The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service has appointed Mrs. Lilian Baeka as the new Director of Management and Technical Services Directorate (MTSD). She takes over from Mrs. Mabel Amoako-Atta.
Mrs. Lilian Baeka was the immediate past Municipal Development Planning officer for the Adentan Municipal Assembly, a position she held for 10 years. She has worked as a Municipal Development Planning Officer in the New Juaben and Tema Municipal Assemblies.
She holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the Donetsk State University, Ukraine. She also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Urban Management from the Institute of Housing and Development Studies (IHS) under the Erasmus University, Rotterdam in The Netherlands. She pursued a Bachelor of Law Degree (LL.B) at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) before going to the Ghana School of Law for her Barrister at Law (BL) certificate which qualified her as a Lawyer and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She also has a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) from the Institute of Paralegal Training and Leadership Studies (IPLS).
She is a member of the Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP), a member of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and also a member of ADR Practioners of Ghana.
She has worked on a number of Donor Projects under the World Bank, EU among others and has attended various courses both locally and internationally in Project Management and Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation.
She therefore comes with a lot of experience and knowledge in diverse disciplines to the Job.