Skill set (14)
Ababio in a few words
Experienced project manager and business development professional with a proven track record of delivering successful outcomes in fast-paced environments. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, managing project lifecycles, and driving business growth through strategic planning and relationship building. Adept at identifying market opportunities, developing innovative strategies, and executing plans to achieve revenue targets. Strong analytical skills combined with excellent communication and negotiation abilities. Passionate about leveraging expertise to drive organizational success and foster sustainable growth.
Experience
- Local Government Service (Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council, Kumasi and Municipalities)Senior Regional/Urban PlannerARCHITECTURE & URBAN PLANNINGOctober 2008 - August 2023 (14 years and 11 months)Kumasi, GhanaProject Management Services
- Preparing Project Concept Note and Charter to identify and justify the project significance and investment to financiers and stakeholders
- Preparing project scope, schedule, cost, stakeholder, communication, procurement, resource, risk, quality, health and safety, monitoring and evaluation plans to implement the project integration process.
- Preparing project stakeholder engagement and communication plans to gain stakeholders trust, legitimacy and ownership for project success.
- Leading the project management team for planning, executing, monitoring and controling, and closing of projects in project site meetings, site-possession, and closing ceremonies.
- Conducting project earned values management calculations to inform decisions on cost, schedule and scope variances and indices.
- Preparing Project Site Monitoring Report to report project progress and implementation status for management decisions and recommendation.
- Organising project-stakeholder closing ceremonies to enrich project ownership and utilisation.
Planning Services- Developing Strategic Development Plans to guide organisation's development goals and missions.
- Preparing Action Plans to execute the organisation's annual activities.
- Preparing Spatial Development Plans to governing land and spatial planning activities.
- Preparing Climate Change and Disaster Risk Intervention Action Plan to enhance climate sustainability and resilience.
- Preparing Climate Change and Disaster Risk Intervention Action Plan to enhance climate sustainability and resilience.
- Conducting research in urban planning issues to iaddress urban complexity problems.
- Conducting research in urban planning issues to address urban complexity problems.
- Providing capacity building and technical backstopping consultancy services to enhance management and staff competence.
- Organising Stakeholder Engagement Programmes to get their legitimacy and ownership for the organisation's actions and activities.
- Conducting Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects.
- Providing technical advice on Public-Private Partnership and other investment portfolios.
Research Services- Conducting urban planning research to uncover urban planning challenges and recommend solutions.
- Conducting stakeholder involvement in project implementation and monitoring
- • Conducting research into mining and climate change intervention issues for critical thinking solutions.
Capacity Building and Consultancy Services- Preparing Capacity Building Plans to enhance training of management and staff competence.
- Preparing Spatial Development Plans to governing land and spatial planning activities.
- Co-ordinating the activities of consultancy services to enhance their service delivery in the municipalities in the region.
- Providing technical advice to management on competence of consulting firms
- Prepare capacity building reports to inform management decisions and plans.
Logistics and Procurement Services- Preparing project evaluation reports to enhance the selection of competent companies for project execution.
- Conducting assessment of companies and firms on contract delivery action.
- Conducting supply-chain management analysis to enhance supply of logistics to the organisation.
- Preparing Stock Management Monitoring Report to enhance stock inventory and warehousing activities.
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Education
- MSc. Project ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2024Throughout the masters edncation, I have acquired project management skills and the technical knowledge areas from initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing with techno-solutions of Project Management Information Systems. The skills acquired include: • Project Management Practices • Project Management Information Systems • Cost and Claims Management • Procurement Management • Finance and Resource Management • Project Feasibility Studies • Health and Safety Management • Environment and Social Impact Management • Monitoring, Controlling and Evaluation • Stakeholder Management • Communication Management • Risk Management • Quality Management • Project Scope Management • Project Schedule Management • Project Legal Management • Peoject Research
Certifications
- MSc. Project ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2024