1. CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: BALA IBRAHIM KYAUTA
ORGANISATION: DLA/DFID
ADDRESS: AMINU KANO COLLEGE OF LEGAL STUDIES
MOBILE PHONE: 08054443847, 08099645199
EMAIL: kyautabala2@gmail.com
A. AREA OF EXPERTISE
Community mobilization, community engagement, gender advocacy, youth development,
rural and community development, development administrations, training and facilitation,
human resources management, chartered marketer, management consultant, project
management, operations management.
B.
Date Feb 2015 To-date
Location Aminu Kano College of Legal Studies
Organization DLA/DFID,
Position Community Action Mobilizer
Description  Serves as focal point person for (3) local
Govts. in Kano State i.e Bagwai L.G.A
Gabasawa Local Govt.
 Serves as interface between the various
school support officers (S.S.Os) in the 3
Local Govts.
 Established contact/link with the stake
holders such as the local Govt. education
secretaries, religion leaders, opinion leaders,
FBOS CBOS e.t.c
 Facilitate in training about 1500 school
teachers, in 15 Local Governments
 Facilitates in training about 300 community
members, community leaders and imams in
15 Local Governments
 Participate in designing monthly and
quarterly work plan
 Mobilize/sensitize communities to actualize
their action plan in about 15 local
Government Areas
 Sensitizes various communities in 15 local
Government to overcome barriers in girls
education

2.  Sensitizes community to identify
community based assets for addressing
barriers in girls education
 Co-ordinate mentors and community
meetings
 Facilitate in mentors training workshop
 Data entry in M & E system
 Work closely with Child Protection Policy
(C.P.P) focal person.
 Mobilizes/sensitizes communities to identity
local partner for possible collaboration
 Mobilizes/sensitizes communities on girls
hawking (hawk selling) and early marriage
as a strategies to mitigate or reduces it
 Mobilizes/sensitizes school and
communities to establish Fitila Girls
Association in about 10 Local Governments
for skills acquisition, career choice, and self-
esteem for the girls.
 Facilitates in the following training and
workshop
1. Intensive Teacher Training (I.T.T)
workshop
2. Gender responsive workshop
3. Leadership and sustainability workshop
4. Team coaching workshop
5. Community workshop
6. Team coaching + workshop
7. Sharing promising practices workshop
8. Sharing best practices workshop
9. Mentoring workshop
 Mobilizes/sensitizes community to engage
in enrollment drive for the girls.
 Mobilizes communities for
school/community ownership campaign
 Mobilizes/sensitizes the communities for
engagement to promote attendance, and
transitions and graduation to the secondary
school especially girls.

3. C.
D.
Date 2012-2014
Location Opposite Owo Polytechnic Owo Ondo State
Organization Borkir International Co. Limited (Dangote
Group)
Position Plant Manager
Description  Oversee all operations of the Plant
 Manages both human and materials
resources oversee all the bank transactions
and document records
 Keep and maintain good cordial relationship
with customers of the company
 Promotes company’s image
 Achieve targets (results)
 Push sales volume
 Maintain existing outlets
 Create new sales outlets
 Ensure continuous supply of product to the
market
 Ensure continuous market
development/expansion of market coverage
and market shares
 Monitor competitor’s activities in the trade.
Date 2008-2010
Location Tarauni Quarters
Organization USAID/Compass
Position Teacher Trainer
Description  Facilitates in teacher training workshop
 Trained teacher on S.C.T (Student’s
Centered Teaching) strategies
 Trained teacher on how radio instruction
(media) is use in the classroom
 Trained teacher on literacy and numeracy
teaching strategies
 Trained teachers on critical thinking
strategies
 Trained teachers on gender related issues

4. E.
F. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Trained teacher on various teaching
methodology
 Trained about 350 teachers in 15 local
Governments in the state
Date 2010-2012
Location Tarauni Quarters
Organization Ammasco Oil and gas international
Position Area sales manager Ibadan Oyo State
Description  Create market for the products
 Help expand area of coverage
 Achieve sales volume
 Managing key distributors of the company
 Counter competitors marketing strategies
 Create suitable niche for products
 Keep banks transaction records
 Serve as interface between the organization
and its numerous customers
 Management of area office staff
 Supervisors sales team
 Position the product in the market place
 Organizes tradeshow (periodically)
 Ensure trade exhibition/trade fair
participation
Date 1989-2008
Location 14 km Zaria Road, Kano
Organization Seven up bottling co. plc, Kano
Position Marketing and merchandising officer
Description  Managed outdoor advertisement
 Organized outdoor campaign
 Carried out market intelligence survey
 Liaising with local authorities on tariff and
payment due to the Government Agencies.
 Promoting organization image
 Serve as interface for the company and partners
seeking sponsorship
 Maintaining cordial relationship with the media

