Alfredson W. Taikerweyah Sr. has over 17 years of experience in humanitarian assistance and development work in Liberia. He has extensive experience managing relief projects, developing proposals, and collaborating with international organizations. He has held roles coordinating students and managing operations at Cuttington University, as well as coordinating a national NGO focused on environmental protection in Liberia. He has advanced degrees in public administration and higher education, and extensive experience teaching and conducting research.
1. Alfredson W. Taikerweyah Sr.
(B.Sc., PGDE, MPA,)
Professional Overview
Well capacitated and committed to contributing considerable high quality services to
development, humanitarian assistance and critical decision making process by and thru
structuring National Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Liberia and developed
proposals, implemented, monitored and evaluated humanitarian related projects in collaboration
with (Government, CRS - USAID, Concern Worldwide, Plan International, Oxfam – GB, Care-
Lib, UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, FAO, & UNEP) as International Non-Governmental
Organizations and United Nations (UN) Organs in Liberia during (17) seventeen years. Skillful
in managing relief and humanitarian inputs for specified targets achievement during war and post
war situations.
Orientation and Expertise:
• Skilled in conducting assessments and survey to produce timely and required results as per the
needs (quantitative or qualitative in nature).
•Skilled in planning, implementing and managing Relief & Development Projects (RDP) under
conducive and critical human living conditions.
•Skilled in budget planning and controlling, group structuring as per situation, identification of
food needs and security, and setting up Livelihoods protective intervention activities under
pressure.
• Skilled in organizing and implementing Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Program.
• Skilled in proposal development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation tools for
development and critical projects’ outputs analysis
Leadership Abilities (LA):
• potentially trained to work under emergency situation in relatively strange locations with
crossed sections of partners with complex backgrounds (Political, Traditional and Religious).
• Capacitated to structure and coordinate a technical team with diverse talented members
• Possess the ability to lead team members towards target goal achievement in complicated
situation, with high respect for all team members.
• Easy to adopt to new work environment with a set mind to timely achieve planned objectives.
• Possess the ability to design operational calendar and guide a team in line for a timely goal
obtainment.
• Possess a quality of open mindedness and acceptable attributes for planned implementations
and timely target goal obtainment.
I. Experience and task performed:
Full time Lecturer – Public Administration (Public Sector Management) at Cuttington
University Suakoko, Bong County, 2012 – 2015 (4 years)
Conduct research to find and organize instructional materials
2. Present materials to the students as required
Evaluate students and report to the responsible staff as required
Assigned grades to each student respectively as per their output
II Associate Vice President for Students Services, Cuttington University, Liberia, 2014 –
2015 (1 year)
Coordinated 3,355 students, and (6) six Deans,
Monitored students’ service delivery processes at different focus points including:
Cafeteria services, Health-Clinical services, services at the Book-Store, and reported to
the President’s Office as required,
III General Coordinator, Liberia Environmental Care Organization (LECO),
Gbarnga, Bong County, 1993 – 2010 (17 years)
Legalized the functional status of LECO as National NGO in Liberia
Connected LECO to Government, International and United Nations Agencies
respectively including: CRS - USAID, Concern Worldwide, Plan International, Oxfam –
GB, Care-Lib, UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, FAO, UNEP, Etc.
Established community support base for LECO
Established Bank Account for LECO &Purchase and maintained four vehicles for
operations
IV National Consultant, Liberia Environmental Care Organization (LECO) 2011- Present.
Analyze all technical and yearly work plans and advice accordingly
Lobby support for the agency
Conduct workshop thus orientating the workers on as needed basis
V. Board Chairman, Radio Gbarnga (RGFM-96.5MHz), 2004 – 2014 (10 years)
Worked with other Board members to monitor activities of the Radio so as to produce
community-needful programs thus promoting peace among community dwellers
Lobby, produced proposal and link the RGFM to radio related institutions etc.
