Senior Research Officer

Andrew Decker

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Based

Accra, Ghana

Designs and leads BPDL's primary research and the analysis behind its market, demand and evaluation studies.

Andrew Decker is a research and management-consulting professional with multidisciplinary training in clinical psychology, neuroscience and behavioural science. He applies evidence-based insight on human behaviour, organisational performance and decision-making to project development, feasibility assessment, programme design and institutional advisory assignments.

At BPDL he contributes to project concept notes, proposals, pre-feasibility studies and feasibility reports; supports research design, needs assessments, condition surveys and stakeholder consultations; and develops reports, executive summaries and presentations for senior management and government stakeholders.

His consulting experience includes organisational development and institutional mental-health programme design, including a counselling unit designed for the Ghana Prisons Service at James Camp, and corporate wellness interventions for HTG Limited and GO Energy Ghana. He is proficient in Excel, SPSS and AMOS.

Areas of focus

  • Research design & evidence synthesis
  • Needs assessment & stakeholder consultation
  • Feasibility analysis & programme design
  • Behavioural & organisational analysis
  • Data collection & statistical analysis
  • M&E indicators, baselines & reporting

Education & credentials

  • MPhil, Clinical Psychology
  • BSc, Neuroscience and Psychology