Experience

Unison Health & Community Services

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Health Worker

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Plan, support, develop, implement and evaluate health promotion programs, policies and strategies surrounding active living, chronic disease and injury prevention, healthy eating and healthy parenting; • Ensure that issues of diversity, ethnicity, language and culture are reflected in program planning and delivery; • Mobilize and strengthen community capacity to take action on food insecurity issue within the Bathurst-Finch area; built a community garden while partnering with local organizations and community members in North York; • Collect, interpret and analyze information to provide program related recommendations; maintain evidence informed practice for all programs; • Develop written and visual communication products such as social media posts to recruit participants and volunteers; • Establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative relationships with internal and external partners like Public Health Units, Food Banks, Child Care Centers, Schools, etc; • Prepare detailed documentation, reports and briefing notes for effective monitoring and evaluation Show less



Public Health Sudbury & Districts

• Canada
• Public Health
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Health Promoter

  • Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Update and monitor COVID-19 cases on Salesforce for CCM (Case and Contact Management); • Conduct monitoring and surveillance of High Priority Settings (HPS) like retirements homes, LTCH, hospitals and group homes by analyzing cases and recommending outbreaks, whenever necessary; • Provide training and assistance to staff not familiar with CCM for creating and linking COVID cases; • Improvise current processes for smooth workflow and suggest new processes for optimization of resources; • Develop written and visual communication products such as for social media, websites and presentations on COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy Show less



South Riverdale Community Health Centre

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Health Worker

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021

  • Act as point of contact for program information for internal and external stakeholders, including partners and clients; • Liaise between stakeholders and partners like healthcare institutions, NGOs, etc. and SRCHC, for planning and implementing 13 evidence-based Self-Management Programs for Chronic Disease / Chronic Pain; • Lead programmatic activities of these programs at Choose Health for Toronto Central LHIN funded by Ontario Health, including review of progress against programmatic milestones; • Initiate creative ways of delivering the programs during pandemic; led the transition of programs to virtual delivery and increase the number of workshops delivered in each quarter by >50% of previous quarter; • Recruit, train and help >50 facilitators for delivering the programs virtually; track contracts and maintain licenses; • Develop and distribute targeted communication materials that increased participation by >80%; • Actively engage with vulnerable populations facing multiple chronic conditions and barriers to access resources; initiate connections to meet their needs using various mediums; • Coordinate data entry, manage and analyze data to evaluate the 13 programs and prepare reports; • Conduct COVID-19 testing camps as a part of OHT and screen staff and clients coming to the center for COVID-19; Show less



Ontario Public Health Association

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Policy Analyst

  • Dec 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Assess the changing political environment and policies to advocate for healthy public policies• Updating the health equity action plan of OPHA• Research, develop and finalize evidence-based OPHA’s submissions for government consultations on key policy changes to chronic diseases, substance misuse including alcohol, vaping and cannabis, while coordinating with different OPHA Work Groups and key stakeholders• Write public-facing materials, briefing notes, letters to Ministers, and OPHA members on issues surrounding social determinants of health, while assisting the Executive Director Show less

• Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Coordinate and assist in conducting events, seminars for government and public health professionals• Prepare creative training materials for training sessions on Canadian Health System and practices for more than 100 internationally-trained health professionals, to enhance their integration• Revise and refine a report on the “Effect of longer screen times on children” to be published by OPHA



Action Against Hunger / Action contre la Faim Canada

• Canada
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Programs Facilitator

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  • Facilitate programs with youth, to combat hunger and food insecurity issues in Canada • Monitor and Evaluate of National Programs for donors like TD Bank and schools • Initiating a gender-analysis report to promote gender-safe standards within workplaces and projects of AAH Canada and Uganda • Communication and outreach to increase the social media presence of the NGO • Prospect research: Making a portfolio of donors, that align with AAH’s objectives • Provide Manager with technical and project management support related to policy initiatives and incorporating project documents on Share Point Show less



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Supervised weekly group tutorials for “Global Health” course using creative teaching-learning material to help the students understand the complexities of Global Health issues • Graded their assignments and provided detailed feedback • Integrated “Peer scholar” software for efficient grading of assignments • Supervised weekly group tutorials for “Global Health” course using creative teaching-learning material to help the students understand the complexities of Global Health issues • Graded their assignments and provided detailed feedback • Integrated “Peer scholar” software for efficient grading of assignments



The Hospital for Sick Children

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Associate

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Part of MERL team at "Global Child Health" Unit, under Dr. Diego Bassani • Researched on the neonatal, maternal and child health practices in rural African and Asian countries, in coordination with AMREF and Aga Khan Foundation, funded by Global Affairs Canada • Reviewed and refined country-specific protocols, budgets • Articulated qualitative research training material for governments • Formulated the timeline and coordinated with the local team in Mali for data collection • Coded and analyzed large datasets of KIIs, FGDs and IDIs using NVivo • Drafted summary analysis of the research for knowledge translation Show less



