Sneha Fathima S
Thiruvananthapuram
Summary
Passionate about driving positive change in the areas of Community Engagement, Sustainable Livelihoods and Education. Equipped with skills in research, documentation, training delivery, and knowledge management, with experience in leading research efforts, collaborating with cross-country teams, documenting and disseminating knowledge.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Coordinator
SELCO Foundation
Bangalore
08.2022 - 12.2024
- Part of the Global SDG7 Hubs team and leading the India R&D Hub
- Led research and landscaping of various country-specific needs and gaps in energy, livelihood and health
- Coordinated and worked closely with in-country (India) and cross-country teams based in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania on the livelihood and health innovation programs and captured learnings from the mirroring aspects of typologies identified and documented from the global south
- Led the capturing of learnings from various livelihood projects via different types of documentation -videos and research, knowledge and technical documents etc.
- Supported the team on training material and content development along with delivering and coordinating training programs and cross-learning programs.
- Developed standardized survey tools, monitoring and evaluation templates, market research templates and other data collection forms for evaluation studies.
- Supported in organizing outreach events such as round table discussions, partnership meetings, podcasts and coordinated for cross-learning programs, South South Summit, and other learning dissemination events.
- Coordinated the development and outreach of a podcast series on the energy nexus and its relationship with poverty alleviation and climate change.
Arts Programme Lead
Sumunum Arts & Wellbeing
Chennai
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Coordinated and managed arts programs, trainings, performances and public engagements
- Worked with the founders and program teams to establish goals and workflows
- Monitored progress and recommended strategies to meet set timelines
- Liaised and networked directly with internal and external stakeholders- artists, trainees, partners, funders, government, clients, and the community.
Fellow
Teach for India
Chennai
07.2020 - 05.2022
- Taught Social Science and English to five classes of grade 8 students through blended learning.
- Analyzed and identified gaps in the learning levels of the students and worked towards eliminating the same.
- Created student-friendly classroom content and provided audio-visual learning tools.
- Partnered with Wonder Girls, a programme which provides students a space to interact with female role models and trained students to host these sessions.
- Facilitated a team of volunteers to provide access to activity-based learning and training them to help rectify the learning gap in reading comprehension.
- Project holder of Pulianthope Talkies, a platform to expose students to child-friendly cinema and to help them connect to the world around them.
- Initiated programmes such as Around the World in 90 Minutes (virtual tours to various famous locations) and Story Time (A student led space to learn English through sharing stories).
- Managed a team of volunteers to conduct various English literary competitions during Chennai Students Kondattam 2020-21, an event conducted annually by Teach For India Chennai.
Copy Editor
SELCO Foundation
Bangalore
11.2021 - 12.2021
- Worked as a Freelance Copy Editor
- Helped to set up the company's website.
Intern
Kanavu
Chennai
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Created student-friendly Social Science content for grades 6,7 and 8
- Prepared objective-based asynchronous learning packets to assist self-learning.
Executive Volunteer
Kanal Innovations and Charitable Trust
Thiruvananthapuram
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Operated as head of the Documentation wing
- Conducted workshops on various social awareness programs
- Conceived and organized a platform Yaajnaseni, an empowerment program for the students of Government Women's College, Vazhuthacaud
- Conducted Ezhuthaani, one of the biggest book-hunt campaign in Kerala, to set up libraries for children from marginalised communities
- Recipient of Volunteer of the Year 2017-18.
Education
Master of Arts, History -
University of Kerala
03-2020
Bachelor of Arts, History -
University of Kerala
03-2018
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Research & Documentation
- Training Content Development
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leadership
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
Languages
Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Beginner (A1)
A1
German
Beginner (A1)
A1
Timeline
Project Coordinator
SELCO Foundation
08.2022 - 12.2024
Arts Programme Lead
Sumunum Arts & Wellbeing
05.2022 - 07.2023
Copy Editor
SELCO Foundation
11.2021 - 12.2021
Intern
Kanavu
05.2021 - 09.2021
Fellow
Teach for India
07.2020 - 05.2022
Executive Volunteer
Kanal Innovations and Charitable Trust
08.2017 - 08.2018
Master of Arts, History -
University of Kerala
Bachelor of Arts, History -
University of Kerala
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