Michael Ekow Acheampong
Leeds,United Kingdom
Summary
Graduate with Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Entrepreneurship Development from the University for Development Studies, Tamale Ghana, and masters of philosophy degree (M.Phil.) in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, with research, focus on public financial management. I have four years working of experience in teaching and managing students, also three years' experience in field research and data collections, with four years of administrative working experience both in Ghana and South Africa. I am excellent at working with others to achieve a target result of an organization within a given time frame. Excellent in working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, and STATA among other packages. Aspiring Teacher offers strong interpersonal abilities and initiative to learning support role. Positive and polite for professional staff and student communications. Hardworking with a can-do attitude for helpful, reliable team assistance.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Election Assistance SRC, University of Cape Town
01.2019
Dean
Service University of Cape Town
01.2019
- Advisory Board, Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town Duty: Advise the dean on issues within the faculty and way forward to address these issues.
UCT PLUS Administrator
University of Cape Town
01.2019
- Duty: data capturing of records for council members Country expert for the People's Democratic Parties in Nigeria, Political Parties and database in Africa Duty: coding manual with all the PPDB questions and code
Tutor
Taaisc College
Cape
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Budget division of the ministry of finance, Ghana, for Economics and Geography) Duty: I assisted in marking of examination script, invigilating examination And offering tutorial assistance to students
Member of Graduate Program
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Committee (GRAPO), faculty of Humanities, UCT Duty: to help in to ensure coherence and consistent student experience across Undergraduate and Postgraduate Academic Provision
Member of Teaching and Learning
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Working Group, Faculty of Humanities, UCT, Public Sector Reform Seminars Theme: Impact of Public Sector Reforms in Africa Host: World Bank, international careers Theme: Choosing higher intuitions for your vacation in the field of international relations, As well as challenges faced working in the global Sector
- Host: UNASA
Biller
National Service
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Customer Service Directorate Division (Electricity Company of Ghana), Ghana Duty: I assisted in rebilling for customers for units consume among others
01.2015 - 01.2015
- Roadshow, Theme: Exploration with integrity which scented on the business plan, and proposal writing.
Third Trimester Field
Program University
01.2013 - 01.2014
- For Development Studies (UDS)
- Duty: I worked in a group that assessed school-going age and crop production in the Wurompo Community and ways to address the problem facing the community through community Entry & Exit with three years of working experience in fieldwork and data collection and analysis
- CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Tutor
Guiding Star Junior High School
Accra
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Duty: I assisted in marking of examination script, invigilating examination And offered tutorial assistance to students in Upper Primary
- MEMBERSHIP
Education
Master of Arts by Research - Social Policy and Social Work
University of York
York 09.2021 - 07.2023
Certificate of Higher Education - Data Analysis
Staffordshire University
Stoke-on-Trent 07.2023 - 10.2023
Mphil - Public Policy and Administration
University of Cape Town
2019
Postgraduate - undefined
University of Cape Town
2019
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Development Studies (Economics & Entrepreneurship Development Option
University for Development Studies
2016
Skills
- PERSONAL SKILLS
- Official language(s) English
- Communication skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English I have presented
- Papers at some conferences and have presented consultancy reports before
- Numerous audiences
- Analytical skills I'm able to use analytical software such as Stata, SPSS, Frontier, and Econometric
- Views Stata is my first choice of software in data analysis I
- Can use it to analyze both primary and secondary data and to perform qualitative and
- Quantitative analyses I used it to perform econometric estimations for my
- Undergraduate thesis using primary data I have also used it to work on secondary datasets such as the Ghana Living Standard Surveys (Round 5 and Round 6); the SADA dataset collected by Monitoring Evaluation and Technical Support Services (METSS) and the 2010 Population and Housing Census
- Computer skills Have skills in
- Microsoft Word, Excel, SPSS, and PowerPoint Presentation
Interests
Duty: Responsible for all postgraduate academic matters in the university by
, Liaise with Postgraduate faculty committees; Liaise with the Postgraduate funding
office
2019 Project Manager, Entrepreneurship Student's Association, UCT
2015-2016 Vice President, Economics Students Association, UDS
Duty: I assisted the president in presiding over all meetings and orienting students
during symposia, seminars, and workshops,
Interests & Activities , Teaching, research, and motivating people for success
HOBBES Listening to music and reading during the free period.
Languages
English
Advanced
Timeline
Certificate of Higher Education - Data Analysis
Staffordshire University
07.2023 - 10.2023
Master of Arts by Research - Social Policy and Social Work
University of York
09.2021 - 07.2023
Election Assistance SRC, University of Cape Town
01.2019
Dean
Service University of Cape Town
01.2019
UCT PLUS Administrator
University of Cape Town
01.2019
Tutor
Taaisc College
01.2018 - 01.2019
Member of Graduate Program
01.2018 - 01.2019
Member of Teaching and Learning
01.2018 - 01.2019
Biller
National Service
01.2016 - 01.2017
01.2015 - 01.2015
Third Trimester Field
Program University
01.2013 - 01.2014
Tutor
Guiding Star Junior High School
01.2011 - 01.2012
Mphil - Public Policy and Administration
University of Cape Town
Postgraduate - undefined
University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Arts - Integrated Development Studies (Economics & Entrepreneurship Development Option
University for Development Studies
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