Gauri Vaze

Experience

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  Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  Project Officer

  • Strategic support for program implementation, capacity building, monitoring, and evaluation • Master trainer for capacity building workshops for the health workers on various aspects of Health and Nutrition especially focusing on ‘Tribal health and Nutrition’. • Conducted awareness building training sessions at the community level with help of local Mitanin workers in interior villages of Dantewada• Field surveys and supervision of the field functionaries and fellow supervisors. • Reporting and M&E of the project • Grant management • Lead a team of 60 health workers from 3 mandals, 4 field level monitoring staff over a period of 14 months for successful implementation and completion of the project Show less

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  Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

  Apr 2016 - May 2017

  Research Assistant

  • Proposal development and writing, Research for INSPIRE project - Determining predictors of undernutrition among children aged 6-24 months in Gujarat: a case-control study • Development of Information Management System for the qualitative and quantitative data collection, management, and analysis• Stakeholder relationship management • Project execution at field level Contributed to Systematic review (meta-review) project funded by South Asia Research Hub (SARH) and DFID, titled ‘Effectiveness of Nutrition Interventions in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICS): An Evidence Summary’ Participated and presented a paper in “South Asian Evidence Summary Summit- SES 2017, Public Health and Development in South Asia conference, Organized by Public Health Evidence South Asia (PHESA) Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka during January 5-7, 2017 Show less

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  SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

  Program Coordinator

  • Program implementation oversight of Maternal and newborn health program in two of the municipal corporation areas i.e. Mira Bhayender and Vasai Virar• Liasioning and partnership with Government officials, stakeholders, government hospitals for implementation of Maternal and new-born health project • Strategic support on optimization of ANC services provided at Primary, tertiary health care level through community-based interventions of community awareness programs, capacity building of frontline health workers as well as health care providers, gap analysis of the available ANC service • Documentation of monthly and quarterly reports for the stakeholders • Lead a team of 4 program officers and 8 field workers for implementation of the program in two municipal corporation areas i.e. Mira Bhayender and Vasai Virar• Conducting training and capacity building of field staff, Program officers, and community organizers • Budget and grant management Show less

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  United Way of Hyderabad

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

  Project Executive

  • In the Financial year, 2019-20 and 2020-21 managed CSR portfolios of 3 Corporate Clients worth 30 Cr and 38 Cr, including grant management and monitoring, Compliance checks, fund utilization transparency checks, and programmatic integrity checks NGO partner relationship management. • Donor relation management – Reporting and updates • Addition and management of New partnerships with NGOs to United way Hyderabad • Providing strategic support to NGOs in project implementation, proposal, and budget developments • Successfully lead the COVID 19 relief events involving need identification, government, and stakeholder coordination, vendor management and distribution of more than 30 thousand dry ration and hygiene kits supply to migrant labor in and around Hyderabad, donation of 149 ICU beds to state hospitals in Telangana. • Leading the care and protection segment at UWH, with specific inputs for grantmaking, proposal development • Strategic support and involvement in health-related interventions at UWH Show less

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  ROSHNI - Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action

  Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  State Nutrition Consultant - Tele swabhimaan

  •Review, document and monitor capacity building processes under the program;•Support state department in integration and implementation of program interventions•Support capacity building activities for departments and other stakeholders involved in program implementation•Monitor status of milestones and deliverable and ensure activities are occurring as planned

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  UNICEF India

  Jul 2023 - now

  Consultant- Adolescent and Maternal Nutrition ( Urban Nutrition)