Mohammed Awal Iddrisu

CURRICULUM VITAE Mohammed Awal Iddrisu Tel- Gender: Male Email:-Mohammed Awal Iddrisu, highly motivated graduate of University for Development Studies with a degree in Development Studies. I am currently a Research Officer with Associates for Change and has 5 years of work experience in the field of social and economic research and evaluations, Resettlement and Community /stakeholder Engagement and communication for Projects. I have participated in a number of research and evaluative studies. Notably among the studies are Parental and Learner Choice in Basic Education across Ghana’s Three Northern Regions (Dec. 2017), Collection and Analysis of Most Significant Change (MSC) stories (Feb.2017-March 2018) for UNICEF Ghana, Ghana MADE Independent Evaluation Data collection Wave 2 (February 2017) for WYG, UNICEF Independent Operational Assessment of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (April 2016), Ghana MADE Independent Evaluation Data collection Wave 1 (February 2016) where I was the field team leader for the Northern Region team. I was also an Assistant Team Leader and a field enumerator during the World Bank funded Impact Assessment of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) programme which had a baseline, a mid-term and an end line surveys. More so, I served as a Research Assistant to the External Evaluator on Education during the World Food Programme Mid-Term Operations Evaluation- Ghana Country Programme. I am conversant with both quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches and analysis as well as monitoring and evaluation techniques. EDUCATION Sept. 2014 Fundamentals of finance and financial markets, Ghana Stock Exchange-: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies. -: Senior Secondary School Certificate Tamale Secondary School PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES June, 2016: Qualitative Methods for Development and Policy Research. Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) - University Of Ghana, Legon. 20th -24th June 17th to 18th Dec. 2014: Equity Focused Evaluation-Institutionalizing M&E in Public and Private Sector. Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Forum (GMEF), 17th to 18th December, Accra. Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 1 RELEVANT SKILLS  Ability to work with no supervision,  Developing and managing large sample surveys in the field  Ability to meet deadlines, Team player and Hardworking,  Community/Stakeholder Engagement Strategies  Good interpersonal and communication skills  Good analytical skills and results oriented.  Knowledge in MS Office (Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point).  Understanding of MSC Technique  Able to work with SPSS. LANGUAGES English – Proficient Dagbani – Proficient Twi – Proficient Hausa – Functional WORK EXPERIENCE July 2014 to date (Associates for Change) Position: Research officer Duties/ Responsibilities:  Take part in all research activities.  Develop and maintain effective liaison with all staff engaged on the research team.  Collate and report research findings in written form.  Keep up to date with developments in policy and social issues as well as qualitative and quantitative research methods  Participate in data analysis and report writing  Participate in conducting of field research to collect data sets  Supervising data entry activities and ensuring data quality control  Preparing logistics for research teams during field work  Responsible for managing and updating the company’s data base of consultants and data enumerators  Responsible for putting together field teams for research  Other duties assigned by the research manager Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 2 February 2, 2012 to August 31, 2012- Voluntary Service: Fufulso Presby JHS Position: Teacher (Integrated Science) March 24, 2012 to May 5, 2012 (Electoral Commission of GhanaTamale) Position: Registration officer Duties / Responsibilities  Making sure that all materials needed for the registration of voters are available  Opening of the registration centre  Taking and recording of data of applicants  Receiving and recording of complaints  Ensuring that the data entry clerk prints out daily reports  Closing of registration centre Nov. 2010-Aug.2011 (National service: Department of Community Development, Wa West district- Upper West Region). Position: Field officer Duties/responsibilities  Assisted the planning, monitoring and evaluation officer in community sensitization on government and non-governmental organizations set policies and interventions.  Organized information and education campaigns on national immunization day, national health insurance scheme.  Monitoring of community initiative projects. 