CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
SAMUEL BOAKYE
DATE OF BIRTH:
19TH OCTOBER 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH/HOMETOWN:
KINTAMPO, BRONG AHAFO (BA)
NATIONALITY:
GHANAIAN
MARITAL STATUS:
MARRIED
NO.OF CHILDREN:
TWO
PROFESSION:
SOLICITOR/BARISTER-AT-LAW
PRESENT EMPLOYER:
GHANA ACADEMY OF ARTS
AND SCIENCES, ACCRA
PRESENT OCCUPATIONAL STATUS:
EXECUTIVE SECRETERY
RELIGION:
CHRISTIAN (CATHOLIC)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
ENGLISH, AKAN HAUSA
TEL OFFICE/RESIDENCE:
21772032/0208231843/0245301842
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PERSONAL PROFILE
For approximately twenty one (21) years now I have been public administrator/human
Resources Manager within the Ghana Civil /Public Services. My working experience as
a Public Administrator has taken me through very sensitive and responsible position
such as Deputy Director and District and District Coordinating Director (District
Administrative Officer). My career has also seen me through the rendering of services at
Central Regional Coordinating Council, Cape Coast where I served on several general
administrative committees.
I have also worked as the Administrative officer, I.e. .Head of Administration and
Finance at the Plant Genetic Resource Institute (CSIR) at Bunso, eastern Region;
where in close collaboration with the Director managed the resource of the Centre. My
personal qualities/skills such as openness, sociable, a good mixer, a team player, an
organizer and result achiever have seen me handling key position as Personnel officer,
Transport Officer, Estate Manager, Organizing Secretary and Secretary to Management
Boards.
I have also served as the Administrative Secretary to the National Board for
Professional and Technician Examination (NABPTEX) and the Director of
Administration of the Ghana Statistical Service.
EDUCATIONAL/ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
SCHOOL\MANAGEMENT INSTITUTION
ATTENDED
YEAR
Ghana School of Law
Oct. 2002-June 2007
West African Institute for Financial and
Economic Management (WAIFEM) Banjul, The
Gambia & Lagos Nigeria.
February 10-4 2003
February 28-March 8,2005
Ghana Institute of Management & Public
Administration (GIMPA).
February 2002
School of Administration, University of Ghana
Sept. 1997-June 1999
Ghana Institute of Management & Public
Administration
January-June 1997
Ghana Institute of Management & Public
Administration
October-December 1994
University of Ghana Legon
1985-1988
Dormaa Secondary School, B\A
1982-1984
Kintampo Secondary School, B\A
1977-1982
CERTIFICATES ACQUIRED
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
QCL\B.L
Certificate in Comparative Human Resource Management
Certificate in leadership & Senior Management
Masters in Public Administration (DPA)
Graduate Diploma in Management & public Administration (DPA)
Graduate Certificate in Management 7 Public Administration (CPA)
B.A. (Hons) Political Science with Study of Religion
GCE `A’ level
GCE `O’ level
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
1. Policy Analysis, Administration and Organizational Development
2. Human Resource Management/ Public Sector Personnel Management
3. Decentralization and Financial Management
4. Budgeting and Financial Management
SEPCIAL SKILLS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ability to organize given situations
Advocacy and Mediation
Management and Coordination
Good human/ interpersonal relation
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1. From
November 08
To
Employer
Position
Present
Ghana Academy of Arts
Executive Secretary
And Sciences
Duties
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Full time Manager of the Academy
Helps drive the strategic development plan of the academy
Responsible for the day-day general administration of the Secretariat
Service the Council, General Meeting of Fellows and other Committees of the
Academy
Organizes the Academy’s Public Event
2. From
August 01
To
Oct.2008
Employer
Ghana Statistical Service
Position
Director of Administration
Secretary to Board.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. SERVED AS Secretary to the Statistical Service Board.
2. Developed organization procedures and system for the efficient-operation of the
Service.
3. Reviewed the activities of staff of the Service and administered the provisions for
transport, utilities, offices equipment, accommodation and other infrastructure
facilities.
4. Directed and supervised the activities of Human Resources/Administration Division
5. Submitted and coordinated the preparation of the quarterly annual contributions to the
Service’s reports and budget proposals at required intervals.
6. Handled all legal matters of the Service on the advice of the Attorney-General
3. From
To
June 2000 July 2001
Employer
National Board for Professional
& Technician Examination
(NABPTEX)
Position
Administrative Secretary
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Director of Administration
2. Secretary of the Board
3. Developed organization procedures and system for the efficient management of the
Board
4. From
July 1999
To
May 2000
Employer
Plant Genetics Resources
Institute (CSIR) Bunso, E/R
Position
Admin. Officer
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Head of Administration and Finance Division.
2. Scheduled duties for administrative staff from time to time and monitored performance
at duty and report thereon.
3. Organized meetings and wrote up minutes and prepared report on the administration of
the institute
4. Served as secretary to the Management Board
5. Monitored the movement of all vehicles with the exemption of Director’s one
6. Placed advertisements in the media and organized interviews for recruitment and
promotion of staff.
7. Worked in close collaboration with the director to ensure the effective running of the
administration of the Board
8. Performed any other duties assigned by the Director of the institution
5. (A) From
To
Employer
Position
OCT.1993
June 1999
Regional coordinating council Assistant Director of
Council, Cape Coast
Administration
RESPONSIBILITIES
a.
b.
c.
d.
