Pallabi Seth

Experience

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  Bhoomika Vihar

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Advocacy in Charge

  • Worked on Anti-trafficking projects – Social Safety Nets, Udaan, Bhor etc.• Reporting and Documentation of Case Studies, Preparation of Progress Report using Statistical tools• Organise meetings with District Administration • Organise meetings of different stakeholders (Govt, Civil Society Organisations, Different networks worked on the same issues, INGOs) for leveraging additional Support for implementation of project

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  Nav Bihar Samaj Kalyan Pratisthan Kendra

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

  Programme Manager in Oxfam India Project

  • Formation of women farmers groups and promote farm based livelihood • Organise women farmers groups( sharecroppers) for availing their entitlements • Survey of landless families in Nalanda and filing of applications . • Skill development of women farmers on farming (agriculture and Animal husbandry) • Organise capacity building of women farmers on collective farming and marketing of vegetables, poultry and goatry products • Establish forward and backward linkages of the farm produce • Advocacy with the district officials for expanding agro based livelihood promotion in the district • Facilitate documentation of the success stories and presentation before the donor as well as the district level officials • Resource mobilization at the district level from Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna, National Food Security Mission, National Horticulture Mission and other programmes• Training of women Groups on land right.• Organise meetings with district officials .• Advocacy with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ATMA, Horticulture colleges and Agriculture Universities for mobilizing technical inputs for the farmers • Liaisoning with state level forums on women’s land rights issues• Preparation of Progress Report, Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Show less

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  Azim Premji Foundation

  Dec 2014 - May 2016

  Fellow

  • Perspective building through relevant reading and documentation of reflections,• Participation in Barmer District Institute’s interventions, Understanding children, teacher, Education functionaries, community, teaching learning process, curriculum and syllabus through continuously observing the functioning of a school and doing classroom teaching• Engaged with Teachers’ Capacity Building

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  CorStone

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Program Officer – Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Ensuring all research activities are carried out in strict accordance with CorStone protocols,• Research Related documentation• Conduct assessment in Schools (KGBV)

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  Going to School

  Nov 2016 - May 2017

  Associate Program Manager

  Team Management: Responsible for leading a team of 16 people on a day-to-day basis and provide direct support, Performance Review, Capacity BuildingMonitoring and Evaluation: Responsible to coordinate program team members during different assignments of M&E – includes surveys, case studies, research work. Liaising: Maintaining relationships with all government district officials, wardens, teachers, principals, students and parents Report Writing and Documentation: Watch progress through the internal monitoring system and create insight reportsSchool coordination: Responsible for overseeing & monitoring the implementation in KGBV schools across districts BiharGovernment Teachers’ training: Responsible for leading the teachers’ training, master curriculum, ensure teachers understand the skills activities and evaluate teachers pre/post the teacher training Show less

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  Caritas Schweiz

  Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  Programme Officer

  • Support planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects and programmes in Bihar, Delhi and Jharkhand• Part of Humanitarian Action team, Involved in Rapid Assessment of disaster, flood response activities in Bihar • Capacity building of Partners on Sphere, HAP • Represented Caritas Switzerland in Bihar Inter Agency Group – a regional coalition of International Humanitarian Agencies for Unified Response during Emergencies. • Participated in Joint Rapid Need Assessment of Flood in different districts of Bihar• Facilitate periodic project reviews, consultations, and external interface• Provide thematic technical knowledge and support to partners, particularly in the design of activities, capacity development programmes and advocacy• Prepare case studies, updates, periodic reports, and highlights of the projects• Support development of project proposals of international donors, EU, AusAid, US-TIP etc.• Support donor compliances and statutory compliances • Liaise with appropriate government officials, state level organizations and other bodies as necessary and lead advocacy at district and state levels Show less

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  Fondazione L'Albero della Vita onlus

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2020

  Monitoring & Evaluation and Cash Transfer Manager, South Asia Office

  • Capacity building and monitoring of Humanitarian Partners in Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Nepal• Responsible for coordination with the partners for effective implementation of education and child Sponsorship program.• Manage the sponsorship projects with multiple partners and monitor activities to ensure its implementation as per the operational plan.• Assist FADV South Asia Regional office in liaison with appropriate government and non-government agencies for leveraging additional support for implementation of projects.• Support the program team in any advocacy and campaign program• Assist the FADV South Asia Regional office in project monitoring and report writing as and when required • Supporting of Climate Change activities and Capacity Building of Partners• Involved in preparation of DRR and Climate Change Adaption proposal and different Emergency Response Proposals Show less

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  Seefar Enterprise

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

  Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer

  The primary responsibility is to deliver MEL services for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and GFEMS supported LIFT project in India Deliver: Project and Mission Implementation- Developing MEL system including MEL tools and templates- Setting up and Managing Community Feedback Mechanism- Data Management by ensuring Data quality and Data security- Identifying project implementation issues to help project teams improve delivery- Analysing project monitoring data and producing regular monitoring and status reports- Training and guiding other Project Staff in MEL activitiesDirect: Global Management- Supporting Project Manager in preparing high quality Donor Reports- Contribute to MEL planning and executive activities across Seefar projects as and when required- Represent and demonstrate Seefar’s principles and values Show less

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  Deaf Child Worldwide

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2021

  Research Consultant

  - Develop Research Concept and Methodology- Prepare deaf friendly data collection tool- Training of the local NGO partners on data collection- Field Testing of the data collection tool- Planning the logistics for data collection- Data cleaning, collation and analysis- Data Dash-boarding and Documentation of Report

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  Nutrition International

  Dec 2021 - now

  State Monitoring and Reporting Officer, Chhattisgarh

  Development and Modification of MIS systems- Support in incorporating appropriate indicators into government’s MIS like HMIS and reporting systems of education and ICDS, Health and Food and civil supplies departments and developing/streamlining the reporting system from block, district, state levels for NI focused interventions.Data Management and Analysis- Support state government in the compilation of data/ reports received from all projects supported by NI- Support state in visual representation of data for easy understanding of performance of districts- Planning and guiding data validation in the field- Follow up with relevant government departments (Education, WCD, Tribal Welfare, Food and Civil supplies and Health) for collection of reports, information, data etc.Capacity Building of Government staff, NGO counterparts and NI staff- Build capacity of partner NGOs and government staff in monitoring, analysing and reporting on the coverage data and other process indicators.Reporting- Prepare progress report including HMIS and program monitoring data on key indicators.- Prepare presentations for state, division, district level meetings Show less