George-Grandy Hallow

Experience

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  Ministry of Education, Ghana - QUIPS/CSA/USAID Project

  Aug 2002 - Jul 2004

  Community Facilitator, QUIPS/CSA/USAID Project

  ● Strengthened the capacity and ability of deprived communities to assess, identify and analyze issues that affect quality education and skills of young people. ● Organized workshops and led community members in Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) techniques. This led community participation in education to increase from 25% to 72%. ● Developed storylines to suit development issues that affect quality education for community drama.● Monitored school related projects and wrote reports on intervention programs. Show less

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  WYSE Consult

  Aug 2004 - May 2007

  Lead Facilitator, WYSE Consult

  ● Established procedures for monitoring, evaluating performance and managing contracts.● Designed training manuals and facilitation guides, which shortened facilitators’ preparation time by 50%. ● Supervised and ensured all programmes were completed within timeframe and to budget. ● Prepared budgets and financial reports and associated narratives.

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  University of Ghana

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2015

  Parttime Lecturer
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  The World Bank

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Short Term Consultant, World Bank, Ghana

  ● Increased the capacity and ability of Ghana Aid Effectiveness Forum platform members to independently analyze budget statements through facilitation workshops.● Guided platform members to carry out thorough budget analysis of the 2013-2014 budgets on health, water, agriculture and sanitation sectors.

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  The World Bank

  Dec 2014 - Mar 2015

  Short Term Consultant, World Bank, Ghana

  ● Reviewed Social Accountability tools and processes connected with the Ghana Social Opportunity Project - Labour Intensive Public Works programme.● Designed the demand-side Hotline redress mechanism piloted for the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty programme in Ghana.

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  Penplusbytes

  May 2018 - May 2021

  Short Term Consultant, Penplusbytes, Ghana

  ● Lead Researcher, Policy Analyst who designed and conducted research into the manifestos of political parties on corruption and brought together multi-stakeholders (government representatives, NGOs and CSOs in a knowledge sharing conference). ● Designed the Deutsch Welle Milli Curriculum Training Manual for training young people to be informed and participate in the election process in Ghana. ● Lead discussant of all research findings at policy dialogues and conferences of key stakeholders where knowledge is shared between senior government representatives, partner organizations at the global level. Show less

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  SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College

  Jun 2019 - Mar 2023

  ● Provided leadership, coordination and management of a 7-member team, which led to the development of core skills of students through quality teaching. ● Provided guidance and monitoring of educational outcomes through setting goals and benchmarks for each member of the team. ● Taught Theory of Knowledge (TOK): A course that concentrates on the nature of knowledge and how genuine knowledge is achieved. Led learners to reflect on the nature of knowledge, and on how people know what they claim to know. Show less ● Conducted a feasibility study and developed a theory of needs in the program development process. This helped to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the program through random control trial. ● Designed a poverty scorecard that facilitated the selection of 55 women who were supported with funds and farm inputs to undertake vegetable cultivation through community agriculture. Beneficiaries able to meet their basic needs.● Formed and trained coordination and working groups for regular site visits with key monitoring benchmarks by way of random control trial to track impact. ● Led two students to participate in the Youth Power – a knowledge sharing conference in Greece – where the students pitched the achievements of the project and won €3000 which the school supplemented for the second phase of the project. Show less

  • IB Educator

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2023

  • Lead, SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College Microfinance Project

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2022
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  King’s Business School FZC LLC, UAE

  Oct 2023 - Nov 2023

  Guest Faculty, King’s Business School, UAE

  • Delivered lectures to MBA students on Pedagogy and Practice in Education, broadening their understanding of educational leadership, theory, and practical application.• Assisted in developing the curricula and course materials used in teaching students. • Offered guidance to students in essay writing, presentation skills, discussions, debates, and other assessment methods within the field of pedagogical practice.