Obed Kallai

KALLAI OBED ISOYOR | Programme Manager | Project Director| Logistics Management | Community Relation | | Address: Sotrec Building, Mallam Junction, McCarthy Hill, Accra | | Phone:-/-| | Email:-| https://www.linkedin.com/in/obedkallai-/ Professional Summary: Results-driven Project Director and Programmes Manager with over 8 years of experience leading development and humanitarian initiatives in non-governmental organizations. Proven expertise in project planning, implementation, budgeting, and monitoring across sectors including health, education, WASH, and livelihoods. Skilled in managing multi-donor funded projects, building stakeholder partnerships, and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact. Adept at community engagement, capacity building, and advocacy, with a strong commitment to inclusive education and development. Recognized for strategic thinking, problem-solving, and ability to align project outcomes with organizational goals and beneficiary needs. Professional Skills: Soft Skills:  Proven experience in community development.  Excellent project planning and implementation  Good understanding of project and program-related activities.  Excellent communication and negotiation skills.  Ability to engage diverse stakeholders  Excellent interpersonal skills.  Excellent stills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Power BI. Work Experience: Programme Manager Institute Of Teacher Education and Development - USAID Partnered (September 2024 to Date) Key Responsibilities         Supports with design and manages end-to-end implementation across multiple in-person as well as virtual programmes. Ensure the proper weekly documentation and filing of all programmes-related meetings, correspondence, and field works including reports, pictures. Design the content and production of unit-led marketing assets (audiovisual) for relevant organizational platforms (website, social media, e-mail) in support of activities. Ensure that all participants understand programme details for a curated set of materials, logistics, surveys, follow-ups, site-visits, and receive excellent experience. Supports the impact unit on monitoring and evaluation of all programme activities including field observations. Draft unit-led communications, including letters, media report, press releases, marketing materials for outgoing information. Support target-based revenue generation activities on a regular basis including grants search, writing proposals, and marketing of training services. Support relationship management and compliance with partners, regulators, and stakeholders   (Ministry of Education and other Government) Serves as an alternate-policy focal person, and work closely with the focal person to implement and train staff on all of the organization’s policies. Develops short- or medium- term work schedules to achieve planned commitments. Project Director Compassion International with Partnership with Adutor COP CYDC (July, 2022- September 2024) Key Responsibilities:           Oversee the day-to-day operations of the project activities and ensuring timely and high-quality delivery. Optimize workflows and processes to ensure operational efficiency and allocate resources effectively to maximize project impact. Leads all monitoring and evaluation activities, and drive the alignment of results measurement with donor committee to track progress of all activities.  Assist in collection of data and analysis which helps in identifying areas of improvement. Supervises a team of 12 members by helping them liaise with other service providers to provide comprehensive services to the beneficiaries in education, health and livelihood empowerment for caregivers. Built a strong relationship with community members, local organizations, government organizations which has fostered trust and collaborations.  Organizes periodic meetings for caregivers and community engagement meetings on awareness campaigns in health, education and financial empowerment. Provide capacity building training for volunteers and staff on periodic basis. Manages all project teams including educational teams of both professional and volunteer teachers. Oversees satellite sites for educational purposes and project activities. Community Relations Officer Community Water and Sanitation Agency (December 2019 – June 2022) Key Responsibilities:     Organizes Community relations programs with customers and vendors. Ensure that outreach missions are meeting their objectives and staying within budget. Organizes media events and group activities to portray a positive image of CWSA. Manages the relationship of CWSA with community members and other local organizations. Serves as a central point of contact for non-employees and manage support staffs. Uses community psychology to help create a positive and welcoming atmosphere for the  office. Undertook in a billing software training which I spearhead the setting-up of customers on the web page.  Undertook in a Water Safety training and helps in undertaking the action plans for the yearly plans.  Develop and implemented a comprehensive community outreach and education programs. Education: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) MSc. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Major Area of Study: Finance for Supply Chain Managers, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Strategic Operations Management, Strategic Procurement Management, and Project Management. (January 2022, November 2023) University for Development Studies – Wa BA. Integrated Management Studies. (Second Class Honors – Upper division). Major Area of Study: Human resource management, Investment management, Labor and employment law, Procurement and stores management, financial management, Marketing. (September 2011 – July 2015) Professional Affiliations: AFFILIATE MEMBER – Chartered Institute of Procurement Membership Number:- Certifications: 20th August – 10th September,2024: The sustainable Development Goals and the lawUniversity of Cambridge May 24th -26th,2023: Supply Chain Analytics – Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa. 12th September, 2019: Digital Grassroot- Shaping the internet: History & Future March 2018 – May 2018 YALI (Young African Leadership Initiative) Regional Leadership CenterCohort 9. 11th October, 2013: Personal and Professional Development Program by Focus Central Ghana. 6th March, 2013: Databank Regional Climb up Conference. Publications:  Your Systems Determine Your Productivity, Not Your Workforce (modernghana.com)  Can We Continue to Trust Our Security Systems? (modernghana.com)  The Procrastination Syndrome That Ails Ghana (modernghana.com) References: Mr. Julius Agbeko Impact Director INTED-- Mr. Seth Atitsogbe CPC Chairman Adutor COP CYDCCompassion International-- Mr. Godwin Kotoku Director of Greater Accra Community Water and Sanitation Agency. P. O. Box 1184 Accra,-,-