Denzel Osei Oppong

Working in multiple industries; from Not-For-Profit Health and Education to Arts and Hospitality and Banking has essentially shaped my skills and offered me practical approaches to effectively work in both international and local contexts. With my extensive experience with international organisations, I have developed unique global working competencies which have challenged me to navigate the complexities of working with diverse and geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders. This I believe positions me to deliver valuable and efficient support services to stakeholders in this role.

Within 16 months at British Council, I worked with three very different project teams; Arts, Schools and Exams teams, each managing multiple programmes including the worldwide accepted IELTS Test delivery operations, DFID co-funded Connecting Classrooms programme, flagship Creative Enterprise Support Programme and Creative Hustle. I demonstrated my ability to adapt quickly, honor strict deadlines, prioritize competing tasks and manage complex managerial and stakeholder requests while employing excellent time management skills.

In all my roles held, I successfully execute wide ranges of responsibilities including providing administrative and analytical support to the project team, coordinating professional development training for health and education experts across multiple regions across the West Africa Sub-Region, hosting large capacities of participants, managing both local and international travel logistics and maintaining strong working relationships with participants, vendors and external delivery partners while ensuring that all payments due suppliers on the projects are on time and all aspects of contract is duly enforced.

Most recently, within the British Council exams team, I supported the continuous improvement in the efficiencies, cost-effectiveness and quality of service delivery within the exams' framework, including but not limited to IELTS, Cambridge Schools exams and ACCA.

Lastly, I have also demonstrated technological agility by employing tools such as Salesforce, QuickBooks, SAP, PMD, FiFi, MatsSoft, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, Canva, Zoom, Skype for Business and Travel management portals such as FCM to maximize work efficiencies. These were evident in my instrumental support in transitioning the CESP to an entirely virtual setting and my role in organizing virtual conferences and continuous professional development trainings for education stakeholders as well as meetings and conferences within Ghana and among countries in the region in a post-COVID-19 world.

With my wide-ranging work experience, and my eagerness to achieve results and impact innovatively, coupled with my excellent learning and interpersonal acumen, I believe I am positioned to exceed expectations with an intellectual zest and would welcome an opportunity to discuss my candidacy in further detail.