Dhruv Goenka
Mumbai
Summary
Social Work graduate with eight years of experience in wildlife conservation, children's welfare and education, and human rights. Currently an Advocacy Officer at The Humsafar Trust, implementing CSR projects and driving DEI initiatives nationwide.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Advocacy Officer
The Humsafar Trust
09.2022 - Current
- Organize advocacy and capacity-building activities across 27 states of India, focusing on diversity and inclusion
- Coordinate CSR projects, ensuring efficient project execution and alignment with organizational goals
- Plan and organize various capacity-building workshops to empower communities and foster inclusivity
- Core Member of the organization's youth support group, providing guidance and support to young advocates
- Maintain the organization's website to ensure up-to-date information and user engagement
- Manage social media activities to enhance communication and outreach efforts
- Cultivate external relationships with corporate partners and other stakeholders to foster collaboration and support for advocacy initiatives
- Draft proposals to secure funding and support for key projects
- Develop annual budgets to guide resource allocation and financial planning
Workshop Facilitator
A. H. Wadia School
01.2017 - 03.2024
- Designing workshop curriculum
- Conduct life skills and soft skills workshop with school students across all grades
- Organize in-house and offsite activities, like presentations and role-playing exercises
- Order instructional material(e.g
- Ebooks and manuals)
- Discuss career-pathing opportunities with students
- Enrich courses with visual aids to engage students
- Measure outcomes from the workshop
- Research and recommend learning equipment (e.g
- Videos and projectors)
- Calculate and report on workshop costs
Operations Executive
Muskurahat Foundation
07.2018 - 06.2022
- Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices
- Ensure all operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way
- Purchase materials, plan inventory, and oversee warehouse efficiency
- Develop, implement, and monitor day-to-day operational systems and processes that provide visibility into goals, progress, and obstacles for our key initiatives
- Plan, monitor, and analyze the Monitoring and Evaluation
- Plan for the organization to ensure and measure the impact being created
- Devise strategies to ensure the growth of programs nationwide, identifying and implementing process improvements that will maximize the outcomes and impact
Student Social Worker
Anubhav Youth Development Centre
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Provides administrative support to ensure efficient operation of the office
- Answers phone calls, schedules meetings and supports visitors
- Carries out administrative duties such as filing, typing, copying, binding, scanning, etc
- Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning administrative projects and expediting work results
- Exhibits polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail, and mail
- Supports team by performing tasks related to organization and strong communication
- Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques
- Provides information by answering questions and requests
- Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, and placing and expediting orders for supplies
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Student Social Worker
Amcha Ghar (Our Home)
11.2020 - 04.2021
- Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices
- Ensure all operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way
- Purchase materials, plan inventory, and oversee warehouse efficiency
- Develop, implement, and monitor day-to-day operational systems and processes that provide visibility into goals, progress, and obstacles for our key initiatives
- Plan, monitor, and analyze the Monitoring and Evaluation
- Plan for the organization to ensure and measure the impact being created
- Devise strategies to ensure the growth of programs nationwide, identifying and implementing process improvements that will maximize the outcomes and impact
- Working closely with the Knowledge Center team, to develop content that is apt for the beneficiaries
Student Social Worker
Rangoonwala Foundation (India) Trust
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Contribute to the design and implementation of outreach activities to provide inputs to keep the community updated about the project
- Connect with and engage individuals and families who approach societal problems in less conventional ways, in complement to or outside traditional civil society activities
- Connect the mapped initiatives and people with each other and coordinate for their mutual benefit e.g., when more than one group offer the same or complementary services
- Organize and participate in all project events (practical pieces of training on collaboration between the local government and communities, consultations with communities, mobilization of youth, community design workshops, idea generator camp, etc)
- Respond and adjust to a flexible activity scheduling, logistical constraints related to public space management, or social dynamics involving the community and its expectations
Administrative Assistant
Bhavans Nature and Adventure Centre
10.2016 - 07.2018
- To promote the organization on Social Media
- To help the beneficiaries of the organization in terms of their personality development
- To conduct various workshops and training with the students and staff
- To help the organization run successful fundraising campaigns
- To help the organization sustain its children's parliament
Education
Bachelors - Social Work
College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan
Mumbai01.2022
High School Diploma - Arts
Bhavans College
Andheri01.2018
Skills
CSR and DEI
CSR Strategy and Implementation
CSR Impact Assessment
Program Evaluation
DEI Training and Facilitation
Inclusive Leadership
Brand Messaging
Project Management and Operations
Operations Management
Strategic Planning
System Monitoring
Cost Effectiveness
Inventory Management
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Data
Monitoring & Evaluation
Data Management
Data Analysis
Content and Media Management
Social Media
Basic Graphic Designing
Content Development
Communication
Technical Skills
Microsoft Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Interpersonal and Personal Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Patience & Resilience
Communication
Volunteering
Activism
Human Development
Timeline
Advocacy Officer
The Humsafar Trust
09.2022 - Current
Student Social Worker
Anubhav Youth Development Centre
08.2021 - 02.2022
Student Social Worker
Amcha Ghar (Our Home)
11.2020 - 04.2021
Student Social Worker
Rangoonwala Foundation (India) Trust
08.2019 - 03.2020
Operations Executive
Muskurahat Foundation
07.2018 - 06.2022
Workshop Facilitator
A. H. Wadia School
01.2017 - 03.2024
Administrative Assistant
Bhavans Nature and Adventure Centre
10.2016 - 07.2018
Bachelors - Social Work
College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan
High School Diploma - Arts
Bhavans College
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