Jones A. Frimpong

Experience & Activities

Jones is a multi-functional social and development researcher, a monitoring, evaluation and learning expert, an analyst and a social demographer with over 12 years of multi-sectoral experience in the social development space. Areas of expertise comprise project/programme management, evaluation and assessment, social development research – planning and implementation in development, education, gender and development, social protection, poverty and economic analysis. Jones has worked as the Senior Research Manager for Associates for Change (a social research brand) and Kantar Public Global brand and has also had seven years of experience in public service as a Senior Officer giving me a public/private sector blend of experience. Jones has much experience in qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches to programme/project and skills assessment/evaluation, research and analysis in social and economic development. Jones has led teams in carrying out complex donor-funded, national and international assessments, research projects and evaluations across Ghana and in West Africa. He is an expert in the formulation of programmes and strategic frameworks, project design, policy development, review and dialogue, programme management and advocacy and has extensive knowledge of the socio-development environment in Ghana. Some of his works include serving as a technical expert UNICEF funded project on Mapping of skills development programmes for children and adolescent girls and boys in Ghana, research, monitoring and evaluation expert/manager in conducting an evaluation of the Social Management Plan (20018-2021) and the development of a 10-year socio-economic development plan for AngloGold Ashanti; Management and Leadership Expert in conducting the pre and post reopening assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on low cost private schools; research and evaluation expert for the MiDA Energy Efficiency and Conservation Curriculum Project, serving as the Data Collection and Analysis Expert for USAID’s Assessment of Low-Cost Private Schools in Feed the Future and RING II Districts in Northern Ghana, an analyst on the World Bank’s ‘Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project’ (GALOP – Social Assessment Component); Research Manager for the World Bank’s Impact Evaluation of Untrained Teachers Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Midterm and Endline Lesson Observation Surveys; the coordination and management of the UNICEF operational assessment of the Ghana School Feeding Programme; the coordination and implementation of GoG/UNFPA 5th Country Programme and the review of the 1994 (revised) Population Policy. Jones is also currently a part-time lecturer at the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Accra Campus. He also has excellent and practical knowledge of Statistical Packages including SPSS. Jones holds a Master’s Degree in Population Studies, Degree in Population Studies and a Diploma in Human Resource Management and Project Management and is currently a final year PhD candidate at the Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.