Results-driven professional leveraging problem-solving skills to overhaul, improve and refine business practices. Strategic thinker with advanced analysis skills. Confidently tackles large scale challenges, prioritising greater organisational efficiency.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work history
Government Stakeholder Consultant - NLDP
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)- Result For Development, USA
I was a liaison between the NHIA and the R4D on the NLDP project to drive the implementation of the NLDP, primarily by overseeing the design, framework, and execution of the subsequent (second ) phase of the project
My focus was on identifying the gaps in the implementation document between the initial phase and the current phase, deploy project management tools to fulfil the project goal of promoting organizational growth and enhancing capacity within a Nigerian public sector institution
The key facets of my contributions in this capacity included: Gap Analysis between the initial phase and the current phase of the project and its implementation document that would inform the next phase of the project, Development of the version II document of the Implementation plan of the project, Introduction of a work collaborative tool to track work done, persons responsible and timelines, Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework including all its component (Inputs, Outputs, Outcomes, Impact, Overall goal and objectives) for the project, Development of a Theory of Change (TOC) for the project, Reports generation, and Project Management.
Manager- Standards & Quality Assurance
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
As a Manager, I collaborated with teams in my section to set criteria for quality assurance to accredit, inspect and monitor health care facilities (HCF) and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) in Nigeria
I was in sole charge of the HMO and HCF database
I was a key player in several stakeholder engagements organized by the department and I provided supervision for reports generated by team members
Key roles were: Co-developed criteria for Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) accreditation and conducted field exercise to identify Primary Healthcare (PHCs) that met the defined criteria to support the roll out of BHCPF, Documentation of Health Maintenance Organizations registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme and periodically updated the database to reflect changes and reduce errors, improving enrollee experience with National Health Insurance, and Conduct biennial accreditation of HMOs and HCFs enrolled and facilitate quality assessment to ensure that they align with standard practices using set criteria.
Project Manager
Network of Incubation and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE)
Some Projects Worked on: Project Title - Social Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship, S.I.D.E Project (a partnership between NINE and UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, funded by Uk -Nigeria Tech Hub (FCDO)- 1 year
Tasks carried out include: - Stakeholder identification/engagement/management, - General project management, - Research, - Website development, - Master class facilitation, - Acceleration program facilitation, and - Organization of Demo day
Project Title - The Voice Project (Partnership between Cognito and NINE, funded by Oxfam Voice) - 2 years project
Tasks delivered on include: - Stakeholder identification/engagement/management, - Workshop for requirement gathering, - Writing User Stories, and - Writing Acceptance criteria
Project Title – Research: Challenge Brief: Social Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship
I coordinated the research team that carried out a desk review to identify local challenges in some key sectors (Education, Employment, Food, Health, Climate change & environment) in 6 states from the 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria
States include Adamawa, Edo, Enugu, Kwara, Kaduna, and Osun states
This research culminated in a Challenge Brief
Project Title – Research: Access to safe and adequate water supply in Sub-Sahara Africa (Implemented by the NINE team, funded by Acts Foundation)
I co-led the research team that conducted a mixed study to identify the access to safe and adequate water supply in some countries in Sub- Saharan Africa
The countries include Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Botswana, South Africa and Ghana
This findings of this study was submitted to ACTS Foundation
Project Title – Research: Adopting flexible Business Models that Leverage on Key enabling Regulations to improve Electricity Supply from Renewables in Nigeria: A Feasibility Study of Nigeria Renewable energy market’ (2022), funded by Rural Electrification Agency, FCT, Abuja
I coordinated the research team that conducted a mixed study to identify sustainable business models for renewable energy among some its users
Sellers as well as users were interviewed, report was compiled and findings were submitted to the Rural Electrification Agency
Project Title - Stakeholder Event organization and coordination: Post CoP27 Dialogue session for United Kingdom Government (FCDO)
Directed the team to organize the Breakfast launch for CoP27
The aim of the Breakfast Launch was to gather stakeholders in the public, private and development organizations with a focus on lessons learned and deliberate on how to make the best CoP27 deliberations
Focal organizations was the Federal Ministy of Environment (Department of Climate Change, DCC)
Project Title - Stakeholder Event organization and coordination: Tree planting event planning and Project Coordination in Lagos for the United Kingdom Government
The aim of the tree-planting event was to support the Lagos state fight against climate change by increasing the number of trees in communities to improve environmental sustainability in accordance with the UK Climate Diplomacy Objectives
I coordinated all project activities for the event.
Programs Manager /Operations Lead
Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE)
2021.08 - Current
I lead and coordinate projects and manage operational tasks in NINE, an enterprise support organization
Key areas of my work include: Business Development, Coordination of projects, Business strategy, Organizational operations, Research coordination, and Project Event organization and coordination.
Business Analyst (On Retainer)
7ven Oaks Limited, London
London
2021.08 - Current
Development of a web-based application otherwise known as a Personnel Management System (PMS) that would help coordinate the Human Resource section of their establishment
Key functions were: Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on processes and user requirements, Assisted in testing and training end users on new systems and processes, Collected, compiled and interpreted business data and drafted reports, and Developed wire frames, site maps and content inventories for the new website design.