9th -15th December, 2005: (Ghana Health Service, Tamale) Position: Polio Vaccinator Role: I undertook door to door immunization of polio vaccine to babies in rural communities in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. PROJECTS/ASSIGNMENTS/RESEARCH/EVALUATIONS EXPERIENCE Project: Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for LV Bifurcation and Network Improvement in Roman Ridge- Phase one Client: Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Position: Community Engagement Specialist Date: July – September, 2019 Location: Accra SAL Consult and Associates for Change are jointly provided Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the LV Bifurcation and Network Improvement in Roman Ridge Districts. The project is one of the projects under the Ghana Power Compact agreement between the Ghana Government and the United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The project involved planting new electric poles, injection of new Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 3 transformers and stringing of low voltage and medium voltage lines to improve the reliability of the network, replacement of poor joints and connections and substandard fittings laying of underground and overhead cables in the Roman Ridge ECG Districts. The communities included Airport residential area, Roman Ridge, Dzorwulu, Abelemkpe, Kanda, Nima, Maamobi, Alajo, Kotobabi and Accra Newtown I served as the community engagement specialist for the phase one of the project which involved identifying and engaging Stakeholders and Project Affected Persons (PAPs). I developed a Stakeholder Engagement, Communication and Outreach Plan for the project which was used to guide our engagements and consultations with PAPs and Stakeholders. I worked together with the Resettlement team to effectively engage all PAPs and key stakeholders of the project i.e Assembly members, Municipal Assemblies and Mallam Atta Market Association. Project: Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for LV Bifurcation and Network Improvement in Kaneshie and Dansoman Districts- Phase one Client: Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Position: Community Engagement Specialist Date: March – June, 2019 Location: Dansoman and Kaneshie Districts, Accra SAL Consult and Associates for Change are jointly provided Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the LV Bifurcation and Network Improvement in Kaneshie and Dansoman Districts. The project involved laying of underground and overhead cables, replacement of substandard electricity poles and installation of new transformers in the Dansoman and Kaneshie ECG Districts to help improve power supply in communities under the two districts. The project communities included Dansoma, Dansoman Russia, Odorkor, Darkuman, Bubuashi, Kaneshie Pamprom, North Kanehie, Nyamekye, Adabraka, Abeka and Apenkua. I served as the community engagement specialist for the phase one of the project which involved identifying and engaging Stakeholders and Project Affected Persons (PAPs) who were to be displaced permanently as a result of the project. I developed a Stakeholder Engagement, Communication and Outreach Plan for the project which was used to guide our engagements and consultations with PAPs and Stakeholders. I worked together with the Resettlement team to effectively engage all PAPs and key stakeholders of the project i.e Assemly members, Municipal Assemblies and community development officers. I helped organise two town hall meetings (one each in Dansoman and Kaneshie) to engage community members on the project. Project: Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the Construction of Bulk Supply Point in Kasoa - Phase One. Client: Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Position: Community Engagement Specialist Date: March – June, 2019 Location: Kasoa, Central Region-Ghana SAL Consult and Associates for Change are jointly provided Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the Construction of a Bulk Supply Point in Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region. The project involved the construction of Bulk Supply Point to help improve power supply. I served as the community engagement specialist for the Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 4 phase one of the project which involved identifying and engaging Stakeholders and Project Affected Persons (PAPs) who were to be displaced permanently as a result of the project. I developed a Stakeholder Engagement, Communication and Outreach Plan for the project which was used to guide our engagements and consultations with PAPs and Stakeholders. I worked together with the Resettlement team to effectively engage and had series of consultations with the PAPs, Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly and Traditional Authorities to reach an agreement for the relocation of the PAPs after receiving their compensations. Project: Evaluation of the Train for Tomorrow (T4T) Project-Second Phase. Client: Varkey Foundation Position: Project Officer Date: January 2019 Location: Eastern and Greater Accra Regions The Varkey T4T project introduces new teaching methodologies and approaches to trainee teachers at the Colleges of Education (CoE) to improve their teaching delivery. The evaluation was to assess how the beneficiary teachers were applying the new teaching methods in their lesson delivery at the school level. I conducted interviews at the Colleges of Education which included interviews with College Principal, Tutors, and