5. G. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Institution Bayero University, Kano
Location B.U.K Gwarzo Road, Kano
Date 2001-2002
Degree or Diploma obtained Masters Degree in Development Studies
Institution Bayero University, Kano
Location B.U.K Gwarzo Road, Kano
Date 1998-1999
Degree or Diploma obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Development
Studies
Institution Kano State Polytechnic
Location B.U.K Road, Kano
Date 2002-2003
Degree or Diploma obtained H.N.D in Public Administration
Institution Bayero University, Kano
Location B.U.K Gwarzo Road, Kano
Date 1995-1996
Degree or Diploma obtained Advanced Diploma in Public Administration
Institution Kano State Polytechnic
Location B.U.K Road, Kano
Date 1986-1989
Degree or Diploma obtained National Diploma in Forestry/Agriculture
 Organizes special events/shows
 Help organizes local sales promotion
 Liaising with government agencies for people
with special need i.e Tory Home, old person
home, and mentally sick person’s rehabilitation
centers.
 Participate in sales promotion planning
campaign
 Prospecting new customers
 Supervise merchandising activities
 Supervise merchandising team

6. Institution Duma Dumin Toka Primary School
Location D/Toka Kafin Hausa Jigawa State
Date 1975-1981
Certificate/Testimonial School Cert.
H. INSTITUTION PROFESSIONAL COURSES YEAR
Alison - Diploma in Sustainable Development (in view)
Alison - Diploma in Operation Management 2015
Alison - Diploma in Project Management 2015
Alison - Certificate in Fundamental Project management 2015
Global health e-learning – Certificate in Gender in Health Strengthen System 2015
Global health e-learning – Certificate in Data use for program manager 2015
Global health e-learning – Certificate in M & E Fundamental 2015
Global health e-learning – Certificate in Population, health, Environment 2015
Global health e-learning – Certificate in key issues good governance 2015
National Institute for Marketing of Nigeria (Chartered Marketer) 2001
National Institute of Tourism and hospitality studies Bagauda Kano (Professional Cert.) 2000
I. SEMINARS, TRAINING/WORKSHOP ATTENDED ORGANISATION YEAR
 Human resource management Osido, Lagos 1993
 Work Attitude / Team Performance SBC Lagos 2001
 Work habit / performance improvement SBC Kano 2001
 Performance improvement / Teamwork Consult vent Lagos 1999
 Supervisory management Umms consults Lagos 2001
 Health and Safety Fed. Min. of Health
Lagos 1996
 Leadership roles NUBTE Lagos 1996
 Effective supervisory Jay Consult Kano 1999
 Team building Malbas Lagos 1998
J. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
1. Member National Institute of Marketing of Nigerian (NMIN) (Lagos)
2. MEMBER National Institute of Tourism & Hospitality Studies (HCIMAN) (Kano)
K. OTHER SKILLS
 Excellent oral and written communication skills

7.  Ability to work under pressure
 Ability to work with minimal supervision
 Computer skills
 Good knowledge of USAID procedures (United State Agency for International
Development USA)
 Good knowledge of DFID procedures (Department for International Development, Britain)
 Ability to accommodate changes
 Ability to work independently
 Ability to work in a team
 Ability to manage team
 Excellent managerial skills
L. LANGUAGE SKILLS
LANGUAGE SCALE OF 1 – 5
READING SPEAKING WRITING
English 4 4 4
Hausa 5 5 4
M. HOBBIES
Reading
Travelling
Basketball
Scrabble
Browsing
REFEREES
1. Haladu Mohammed
Director Fitilla Northern Nigeria - DLA/DFID
08088411919, 08188332121.
Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies.
2. Hajiya Halima Ahmad
Director Consultancy
College of Art and Science Kano
08035866983.
3. Dr. Idris Ibrahim
Ministry of Agriculture,
Kano State.
08099668227, 08037875684.