Education
Masters in Public Health (MPH) -
Bingham University
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - undefined
Ahmadu Bello University
PGD Public Health - undefined
International University
Higher National Diploma - undefined
Kaduna Polutechnic
Bsc Public Health - undefined
National Open University
Skills
Leadership and Teamwork
Strategic Thinking
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Communication Skills (Verbal & Written)
Relationship Building
Emotional Intelligence
Creative and attentive to Detail
Excellent Report Writing
ICT
Trello
Asana
Google Workspace
Office 365
Slack
Azure devops
Excel
Stakeholder Management
Project planning
Project design
Projectdelivery/implementation
Quantitative data gathering
Qualitative data gathering
Requirement gathering
User stories
Acceptance criteria
Gap analysis
Work plan development
Work breakdown structure
Project charter
Business case
Scope document
Kick off meeting
Project Risk identification& management
Monitoring and evaluation
Tech sales
Business Analysis
Project management
Budgeting
Literature review
Project event management
Theory of change (TOC)
Accomplishments
Led a Digital economy team to implement the project goal from the project initiation phase to project close. The Digital economy project was funded by an International organization and it sought to identify local challenges as well as social entrepreneurs solving those problems digitally in order to increase access to food, education, employment , health and climate change in Nigeria. I led the team through the entire project cycle using project tools ( project kick off meetings, stakeholder clarification meetings, scope development, work plan, work breakdown, communications matrix, stakeholder matrix, etc) and general coordination to conduct a research, develop the website, (www.sidenigeria.com) announce call for entry , facilitate masterclass sessions and acceleration program and finally organize a Demo day.This project was for one (1) year., 01/01/YY - 12/31/YY
Collaborated with a communications and media organization to implement a project for an international NGO whose project goal was to support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are working with marginalized and vulnerable groups ( People living with disabilities (Pwds), the Youths, the Elderly, and women &children) in the society. I led the development team to develop the website that will enable the CSOs (grantees) amplify their work with the identified marginalized groups. To achieve this, I gathered the requirement for the website, wrote user stories and acceptance criteria and eventually prioritized using MoSCoW. HYPERLINK "https://www.voicenaija.org/" https://www.voicenaija.org/ . This project was for 2 years., 01/01/YY - 12/31/YY
Led a a project team as a Business Analyst to develop a web-based application otherwise known as a Personnel Management System (PMS) . The PMS would help coordinate the Human Resource section of the organization. As a Business Analyst in the team, I did a Gap analysis, I conducted interviews with the key users to identify the higher and lower level of requirement, wrote user stories & acceptance criteria and prioritized requirement using the MoSCoW. This was for 5 months., 01/01/YY - 05/31/YY
Liaison personnel for the execution of the NHIA Leadership Development program (NLDP) were the overall objective of the project was to equip NHIA staff members with knowledge areas that would lead to achievement of the organizational goals through comprehensive capacity building of its staff members. There were collaborations with academic institutions to develop modules on relevant topics and such institutions were University of Nigeria UNN, Ahmadu Bello University, SPARC Kenya and Lagos Business School. In developing the implementation blueprint, I carried out a gap analysis to create a version II of the implementation plan for the NLDP project. I developed a mid -project scope document to re-align the project goals. Lastly, I coordinated the module review meeting reports for the two (2) organizations and developed a monitoring and evaluation framework for the project., 01/01/YY - 12/31/YY
Coordinated three (3) Research projects for different organizations. Projects were : (1) Adopting flexible Business Models that Leverage on Key enabling Regulations to improve Electricity Supply from Renewables in Nigeria: A Feasibility Study of Nigeria Renewable energy market’. (2) Access to safe and adequate water supply in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA)’. (2022). (3) Challenge Brief: Social Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship project
Led the organization and coordination of series of events. They include CoP27 dialogue session (Federal Ministry of Environment) for the FCDO (2022) and Tree planting in some primary schools in Lagos(FCDO)
Manager in a Government parastatal (National Health Insurance Authority, 10 years) and played integral roles in co-developing criteria for Primary Healthcare Centre ( PHC ) accreditation and conducted field exercise to identify PHCs that met the defined criteria to support the roll out of BHCPF. Managed the documentation of Health Maintenance Organizations registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme and periodically updated the database to reflect changes and reduce errors, improving enrollee experience with National Health Insurance.
Custom
Available upon request.
Timeline
Programs Manager /Operations Lead
Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE)
2021.08 - Current
Business Analyst (On Retainer)
7ven Oaks Limited, London
2021.08 - Current
Government Stakeholder Consultant - NLDP
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)- Result For Development, USA
Manager- Standards & Quality Assurance
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
Project Manager
Network of Incubation and Innovators in Nigeria (NINE)
Masters in Public Health (MPH) -
Bingham University
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - undefined
Deputy Director, Business Systems & IT Projects at National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)Deputy Director, Business Systems & IT Projects at National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance at National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)Senior Manager, Quality Assurance at National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)