Education Project Consultant

• Jun 2023 - Present

In this role, I lead the Education project team to design and implement education interventions and research, lead grant writing and resource mobilization efforts, and support the overall implementation of the organization’s strategy plan. In this role, I lead the Education project team to design and implement education interventions and research, lead grant writing and resource mobilization efforts, and support the overall implementation of the organization’s strategy plan.

Research Associate

• Mar 2022 - Present

As a Research Associate at Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I am part of The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Team - A World Bank Funded Project - that access the evidence of the impact of financial inclusion on young women aged 15- 24 in Low-and-Middle-income countries, to make policy recommendations, and report implications for programming and practice for future research. I Lead the development of a youth framework to provide practitioners and policy makers around the world with templates for the measurement of youth vulnerability in Low-and-Middle-Income countries. I Contribute to the writing of manuscripts, conduct literature reviews and discuss program and policy implications for the Center’s findings. The Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI) is a research center at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. GSDI’s mission is to generate evidence to advance youth well-being, globally. Show less

Graduate Assistant

• Sep 2022 - May 2023

In this role, I created lesson content and taught Innovative and Inclusive Advocacy for Public Good to a class size of 10-40 in both inperson and virtual settings and utilizing digital EdTech tools to equip the next generation of Public service professional and practitioners in the state of North Carolina. Evaluated Learners performance in a timely manner to provide feedback for improvement. Provided one-on-one support to students on projects and other academic issues In this role, I created lesson content and taught Innovative and Inclusive Advocacy for Public Good to a class size of 10-40 in both inperson and virtual settings and utilizing digital EdTech tools to equip the next generation of Public service professional and practitioners in the state of North Carolina. Evaluated Learners performance in a timely manner to provide feedback for improvement. Provided one-on-one support to students on projects and other academic issues

Chief Executive Officer

• Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

Co-Founder/Director of Programme

• Oct 2014 - Dec 2021

I directed the Centre's programs and provided strategic direction for the team in designing and implementing the Centre's programs and strategic plan. I primarily oversee business development operations, fundraising, oversee growth and expansion, and offer strategic support to programs team, branding and communications, technology, and innovation across the Centre's portfolios: Policy, Research, and Programs. African Centre for Education Development - CLEDA Africa - is a non profit organization accelerating education and development in Africa through education research, practice, and policy; so that every child, everywhere in Africa can have access to affordable and quality education, and opportunities to maximize their full potentials and break the circle of poverty. Show less

Adolescent and Youth Program

• Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

The United Nations Population Funds, (UNFPA), is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency that has a mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. It is able to achieve all these by ensuring reliable access to reproductive health care for women and youth in more than 150 countries (80 per cent of the world’s population), caring for pregnant women who face life threatening complications each month (I million), promote access to modern contraceptives (20 million per year), trains Health care provider to supervise skilled deliveries, prevents teen pregnancies, prevention of gender based violence, ending child marriage, abandonment of Female genital mutilation the use of data for development, and delivery of safe birth supplies dignity and other life saving materials to survivors of conflicts and natural disasters. UNFPA operates from the Country office in Abuja, and four (4) Sub-Offices: Maiduguri, Kaduna, Calabar, and Lagos (Liaison office). My role included the following: - Supported the design, implementation and monitoring of Innovative Youth programmes to reach a larger youths promoting UNFPA's mandate. - Supported research and findings on youth focus thematic priority areas that is determined jointly by the Kaduna Sub Office, including girl education and its impact on their health choices. - Supported the coordination of UNFPA Youth Avisory Group and other youth bodies. Show less

Lecturer

• 2013 - 2019

Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic is one of Kaduna State owned Institution of Higher Learning based in the Education City of Zaria. Serving as Lecturer, I was responsible for the following: - Supported the research and creation of a Diploma program in Glass Technology - Development & presentation of lectures, supervision of students examinations, research and industrial attachment Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic is one of Kaduna State owned Institution of Higher Learning based in the Education City of Zaria. Serving as Lecturer, I was responsible for the following: - Supported the research and creation of a Diploma program in Glass Technology - Development & presentation of lectures, supervision of students examinations, research and industrial attachment

Educational Consultant

• 2016 - 2018

- Under the Millennium Villages Project - Assist the Education Sector Coordinator to ensure that girls and boys in the project area received quality education and ensured that the students completed primary, secondary, formal and non-formal education. - Promote quality teaching in schools through the training of teachers and schools support officers (SSOs) - Implementing the Connect-to-Learn scholarship for female students in Pampaida Nigeria - Assist the Education Coordinator in Providing technical support to Kaduna State Ministry of Community and Rural Development on the scale up of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) model in three LGAs. Show less