FGD with teacher trainees. I coordinated the work of data entry clerks and supervised data cleaning and processing. I was responsible for uploading the data collection software (ODK) onto the tablets used for collecting data at the basic school and colleges of education levels. I also assisted the project evaluation manager to coordinate and supervise data collection from 12 Colleges of Education and 120 schools across 24 districts in Ghana. Project: Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the Construction of a Primary Substation (PSS) and Interconnecting Lines in Kotobabi and Korle Gonno – Phase One. Client: Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Position: Community Engagement Specialist Date: November, 2018 – February, 2019 Location: Accra SAL Consult and Associates for Change are jointly providing Resettlement and Community Engagement Services for the Construction of a Primary Substation (PSS) and Interconnecting Lines in Kotobabi and Korle Gonno. The project involves the construction of two Primary Substations in Korle Gonno and Kotobabi and laying of interconnecting lines. I served as the community engagement specialist for the phase one of the project which involved identifying and engaging Stakeholders and Project Affected Persons (PAPs) to create awareness of the project. As part of the community engagement activities, I facilitated consultations with Key Stakeholders i.e MMDAs, Traditional leaders, Assembly Members and some Associations within the project areas. I also organised four (4) town hall meetings in Korle Gonno, Jamestown, Kokomlemle and Kotobabi to engage with PAPs and community residents. I also helped develop a Stakeholder Engagement, Communication and Outreach Plan for the projects. Project: Energy Efficiency Pre-Tertiary School Curriculum Updates Client: Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) Position: Project Officer Date: November 2018 – Present Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 5 Location: Accra  I am responsible for putting together field team to carry out research activities in the project locations.  I assist in the development of field instrument  Data cleaning and processing  Provide logistical support for field activities Project: Collection and Analysis of Most Significant Change (MSC) stories on UNICEF Child Protection Programmes in Ghana Client: UNICEF Ghana Position: Research Team Leader Date: February 2017- March 2018 Location: Northern, Upper East, Central, Volta and Greater Accra Regions I participated in the development of field instruments and the piloting of the instruments. I served as a facilitator/resource person in the training of district child protection stakeholders, officers of the Department of Community Development (DCD), field researchers, representatives of NGOs and state institutions involved in the implementation of child protection interventions. I led the research team to collect and select MSC stories in the West Mamprusi District in the Northern Region and the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region. I also participated in the qualitative analysis and report writing process. I facilitated workshops to train officers from the Department of Community Development and some NGOs on qualitative data collection using the MSC Technique Project: Parental and Learner Choice in Basic Education across Ghana’s Three Northern Regions Position: Research Team Member Client: Department for International Development (DfID) Date: December 2017 Location: Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions, Ghana I was part of the team that collected qualitative data on parental and learner choice in basic education in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions. I was part of the team that carried out the study in Pusiga District of the Upper East Region. The study was to investigate the factors related to parental and learner choice and preference in relation to different types of basic education offered at the community level including: formal primary education, private, religious and complementary education systems. I also assisted in the data analysis and report writing related to the Upper East region. Project: Operational Assessment of Ghana Home Grown School Feeding Programme Client: UNICEF Ghana. Position: Research Team Member Date: February-May, 2016. Location: Northern, Brong Ahafo and Central Regions I was part of the Research Team of Associates for Change that conducted the Operational Assessment of the Ghana School Feeding Programme under the auspices of UNICEF Ghana and the Ministry of Gender Children Social Protection. The Assessment included an organisational review of the Ghana School Feeding at the national, regional and district levels. It also included Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 6 an in-depth field study of the district and community structures implementing the school feeding programme across northern, middle and southern Ghana and consultations with key stakeholders involved in the Ghana School Feeding Programme. Supervised and took part in the transcription of qualitative data collected from the