Victor Mensah

Seconded Technical Advisor and Project Manager implementing Talent Management initiatives through Organisational Transformation, Accelerated Recruitment and HRLC programmes.

Leads consulting and facilitation delivery teams, delivering HR and talent management consulting services to international development organizations and corporates across Africa.

Project Manager implementing Talent Review and Org. Realignment Programmes for country offices, supporting Regional Adaptive Leadership Development Initiative.

Leading development of clubs and district leaders across Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, implementing a robust change programme.

Designed staff engagement and change facilitation in line with realignment programmes, culture change facilitation, and design of UNFPA Innovation Days and retreats.

Designed an Ideation Management programme to develop a new programming strategy for the Division and M&E Unit, and delivered a Mindset Change Programme for Youth Mainstreaming.

Designed and project managed the recruitment of Senior Management Team including assessments and recommendations for appointments.

Assessment, recruitment, training, and setting up of a new Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit at the Ministry of Gender.

Facilitated 2019 Staff Change Readiness Programme.

Design and facilitation of 2018 Retreat and Coaching.

Capacity building to develop customised Change Action Strategies and M&E on Ending Child Marriage, and managed the 1st and 2nd Africa Girls Summit 2015 and 2017.

Designed organisation development programme with entire team including change management coaching.

Built, repurposed, and realigned new project teams on leadership, communications and relationship management to meet targets.

Worked to accelerate strategic change to meet targets for Demographic Dividend National Investment Consultations with 200 delegates from over 14 countries.

Designed systems for UN Day 2016 'One UN, One Zambia Learning Event' with over 350 staff from all UN Agencies, supporting Change Management towards Delivery-As-One and Knowledge Management.

Design and facilitation of UNCT Annual Strategy and M&E Engagement.

Design and facilitation of FGM Training for Women's Caucus of PAP.

Managed organisation of AfDB Annual Meetings with about 5,600 delegates for over 200 sessions and events in 6 official languages, designing and managing a radical change programme.

Strategic Planning (2016-2019) and Mid-Term Review and M&E of Youth Decade Plan of Action (DPoA) on Implementing the Africa Youth Charter (AYC) and AUC Youth Mainstreaming Guide.

Moderated National Youth Work Indaba with over 300 specialists to develop national position towards the Commonwealth Conference on Youth Work.

OD Consulting, assessment, facilitating change management through team interventions and training in change processes, leadership, project management and M&E. Anchor Moderator for Social Good Summit 2014.

Facilitation of Operations Design and Change Leadership Workshops and Reporting.

Managed Youth Enterprises and Sustainable Livelihoods (YESL) and Governance, Development and Youth Networks (GDYN) portfolios, recruited and placed Technical Advisors, and led performance management of TA delivery.

Facilitation of Team Work Plan and M&E Development Retreat.

Executed four editions of this training programme with tools and methodologies from ILO, CYP, and other partners to develop capacities of YDPs globally in employment and entrepreneurship programming and M&E.

Designed a rescue programme and OD Orientation for two Global Fund Programme Management Units that needed to work together.

Designed and delivered training in Strategic Planning and M&E for Departmental Staff.

Member of the Board of Directors in charge of Human Resources Management (HRM), responsible for assessing HR needs, selection, training, appraisal and development, and providing policy direction for HR. Was also responsible for acquiring over 400 volunteers for various projects, managing them and ensuring delivery of outcomes. Also established the Capacity Development Centre of the Foundation.

Facilitated adult learning and distance education, course tutor for Company Law, HRM, Industrial Relations, Marketing, Law and Procedure of Meetings and Business Communication.

Assisted Senior Lecturers and Research Fellows in developing and conducting academic research, developed tools and methodologies, undertook baseline surveys, and managed database of Body of Knowledge in management.

Managed the secretariat and administration affairs of the umbrella body of all students unions in Ghana, expanded policy analysis services and partnerships development.

Recruited and performance managed skilled staff for the new business unit, responsible for corporate image strategy and marketing, and involved in creating an image for the new publishing division.

Enhancing collaboration between academia and tertiary education institutions and institutional capacity building for educational content development using ICT and online collaborative platforms.

Pursuing a PhD in Management Studies at the University of Zambia.

Completed a Certificate in Change Facilitation from the College of Community and Organisation Development in 2015.

Completed a Certificate in Youth Work at the University of Minnesota in 2014.

Completed a Youth Interventions Certification from the Youth Interventions Programmes Association in 2014.

Completed a Certificate in Youth Policies and Programme Development at ITCILO in 2011.

Completed a Certificate in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation from the University of Victoria and PRIA in 2009.

Completed a Certificate in Diplomacy and International Relations in 2008.

Completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Cape Coast in 2007.

Completed a Certificate in Project Management from Africa Executives Ltd. and the University of Cape Coast in 2007.

Completed a Certificate in Leading Professional Services at Oxford University from 2021 to 2022.

Completed a Master of Science in Management at the University of South Wales in 2019.

Completed a Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programmes at ITCILO in 2011.

Earned the Chartered Manager (CMgr) certification from the Chartered Management Institute in 2010.

Completed a Bachelor of Management Studies with Honours at the University of Cape Coast in 2005.

Completed a Certificate in Events Management at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.