Damilola Ekpo
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Credentials
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Statistics Foundations: The Basics
LinkedInJul, 2022- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Frontier
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Hospitality
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Contributing Writer
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Oct 2020 - Present
As a contributor to Frontier-current affairs, I developed feature stories on topics relating to the African culture and its place in the global economy. some of which include ''Ireland: The Emerging Place for the African Diaspora" and "Nigeria and Ghana: Emerging December Destinations in West Africa" As a contributor to Frontier-current affairs, I developed feature stories on topics relating to the African culture and its place in the global economy. some of which include ''Ireland: The Emerging Place for the African Diaspora" and "Nigeria and Ghana: Emerging December Destinations in West Africa"
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Town Planner / Project coordinator
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Sep 2018 - Oct 2020
I served as a project coordinator with core focuses on initiating, scheduling and stakeholder engagement. During my time at MasterPlan Consult I was reporting to the senior town planner but also handled some tasks at full capacity thus making use of my knowledge and discretion.Created the project charter to initiate over 40 projects in residential, commercial, institutional land use development and renewable energy development.Outlined the schedule and time frame for proposed projects with the earliest start date and earliest finish date factoring internal and external factors.Created a work breakdown structure (WBS) and roaster for sustainability and land use development projects for site workers in order to achieve proposed schedule baseline.Developed critical paths on projects and communicated the importance to various stakeholders to achieve scopeline and keep projects within budget.Filed and prepared planning applications on behalf of various clients. Some of the documents include; Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment and other planning permits.Arranged strategic meetings with clients, while maintaining relationships and engaging stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of various projects.Prepared reports for the project manager to present to the key sponsors, sharing details of the earned value(EV), budget at completion (BAC) and the schedule performance index (SPI).
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AISEC
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France
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Assistant
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Jan 2019 - May 2019
During my time with AIESEC, I was attached to an organization called CSAS, where I was an active project assistant and team member for project Embliss on birth control and prevention for STDs amongst youths.Collected and collated medical data (Height, weight, blood pressure temperature) of 100 patients daily in order to facilitate medical appointments and keep them within scheduled time.Managed counting and distribution of ARVs and Birth control drugs for patients to ensure proper distribution to stakeholders.Actively involved in community awareness and sensitization programs for about 500 youths to achieve overall project goal of a better healthy community Created reports for the project manager and project stakeholders (Government Parastatal) informing them on the project process, performance and compliance with budget and schedule.Reconciled medical records of over 300 patients to ensure proper data collection during project execution.Created paperwork and documents for data collection to facilitate data processing and decision making.Arranged Clients meeting, maintaining relations and stakeholder engagement to ensure proper communication during the project lifespan.General administrative duties and office operations.
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Lagos State Government
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Nigeria
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Planning and Project Assistant at Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority
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Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
Encouraged property developers to comply with building codes within Yaba LCDA, through site inspection and monitoring in order to achieve the proposed development control of the community.Ensured setback and air space standards of over 30 properties were observed by property developers and also reporting to the team leader to ensure project scope baseline.Ensured all forms of physical development (housing, infrastructures, drainage, road networks) complied with the Yaba local government area millennial goal to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.Coordinated Community sensibilization programs on the importance of environmental sanitation in the community.Updated and reviewed Yaba LCDA layout, zoning maps and building codes to conform with present day developments in the town.
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Student Intern
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May 2013 - Oct 2013
During my internship I became aware of the theory practices that I had been learning in the university as I got more exposed to urban planning from a professional standpoint. Site supervision and inspection of facilities to ensure compliance with government codes and site ethics.Maintained compliance with governments standards during the execution of projects to avoid contravention or punishments from government agencies.Assisted senior planning consultants with technician reports on building permits to government parastatal and planning authorities.Scheduled client meetings, maintaining relationships and stakeholder engagement through emails and phone calls.Noted the requirements of over 60 clients during housing projects (room, toilet, living room and surrounding specifications) to achieve their desired properties and stakeholder requirements during project planning.Registered equipment, tools, and quotation during the execution of a housing project for University of Ibadan, Nigeria.Assisted with layout design for proposed housing projects: Unv of Ibadan Housing estate and Lagos state health commission to achieve conceptual design of the estates during project planning.
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Education
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2022 -
Technological University Dublin
Geographical Information Systems, Surveying & Construction Management -
2022 - 2022
Generation UK & Ireland
Data Analytics, Information Technology -
2020 - 2021
Dublin Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Project Management -
2018 - 2019
Alliance Française Paris Île-de-France
B1 level, French Language and Literature -
2018 - 2018
Piston and Fusion
Professional Certification in Project Management, Project Management -
2009 - 2015
University of Lagos
Bachelor of Science - BS, Urban and Regional Planning
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