field. I was also responsible for overseeing the data entry process Project: Independent Evaluation Data Collection on Ghana MADE interventions Wave 1 on onions Client: WYG International Position: Research Team Leader Date: February, 2016 Location: Northern and Upper East Regions I was team leader for the West Mamprusi team in the Independent Evaluation Data Collection on Ghana MADE interventions in the Onion Sector, by WYG International. The field activities involved conducting focus group discussions and face-to-face interviews with onion farmers, Agric Extension Agents, and Partner Organizations on their knowledge, views and experiences of the new onion varieties introduced by Ghana MADE and the use of Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs). I also managed logistics and the budget for the field activities. Project: World Food Programme Mid-Term Operations Evaluation- Ghana Country Programme-) Client: World Food Programme Position: Research Assistant Date: February - March, 2015 Location: Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions I was a research assistant to the external evaluation on gender in the evaluation of WfP country programme. The evaluation was to assess the impact of WfP School feeding programme on enrolment, transition and retention in school. I coordinated the work of the translators and took part in the data collection. I analysed statistical data on enrolment and Take Home Rationing (THR) in the WfP School Feeding Programme beneficiary schools. I also assisted in the writing of the report. Project: End line Impact Assessment of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Programme Client: Ministry of Education, Ghana Position: Research Team Member Date: May, 2014 – June, 2016 Location: Jirap, Nandom, Upper West Region I served as a team member for the Upper West region team during the three phases of the impact evaluation (the baseline study, the lesson observation survey and end line study). It was to assess the extent to which the programme has achieved its objective of upgrading the skills of the trainee teachers in the deprived districts, in order to improve learning outcomes. The assessment was also be used to evaluate the implementation of the programme and the impact on trainees’ satisfaction and career ambitions. I participated in field work at the national, regional, district, and school levels by collecting data using interviews, questionnaires and lesson observations. I was part of the data processing team and supported in writing sections of the final report. Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 7 WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS October, 2019: 5th Ghana Renewable Energy Fair and National Energy Symposium, 7th -11th October, Ghana International Conference Centre, Accra November 2018: Communicating for Change: Evidence to Action for Positive Social and Behaviour Change- UNICEF and GoG – 14th November, 2018, Accra August 2018: National Dialogue on the Double-Track Educational System: Unpacking the double-track system- STAR Ghana, CDD. 15th August 2018, Kofi Annan ICT Center, Ridge, Accra CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND PROJECT REPORTS Casely-Hayford, L., Tadefa-Kubabon, M., Korboe, D., Mahamah, I. A., Pufaa, E. D., Iddrisu, M. A., Darko, M., and Akuffo, G. A. (2017). Analytical Report on the Collection and Analysis of Most Significant Change (MSC) Stories on Child Protection at Regional, District and SubDistrict Level. Associates for Change, Accra-Ghana. Casely-Hayford, L., Frimpong, J. A., Amoah, W. H., de Moffarts, V., Arku-Kelly, S., Fiscian, V. S., Adams, I. M., Pufaa, E. D. and Iddrisu, M. A. (2016). Independent Operational Assessment of the Ghana Home Grown School Feeding Programme. Associates for Change, Accra-Ghana: Available at www.associatesforchange.org Casely-Hayford, L., Seidu, A., Etsey, K., Frimpong, J. A., Avotri, R., Daaku, F., Quansah, T., Pufaa, E. D., Mahama, I. A., Koomson, I. and Iddrisu, M. A. (2016). Impact Assessment of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Programme: Synthesis Report (Endline Survey). Associates for Change, Accra-Ghana. Available at www.associatesforchange.org Casely-Hayford, L., Seidu, A., Etsey, K., Frimpong, J. A., Avotri, R., Daaku, F., Quansah, T., Pufaa, E. D., Mahama, I. A., Koomson, I. and Iddrisu, M. A. (2016). Impact Assessment of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Programme: Endline Survey Report. Associates for Change, Accra-Ghana. Available at www.associatesforchange.org Casely-Hayford, L., Seidu, A., Etsey, K., Frimpong, J. A., Avotri, R., Daaku, F., Quansah, T., Pufaa, E. D., Adam, R., Mahama, I. A., Ibrahim, M., Abotsi, E. and Iddrisu, M. A. (2015). Impact Assessment of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Trainees: Lesson Observation Survey Report. Associates for Change, Accra-Ghana. Available at www.associatesforchange.org REFEREE Enock Pufaa Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 8 Senior Research Manager Associates for Change Mob- Dr. Muazu Ibrahim Lecturer University for Development Studies (UDS) Mob- Mohammed Awal Iddrisu - –- Page 9