Awal Iddrisu MSc

Experience

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  Holy Spirit School

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2015

  Teacher

  I am blessed to have taught a good number of schoolchildren English Language, Citizenship Education, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Religious and Moral Education and Creative Arts. Thankfully, most of my former students are now university graduates.

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  Ghana Revenue Authority

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  Accounts Officer

  One year voluntary national service where I recorded daily tax collections onto the computer using Microsoft Excel, produced daily tax collection reports for the Accountant, undertook daily reconciliation of taxes collected and taxes recorded electronically and addressed taxpayers' complaints through the Taxpayer Services Section (TPS). The Accountant also entrusted me with fixed assets count and trained me on stocktaking.

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  Electoral Commission Ghana

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

  Verification Officer

  2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

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  Electoral Commission Ghana

  Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

  Name Reference List Officer

  2019 District Level Elections

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  National Commission for Civic Education

  Sept 2020 - Sept 2020

  Research Assistant

  Election 2020: Matters of Concern to the Ghanaian Voter. I collected data for the Research, Gender and Equality Department, which cumulatively resulted in the publication of a research report on things Ghanaians who would be voting in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections considered important. The report helps policymakers, politicians, development partners, etc.

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  NCCE

  Dec 2020 - Dec 2020

  Election Observer

  2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

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  National Commission for Civic Education

  Dec 2020 - Dec 2020

  Election Observer

  Observed the voting process, asked questions and submitted a report.

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  National Commission for Civic Education

  Dec 2023 - Dec 2023

  Election Observer

  Observed and submitted an independent report on the voting process in some electoral areas

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  National Commission for Civic Education

  Aug 2024 - now

  An Independent Non-partisan Governance Institution in Ghana with offices in 263 districts; constitutionally mandated to promote and sustain democracy, create and sustain awareness on rights and responsibilities of citizens and educate and conduct research on topical national issues. Aside public education, I am involved in accounting activities like preparation of financial statements, cash book management and keeping records of inventory. After days of training on data collection techniques, research methodology, calculation of each day's code, identification of landmarks, among others, I administered questionnaires on matters of concern to respondents and afterwards submitted their responses into the system for analysis.

  • Senior Civic Education Officer

    Mar 2017 - now

  • Research Assistant

    Aug 2024 - Aug 2024