Responsible for Human Resource Management of the Council
Responsible for transport management
Secretary to the residential/office Accommodation Allocation Committee of the Council
Responsible for the meeting of Central Regional Administrative Officers and District
Chief Executives
e. Member/secretary of the District Assembly’s Common Fund Projects Monitoring Team
of Council
f. Responsible for matter relating to Voluntary Organization, Trade Unions, NGO’S etc
5(B)
FEBRURARY 1992-SEPT.1993-ASIKUMA-ODOBEN-BRAKWA DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY-DISTRICT COODINATING DIRECTOR.
DUTIES
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
Director of Administration
Secretary to the District Assembly
Secretary to the District Tender Board
Chairman, District Heads of Departments Meeting
Adviser to the Chief Executive(DCE)
Handling of petition and complaints/staff grievances
Any other duty assigned by the DCE
5© FEBRURARY 1991-JANUARY.1992-ASIKUMA-ODOBEN-BRAKWA DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY DEPUTY DISTRICT COOODINATING DIRECTOR
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Deputized the District Coordinating Director
Handled Personnel Management Function
Ag. Works Superintendent
Secretary of the Executive Committee
Handling of petitions and complains
6
JAN.1989-MAY 1991-WENCHI SECONDARY SCHOOL
Teaching Religions, Accounting and Government
FEBRURARY 1989-DEC.1998-TECHIMAN DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE
Circuit Monitoring Assistant (National Service)
RESEARCH WORK
1. Training and Manpower Development Management in Electricity Company of Ghana. A
dissertation for the award of Masters in Public Administration (MPA).Degree
2. Manpower Planning and Organizational Restructuring. A study of the Electricity
Company of Ghana (ECG) December, 1998
3. Decentralization for the rapid Socio-Economic and Political development in Ghana since
1929. A study of Cape Coast Municipality. A dissertation for the award Graduate
Diploma at GIMPA, Greenhill in 1997
4. The role of National Mobilization Programme (NMP). As an agent of the Socio-Economic
and Political change in Ghana since 31st December 1981 revolution. The case of
Kintampo District. Along essay for award of the first degree at the university of Ghana
Legon 1988
5. Combined government for GCE “o” and “A” levels. A published Pamphlet to assist
candidates preparing for SSSCE/GCE “O” and “A” levels.
SPECIAL ROLES PLAYED
1997-school of Administration, Legon
1997-1998 School of Administration, Legon
January-June 1997-Gimpa, Greenhill
January-June 1995-1997-Institute of Adult
Education Cape Coast
October-December !994-GIMPA, Greenhill
February 1993-October 1993- National
Electoral Commission National
June 1991-October 1993 Civil Service
Organizing Secretary/member of the Executive
Committee of the Business House of the
School.
Representative of the 1997/98 batch of MPA
students on courses Leader Committee and
the General Assembly of Business House of
School
2nd Vice President and Chairman of the
Boarding and Messing Committee of the
Participant of the Diploma in Public
Administration Course
Part-time tutor of Government at the Workers
College
Vice President of the Certificate in Public
Administration Course
Returning Officer for Asikuma-Odoben Brakwa
Constituency in the Central Region
Deputy Constituency Returning Officer
Asikuma-Odoben Brakwa Constituency
District Chairman of Civil Servants’ Association
June 1993-June 1994- Dormaa Secondary
School
June 1993-June 1994- Dormaa Secondary
House Captain for the Agyeman Badu House
School
COMMITTEES/BOARD SERVED UNDER
1. Council of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science
2. Member/Secretary Statistical Service Audit Report Implementation Committee
3. Secretary to the Ghana Statistical Service Management Board of Plant Genetic Resource
Institute (CSIR) 1999-May,2000
4. External Assessor to the University of Cape Coast Promotion Interview Board Jan. 1995September 1997
5. Members of the Accommodation Sub-Committee of the National Planning Committee
for the 1st National Pastoral Congress, organized by the Ghana Catholic Bishops
Conference in Cape Coast.
6. External Assessor to the Regional Interview Board of the Ghana Education Service
Constituted to recruit supervisors for the educational districts in the Central region,
September 1996
7. Chairman of the Committee of enquiry set up by the office of the regional Coordinating
council to investigate an alleged malpractice in disbursement of Central Regional
Allocation of the Medical expenses refund amount in 1996.
SOME CONFERENCE/WORKSHOPES/SEMINARS ATTENDED
I.
II.
III.
Workshop for the African Science Academy Staff Organized by the U.S National
Academies in Washington D.C September 7-15,2003
Study Tour of Statistical Service in Uganda and South Africa October and December
2006
First Regional workshop of the ECOWAS Development Account Project on Statistical
Organization and Management organized by the U.N statistics Divi
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL/OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
1. MEMBER, Ghana Bar Association
2. Member, Ghana institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners
3. Member, of the Universal Association of St. Anthony- A Catholic and Charismatic
Union Headquarters in Dublin Ireland.
4. Member of the Knight of St. John International, a Catholic Charitable and
Paramilitary Society
5. Interim Chairman, Hilltop Residents Association Asofan/Ofankor, Accra
HOBBIES
1. Gardening
2. Listening/Watching T.V news
3. Watching soccer
REFERENCE
1. Mr. Frimpong Manso
2. Prof. N. N. N. Nsowah- Nuamah
Dean of Student
Rector- Kumasi Polytechnic
Ghana Institute of Journalism
Mob: 0208163190
Accra
Mob: 0277736957
: 0206404711
3 Mr. Baah- Wadieh
(Chief Statistician)
Statistical Service
P.O.BOX GP 1098, Accra, Mob: 0244261564
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Samuel Boakye
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