Rucha Thakkar

Background

About Rucha Thakkar

HONOURS- Honorary Member: Regional Complaints Committee at NABARD, Gujarat regional Office (2006 -07)(Constituted to deal with complaints relating to Sexual Harassment of Women at work place)- Won Best Employee award at Save the Children (Bal Rakhsa Bharat),(September 2015) EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW- April 2019 to Dec 2020 - State Program Manager, Gujarat with Child Rights and You - June 2014 - Dec 2018 - District Project Coordinator – Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction with Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)- Oct 2009 to June 2014 as Development Consultant with various organizations - Apr 2006 to Sep 2009 as Linkage Officer Catholic Relief Services (CRS)- Jan 2004 to Mar 2006 as Partner Support Officer Catholic Relief Services (CRS)- Aug 2002 to Jan 2004 as Management Trainee Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India - Apr 2002 – Aug 2002 as Program Coordinator Ahmedabad Slum Dwellers Federation r - Apr 2001 – Mar 2002as Monitoring Officer - Livelihood Oxfam GB Filed - Mar 2001 as Food & Aid Monitoring Officer World Food Program (WFP)- Sep – Feb 2001 as Project Coordinator Center for Development, Ahmedabad, India Attributes: • Experience of developing relations, relationship management, liaisoning with government, non government and international/ bilateral organizations • Demonstrated experience of Team Management and Team Leading • Experience of working in multinational organisations with multi cultural team • Extensive experience in proposal development with detail budget, implementation, monitoring & evaluation, financial monitoring • Extensive experience in Disaster Response • Well developed written and oral communication and interpersonal skills • Comfortable with multiple tasks and timely coordination