Vidi Kamgar Kalyan Pratisthan

• Nasik Area, India

• Assistant Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Led the CSR department formed as an NGO, with a team of 40 community health workers o Managed day-to-day activities of CSR department including monitoring of projects and team performance based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) o Assigned and monitored tasks, through management software like Basecamp and Workflow o Conduct capacity-building workshops for team and beneficiaries to improve their efficacy o Identified, liaised and built strategic relationships with external stakeholders like NGOs and Govt. to promote firm's brand and NGO's leadership in ongoing and future areas of work • Designed and implemented 4 innovative, community-based projects on health and development of rural women and children, while aligning with the firm’s interest o Developed theory of change, program policies, guidelines and KPIs for monitoring o Build rapport with community members to implement these projects o Conducted qualitative and quantitative research for needs-based assessment and continuous Monitoring and Evaluation o Identify and liaise with key stakeholders for smooth functioning of the projects o Hired efficient staff from local areas to maximize the efficiency of the projects at 30% lower cost o Designed and conducted sessions on “Adolescent Health Education” for rural youth o Linked the youth with vocational training courses and help them achieve employment o Formed “Self Help Group” of rural women and give them training to make alternate income o Formed “Student Development Centers” for the rural children to engage in productive curricular and co-curricular activities • Managed 75% of the total CSR budget for the projects and donations o Reviewed funding requests and recommended the finest, using critical analysis o Identified further scope of donations for the CSR to improve their community outreach o Prepared and submitted budgets to the Director for the 4 pilot projects Show less



Tata Institute of Social Sciences

• India
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community work and Research Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Mar 2016

  • Facilitated community-based programs with 2 NGOs : "Child In Need Institute" and "Institute for Global Development" to prevent communicable and chronic diseases in rural Bengal and urban slums of Delhi • Assessed the rural communities for malnutrition using the MUAC tool by WHO • Delivered medical services to Delhi slums using mobile medical vans to improve the accessibility to health services. • Led a “Participatory Rural Appraisal” research for assessing the needs of a semi-rural community • Wrote evaluation reports and organizational summary reports for the NGO • Steered qualitative research on “Health seeking behavior of pregnant women in rural West Bengal” to help the NGO cater their interventions to the community-practices and problems Show less



ADAPT Able Disabled All People Together

• Mumbai Area, India

• Community Work and Evaluation Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Facilitated "Able Disabled All People Together (ADAPT)" NGO activities • Mediated between key stakeholders for provisioning of resources for people with disability • Advocated for accessible Mumbai • Delivered school-based interventions for strengthening the mainstreaming of children with mental and physical disabilities into the society • Evaluated the donor-funded programs quarterly using set KPIs and wrote progress reports • Facilitated "Able Disabled All People Together (ADAPT)" NGO activities • Mediated between key stakeholders for provisioning of resources for people with disability • Advocated for accessible Mumbai • Delivered school-based interventions for strengthening the mainstreaming of children with mental and physical disabilities into the society • Evaluated the donor-funded programs quarterly using set KPIs and wrote progress reports



Nirmala Niketan

• Mumbai Area, India

• Social Work and Fundraising Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Apr 2013

  Worked with 3 NGOs: "Mumbai Mobile Creches", "Pratham", "Garbage Concerns Welfare Society" for: Fundraising: • Organized and hosted a fundraiser for GCWS NGO by leading a group of 50 volunteers • Achieved 80% of the set target • Organized a large-scale “Talent show” for Pratham to demonstrate the impact/benefits of the donations to the organization Community-based interventions: • Facilitated community-based interventions to sensitize the population on waste management • Drafted a town-level pilot project on “Zero-Waste” (GCWS) • Facilitated activities for the protection and promotion of Child Rights (Pratham) • Conducted sessions on child sexual abuse with at risk youth (Pratham) • Provided shelter services to at-risk children and youth (Pratham) • Provide curricular and co-curricular support to students at shelter services to promote healthy development, and prevent them from entering hazardous environments (Pratham) • Provide supplementary nutrition and activities for physical and mental growth of children of mobile populations. (MMC) • Assess children in creches on developmental milestones, and report any concerns (MMC) Research and Reports: • Drafted evaluation reports and annual report for the organization (all three NGOs) • Assisted in reviewing the policy “Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2010” by conducting surveys for collecting primary data and analyzing them (Pratham) • Conducted an Impact Analysis for a TB-HIV program of the NGO in a local community Show less