[5] Odamtten is a teacher by profession and started his career as a tutor for the Ghana Education Service before rising to become a Finance officer and Bursar under the same institution.

[14][15] He served as one of the two board members representing West Africa on the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF).

[16][17][18] On World Cities Day 2016, and following Habitat III, he was one of the speakers brought in from cities around the world as a result of Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Global Challenges event to explore how urban areas can deliver their global SDG goals.

[20][21] The visit was part of a twinning link partnership between the city of Tema and the Royal Borough of Greenwich involving co-operation between the two communities in areas of Education, Sports and Governance.

[21] Odamtten won the parliamentary bid to represent the National Democratic Congress for the Tema East Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections.