Phyllis Julie Amartey is currently employed as Director of Finance and Administration at Communication Initiatives for Change (CIC), a Ghanaian non-profit and non-governmental organisation and a sister organisation to The Johns Hopkins University - Centre for Communications Programs, Baltimore, USA (JHU.CCP). 

 She holds a Master’s degree in International Business Administration and Finance (MIBA) from United States International University – Africa (USIU-Africa), Nairobi, Kenya, in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Education (Business Administration, Management & Accounting) from Messiah College, Pennsylvania, USA in 1993. 

 Phyllis Julie Amartey is a highly knowledgeable and skilled finance and administration professional with more than 30 years of continuous work experience in increasingly senior management positions in large international NGOs delivering short-term humanitarian assistance and long-term development programs in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Rwanda) and West Africa (Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone). 

The major focus areas of operations for the international NGOs she has ever worked for include: 

Strengthening behavior change communications in relation to improving health outcomes through community mobilization and participation in interventions for (a) Malaria Control and Prevention including continuous distribution of LLINs; (b) Enhancing the acquisition and use of community Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and services; (c) Strengthening Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition, and Family Planning services; (d) Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and (e) Strengthening internal and public communication systems in addressing uncertainty, perceptions, misinformation on COVID-19 pandemic; (f) Improving access to and quality of services for children and orphans made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS and other causes; (g) Support for the welfare of and community integration or reintegration for refugees and internally displaced persons; and (h) Launching a rabies prevention education campaign in Basic Schools across some regions of Ghana. 

She is currently implementing a global movement of the Meatless Monday project that enables people to make positive changes in their diet and lives simply by choosing not to eat meat one day a week. It is a public health initiative that seeks to reduce the incidence of some preventable diseases, e.g., Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), by dedicating every Monday to healthy eating. She is also engaged in launching a “STOP Rabies Campaign” in Basic Schools across the Volta Region, partnering with the Ghana Education Service (GES) School Health Education Program, the Veterinary Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and the Ghana Health Service. 

She has in-depth skills and expertise in financial management, including financial policy development and analysis, grants and contract awards, budgeting, financial controls, accounting, and audit, as well as reporting on accruals, pipeline, and expense validation and reimbursement to service providers and program implementing partners. Additionally, she has significant experience in program administration and human resource management, including staff recruitment and development, as well as close-outs of major donor-funded development projects. 

 Phyllis Julie Amartey is a results-driven, people-centered professional, easy-going, honest, and passionate about her job; a great team player with good communication skills that enable her to build consensus and mentor colleagues. However, she can also work independently to achieve results in challenging environments and against tight deadlines whenever and wherever this is required. 

 She believes in constantly analysing results to allow room for adjustments to meet or exceed objectives. She has a deep sense of commitment towards staff development, which creates a learning environment with all standards and holds staff accountable for continuous personal and organisational growth.