proposals, Team building and Writing reports.

Volunteer Assistant for the event coordination for Arts and Council of African Studies Association (ACASA), 17TH Triennial Symposium on African Arts; from August 8 to 13, 2017. University of Ghana.

Event Volunteer Assistant of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) 2ND Biennial Conference, University of Ghana, Legon: from October 12 to 14 2017: my roles included supervising presentation sections in assign halls and providing technical support when need, preparing the venue before events commence and being the first point of call to participants.

Global Competition Expert: I am also part of a youth panelists on radio who discussed issues affecting the youth in the world today and provide solutions to communities known as the Elimah youth platform since January 2017.

Youth Coordinator African Youth Employment Initiative (www.ayei.org): My duties include writing proposals, writing reports, planning for programs, mobilizing the youth and inviting other youth, empowering youth leaders.

Peace Activist: I volunteered in “We Participate Face 2 Face campaign” as a peace activist with Patriot Ghana on peaceful election in 2016. This involved a face-to-face conversation with students discussing issues of peace and quality of life. I was tasked to write reports on the project I supervised. Visit: www.patriotghana.org/weparticipate-face-2-face-epinal-kempshot.

‘Stand for Peace’ Project 2016: This is an organized peace campaign for youth in election clash area in Ghana in every election season. The maiden campaign was held in Ashiaman in 2016. My roles include Organizing volunteers, building teams, raising funds and arranging for venues for events. See: www.StandforPeace2016.facebook.com

Education & Qualifications

Post Graduate LLB, University of Professional Studies, Sept. 2020 – 2023, in view

Masters (MA) in International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, July 2018

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography with Economics, University of Ghana, July 2015

Professional Trainings

Name of Training Institute

Certificate Name

Type of Training Course

From

To

Young African Leadership Training (YALI West Africa, Ghana Accra)

Certificate

Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Mar 2016

May 2016

Market Research Association Ghana

Certificate

Professional Certificate in fieldwork practices in interviewing and supervising skills

2014

2014

Papers / Publications

1. Amewuda G. National Interest and it's Implication on Foreign Policy; the case of Ghana between 2009 and 2016. A thesis submitted to the University of Ghana in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy (MA IA&D), July 2018.

2. Amewuda G. The skill gap in the oil and gas sector, the case of Ghana. A thesis submitted to the University of Ghana in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography with Economics, University of Ghana, July 2015.

3. Amewuda G. Writing to Oneself the Best way to Heal Stress. An anecdotal article published on Opera Mini News, 2020.

References

1. Prof. Augustin Fosu

Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Tel: +233-*********

E-mail : ad1br6@r.postjobfree.com

2. Dr. Afua Yakohene

Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy

University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Tel: +233-********* / +233-*********

E-mail : ad1br6@r.postjobfree.com

3. Dr. John Ojo

Senior M&E Officer

Africa CDC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: +251-*********

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