MANUELA LUCKY AGORKU
Program Officer
Manuela is a highly motivated and passion driven person with good knowledge in social work and community development, and has acquired lots of skills in the WASH sector. She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Lucknow and a B.A. (honours) degree in Sociology and Social Work from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Manuela began her professional career as an Assistant Extension Services Officer with the Greater Accra regional office of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA). She has a first-hand experience in monitoring of WASH facilities provided by DANIDA in the Volta region with the Maintenance, Operations and Monitoring (MOM) unit of CWSA.
Manuela was part of the SANIPATH project with TREND Ghana funded by the Bill Gates Foundation where she worked in various capacities including Data Collection officer and Focus Group Discussion facilitation. She was also part of a team of individuals trained by a team of Experts from the Public health Department of Emory University in the Atlanta. Manuela is also a trained facilitator of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in the fight against Open Defecation. Manuela was very instrumental in the activities of CONNIWAS before and during the recently held MOLE Conference in Accra.
CURRICULUM VITAE- MANUELA LUCKY AGORKU
MANUELA LUCKY AGORKU
Address: C/o Wisdom Eli Akatu, P. O. Box CT4122, Cantonments, Accra – Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian Email: [email protected] Mobile: (+233) 244 050 809
PERSONAL PROFILE
Manuela is a highly motivated Public Administration professional with strong organisational and administrative support abilities including adherence to time, deadlines and documentation. She also has good knowledge in social work and community development, and has acquired lots of skills in the sanitation and public health sectors.
Manuela is able to negotiate and solve problems efficiently with strong analytical, conceptual and pragmatic skills. She has the propensity to quickly grasp and learn new systems and procedure while committed to quality and excellence. As a strong believer in delivering outputs, she has enjoyed working with all classes of people over the years and this has also enhanced her interpersonal relations, especially her high regard for authority.
EDUCATION
- Jul 2012 – May 2014 Lucknow University, India Master of Arts (Public Administration)
Modules Include; Financial Administration, Public Administration Principles and Approaches, Public Policy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation, Social Welfare Administration, Comparative and Development Admin, Information Technology, HRM and Industrial Relations
- Aug 2006 – June 2010 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana Bachelor of Arts (Sociology & Social Work)
Modules Include; Organisational Behaviour, Social Psychology, Approaches to counselling, Deviance and criminology, Gender and Development, Medical sociology, Communication skills, Phonetics, Nature of Social Work, Introduction to Human Resource Management.
- Sept 2002 – Aug 2005 Ola Senior High School, Ho Senior Secondary School Certificate – General Arts Option
SCHOLARSHIPS/ AWARDS
Jul 2012 – Jul 2014 Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) – African Scholarship Scheme
WORK EXPERIENCE
Date Oct 2011 – July 2012
Organization: TREND, Accra
Position: Data Collection Officer
Responsibilities
- Collecting Observation Data as specified by the schedules and protocol available;
- Undertaking other field activities that contribute to collecting viable study data;
- Entering Structured Observation (SO) data collected as per the requirements of the study arrangements;
- Reporting on all field activities as per the requirements of the study arrangements;
- Taking part in all capacity-building activities that shall contribute to collecting and analysing viable Structured Observation (SO) data;
Date Aug 2010 – Aug 2011
Organization: Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Greater Accra
Position: Extension Services Assistant
Responsibilities
- Community visitation to train and support Water and Sanitation Committee members
- Sensitizing community members and stakeholders on policies, programmes and projects concerning water and sanitation
- School hygiene promotion campaigns in communities
- Organisation of workshops to orient stakeholders on plans and agenda of both the agency and the government for the year
- Support Municipal/District Water and Sanitation Teams in the preparation of their contract document
- Training of Partner Organisations in the water sector
Date June 2007 – Aug 2007
Organization: Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Volta Region
Position: Industrial Attachment Personnel
Responsibilities
- Receiving and compiling district and regional reports
- Monitoring the maintenance of water projects in the various districts in the Volta Region
- Visiting communities to address issues concerning water and sanitation
- Attending Community meetings to sensitise members on ownership of facilities for sustainability
- Researching in the various communities issues concerning water and sanitation
LEADERSHIP ROLES
2013– 2014 President – International Students’ Association, Lucknow University – India
Acted as a liaison between the university administration and the international student body
Represented the interest of the international students in terms of welfare and academic s at students’ council
Ensured effective sharing of information and organising orientation for new foreign students
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
I T Skills: Good working knowledge in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet.
Language: Fluent in English Language
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
Reading Novels
Writing Poems
Singing
REFEREES
- PROFESSOR MANOJ DIXIT (Proctor)
Address: Department of Public Administration,
Lucknow University C – 2/326, Sector – F, Jankipuram
Lucknow – 226021, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA
Mobile: +91 941 522 0919 Email: [email protected]
- PROFESSOR NISHI PANDEY (International Students Advisor)
Address: University of Lucknow, University Road,
Lucknow – 226007, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA
Mobile: +91 983 9128 864 Email: [email protected]
- MR. FELIX DONKOR-BADU (Extension Services Specialist)
Address: Community Water and Sanitation Agency
Greater Accra Regional Office
Mobile: +233 24 4682800 Email: [email protected]