Worked and expanded the Radio capacity from 10Kwt. to 1200Kwt (from narrow to wide
range).
Connected RGM’s workers to National and International Media-institutions, etc.
3. VI. Focus person for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Liberia in Bong County,
2005 – 2008 (3 years):
Produced and filed reports on environmental issues in Bong County, considering
implications linked to farming activities, char-coal production, and misuse of earth water
across the County.
Reported on poor garbage management, and misplacement, noise and air pollutions etc.
in the urban centers of Bong County
Produced and presented documents on Bong County general environmental status during
World Environmental Day (WED) celebration in Bong County, under the sponsorship of
EPA-Liberia and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) 2006.
VII. Zone Supervisor, Gbarnga Relief Distribution Committee (GRDC), Catholic
Mission, Gbarnga Bong County, 1990 – 92 (2years 3 months):
Received list of displaced persons from entry points, verified their status and registered
them for rations collection
Set stage for rations distribution and further disseminated information about ration
components, and the process of the distribution
Assigned monitors to each distribution site.
Supervised distribution process from start to end
Called meeting amongst displaced persons to get distribution feel back
Made a final and comprehensive distribution report to the responsible staff
VIII. Rural Agricultural Field Technician (RAFT), Nimba County Rural
Development Project (NCRDP), Seclepea, Nimba County, 1984 – 1985 (2 years):
Organized farmers’ groups in cooperative and linked them to the Project for material
supports
Orientated farmers in modern agricultural practices
Trained farmers to produce local organic fertilizer for their production field, etc.
4. IX. Class room Teacher, Ministry of Education, R.L. Bong County Branch, assigned to
John F. Bakalu Elementary and Jr. High School in Gbarnga Bong County, 1987-
1990 (3 years 5 months):
Conducted Class-room activities and lessons in line with the policies of the Ministry of
Education, R.L.
X. County Coordinator, National Teacher Association of Liberia (NTAL), Bong
County Branch, 1987 – 1990 (3 years):
Coordinated activities relating to teachers’ welfare in all Districts of Bong County, and
made regular reports to the County’s Vice President for Administration (VPA)
Probed in to matters between and amongst teachers and or schools’ administrators and
filed findings to the VPA, NTAL Bong County
Visited the School Districts (SD) as required and updated the office of the VPA regularly
XI. EDUCATION:
Doctoral Candidate (Education Mgt/Adm) Campus-based, Adventist University of the
Philippines (AUP) 2015 - 2016
Master’s Degree, (MPA) Public Administration - “Public sector Management”,
Cuttington University, Suakoko, Bong County, 2006 – 2009
Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDE) Cuttington University, Suakoko,
Bong County 2013 – 2014
Planner, Environmental Protections and Population Movement (EPPM) Certificate,
UNEP, Mamba Point, Monrovia Liberia, 2005
Bachelor of Science, (BSc.) Integrated Rural Development Studies, Cuttington
University, Suakoko, Bong County, 1998 – 2003
Certificate in Social Transformation Approach, DELTA Training, Den – L, Gbarnga
City, Bong County, 1996-1997
5. Grade “C” Certificate in Elementary Education, Cuttington In Service Teacher
Education Program (CINSTEP), Cuttington University College, Suakoko, Bong County,
1986 – 1987
Rural Agricultural Extension (RAE) Certificate, GTZ/NCRDP. Seclepea, Nimba
County, 1984
High School Certificate and Diploma, Gboveh High School, Gbarnga City, Bong
County, 1983
6. Grade “C” Certificate in Elementary Education, Cuttington In Service Teacher
Education Program (CINSTEP), Cuttington University College, Suakoko, Bong County,
1986 – 1987
Rural Agricultural Extension (RAE) Certificate, GTZ/NCRDP. Seclepea, Nimba
County, 1984
High School Certificate and Diploma, Gboveh High School, Gbarnga City, Bong
County, 1983