Sohel Gamit

• Operations & Staff Management: Oversee 53 Care & Support Centers across Gujarat, MP, and Rajasthan.
• Goal Setting & Achievement: Set and achieve targets for centers, solve operational issues.
• Program Monitoring & Support: Monitor and support SSR partners/DLNs in program implementation.
• Evaluation & Feedback: Implement monitoring, review, and evaluation strategies against project deliverables.
• Data Management: Collect, analyze, and ensure quality of data from SSR.
• Capacity Building: Mentor staff in partner districts; strengthen M&E capacities.
• Reporting & Dissemination: Finalize monthly and quarterly progress reports; disseminate best practices.
• M&E System Coordination: Assist in establishing and coordinating effective M&E systems.
• Feedback & Direction: Analyze progress trends; provide direction for effective programming.
• Collaboration & Coordination: Coordinate field visits; prepare feedback reports.

Strategic Planning and Leadership

• Develop and implement program strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Lead planning and execution of program activities with short-term and long-term objectives.
• Provide leadership to program team, fostering a collaborative environment.

Resource Management

• Ensure efficient utilization of resources and manage the program budget.
• Conduct forecasting and financial reporting.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, NGOs, donors, community leaders, and beneficiaries.
• Represent the program and organization in meetings, conferences, and public forums.
• Communicate program achievements, challenges, and opportunities to stakeholders.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

• Oversee design and implementation of M&E frameworks to assess program performance.
• Ensure regular monitoring and identify areas for improvement.
• Lead analysis and reporting of program outcomes.

Program Development and Innovation

• Identify emerging trends, needs, and opportunities, and adapt the program accordingly.
• Develop innovative approaches to enhance program effectiveness.
• Pilot new initiatives to expand program scope and impact.

Team Development and Capacity Building

• Recruit, train, and mentor program staff.
• Implement capacity-building initiatives for staff and partners.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide feedback.

Risk Management

• Identify and assess potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and regulatory standards.
• Address issues and challenges to ensure smooth program operation.

Reporting and Documentation

• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of program activities and outcomes.
• Prepare comprehensive reports for donors and stakeholders.
• Maintain detailed records of program expenditures, activities, and outputs.

Beneficiary Management and Support

• Manage the database of JATAN beneficiaries, ensuring accurate records for DBT support.
• Coordinate with ART centers for timely fund transfers for beneficiaries' travel expenses.
• Provide assistance and support to beneficiaries, addressing DBT and travel logistics issues.

Coordination with ART Centers

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with ART center staff for smooth operations.
• Regularly communicate with ART centers to monitor beneficiary visits and address service delivery challenges.
• Verify and validate beneficiary data with ART centers to ensure accuracy and eligibility.

Liaison with Gujarat State AIDS Control Society (GSACS)

• Serve as the primary contact between the JATAN project and GSACS.
• Collaborate with GSACS to align project activities with state HIV/AIDS control strategies.
• Submit regular reports to GSACS on project progress, challenges, and outcomes.

Project Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor JATAN project implementation, ensuring adherence to goals, timelines, and budgets.
• Collect and analyze data on beneficiary participation, DBT disbursements, and program impact.
• Prepare comprehensive reports on project performance, highlighting achievements and areas for improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy

• Engage with local community leaders, NGOs, and healthcare providers to promote the JATAN project.
• Advocate for the needs and rights of people living with HIV to reduce stigma and improve access to care.
• Organize and participate in meetings, workshops, and events to raise awareness about the project's benefits and goals.

Home-based Care Programs

• Oversee CCDT’s Home-based Care programs across Mumbai wards and Crisis Intervention Centers.
• Provide healthcare, educational support, and nutrition to families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Implementation and Team Management

• Ensure implementation of plans made by community organizers.
• Manage and support the team of community organizers.

Data Management

• Conduct home visits and verify data provided by families.
• Collect and maintain monthly referral data in an Excel sheet.
• Prepare monthly reports and project cumulative data.

Quality Assurance

• Conduct home visits to enhance work accuracy and quality.
• Perform community visits and selected home visits with outreach workers.

Support and Guidance

• Support and guide outreach workers and community volunteers during community interventions.

Project Coordination

• Coordinated the Gyansaathi Project for child ragpickers at a daycare center in Govandi, Mumbai.
• Created action plans for home visits to identify ragpickers and enroll them in the National Institute of Open School (NIOS).

Mentorship

• Mentored 10 interns and 7 staff in community mobilization techniques.

Community Mobilization

• Conducted SGMs, group meetings with women's groups, SHGs, and community leaders.
• Partnered with government schools for the readmission of dropout children.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Met with local community stakeholders and school principals to secure extra classes and space for child ragpickers.

Educational Initiatives

• Ensured quality education for ragpickers.
• Organized awareness programs on “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” and facilitated the enrollment of child ragpickers in government schools.

Reporting and Monitoring

• Ensured the preparation of monthly reports, and monitored NIOS and school enrollment.
• Conducted home visits to ensure project objectives were met.

Tree Plantation Drive

• Implement tree plantation drives at BMC schools.

Livelihood Training

• Provide training in gardening, waste management, and housekeeping for school dropouts and vulnerable groups.

Environmental Awareness

• Conduct awareness programs on environmental issues.

• Generating awareness about the government schemes among the beneficiaries, Conducting home-visit to assess the needs of the beneficiary group, Identification of service users through area visits, Preparing case studies for organization’s beneficiaries, Worked with the children living in day care center and in ASHRAM at Vatsalya Foundation, Mumbai

• Initiated the Change Makers Club and establishing networks with colleges in Mumbai for membership, Organized inter-collegiate competitions, street plays, and awareness programs, Conducted surveys & an impact study for the organization

• Coordinated the organization’s Health Department, Conducted awareness cum counselling sessions for patients

• Conducted Basic English course and motivational sessions through various activities for tribal children and adolescents