Maanaa Asiedu, PMP
Project Coordinator at Early Power Limited (Bridge Power Project)- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Project Management InstituteMar, 2023- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Early Power Limited (Bridge Power Project)
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Ghana
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Coordinator
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Jan 2019 - Present
• Project Compliance Officer, responsible for ensuring contract compliance workstream, working closely with the legal team, to track the Project’s contractual obligations and ensure vendors, employees and new hires adhere to internal and international anti money laundering and anti bribery and corruption laws (including FCPA and UK Bribery Act). • Identify and connect global team with the appropriate local resource, interfacing across all levels of the organization as necessary • Prepare presentations and project information packs for various internal and external project stakeholders • Identify relevant Project permits and initiate, assist and monitor application process. • Manage office administration and exercise human resource (HR) functions, including onboarding new employees, initiating due diligence reports on new hires and vendors, maintaining employee contracts and records • Take on new tasks as required such as serving as member of the COVID and local content committees Show less
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Early Power Limited
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Accra, Ghana
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Office Manager
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Feb 2015 - Jan 2019
• Facilitated expatriate relocation by vetting long term accommodation options, applying for tax identification numbers, work permits and associated documents etc. • Served as local health and safety officer required to submit travel risk assessments, and incident reports and ensure compliance with the company’s health and safety policy. • Oversaw bookkeeping, payment of invoices, disbursement of payroll, obtaining approval for budget requests, managing petty cash transaction, reconciling accounts and other day to day accounting tasks. • Reviewed CVs, scheduled and assisted in interviews for new hires. Show less
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One Energy Ltd.
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Accra, Ghana
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Project Assistant
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Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
• Engaged with local stakeholders, government institutions, chiefs and locals, surveying their concerns and documenting their knowledge to implement a socially responsible Project. • Organized townhalls, in partnership with CSR consultants, with the local community and chiefs to document concerns and implementing CSR programs such as the career survey and workshop designed to build workplace skills, write CVs and scout for talent from local hires. • Developed and prepared documentation necessary for permit applications and facilitated site visits for government institutions such as the Energy Commission and Ministry of Energy. • Managed employee payroll and bookkeeping, prepared payment requests, financial record-keeping and preparation of annual financial reports assisted by external auditors. Show less
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International House at UC Berkeley
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Assistant
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Sep 2013 - May 2014
• Organized and publicized for resident events aimed at promoting cultural immersion • Organized public events such as the UN 68th Anniversary celebration and various speaker events • Encouraged cultural integration and advocated awareness and sharing of cultures • Co-led training for various events-showing volunteers how to network and interact with donors • Organized and publicized for resident events aimed at promoting cultural immersion • Organized public events such as the UN 68th Anniversary celebration and various speaker events • Encouraged cultural integration and advocated awareness and sharing of cultures • Co-led training for various events-showing volunteers how to network and interact with donors
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Wonderbag Inc
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Durban Area, South Africa
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Research Assistant
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Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
• Organized and trained a team of Master’s Students in survey collection • Motivated and encourage enumerators throughout the project while ensuring survey quality and quantity • Responsible for programming and uploading data of ibutton technology • Organized and trained a team of Master’s Students in survey collection • Motivated and encourage enumerators throughout the project while ensuring survey quality and quantity • Responsible for programming and uploading data of ibutton technology
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Omega School, Oblogo
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Accra, Ghana
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Pathways Program Facilitator
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Oct 2011 - Jul 2013
--Along with a group of friends from high school, organized and facilitated a summer extracurricular program in a low income school on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana. The program was created to encourage children between the ages of 7 and 14 to engage in creative writing and drama. --Along with a group of friends from high school, organized and facilitated a summer extracurricular program in a low income school on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana. The program was created to encourage children between the ages of 7 and 14 to engage in creative writing and drama.
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Reach Select
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern
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Dec 2011 - Apr 2012
-- Organizing employment and customer service proposals and workshops- for example, a large scale training program for recent college graduates. -- Customer relations: sought out new clients and marketed the company for HR jobs. -- Organizing employment and customer service proposals and workshops- for example, a large scale training program for recent college graduates. -- Customer relations: sought out new clients and marketed the company for HR jobs.
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Shawbell Consulting
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Accra, Ghana
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Summer Intern
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Jul 2010 - Aug 2010
-- Researched on a peace proposal targeting traditional leaders in Ghana in light of oil discovery -- Planned and conducted research for various political, financial and legal proposals. -- Helped with the planning of a pioneer management workshop targeted at business executives and ministers -- Researched on a peace proposal targeting traditional leaders in Ghana in light of oil discovery -- Planned and conducted research for various political, financial and legal proposals. -- Helped with the planning of a pioneer management workshop targeted at business executives and ministers
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Education
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2012 - 2014
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Arts (MA), Development Practice -
2007 - 2011
Vassar College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics and French & Francophone Studies -
SOS Herman Gmeiner International College
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