Richa Karambelkar

Work history

Project Lead

Humanitarian Response, Hertfordshire County Council

2022.11 - Current

Mentored, coached and co-ordinated the cross-functional teams to support refugees within the bridging hotels.
Liaising with Social Care, Health, Hertfordshire County Council, Education teams, DWP and Home Office teams to support individual issues and to works towards the integration of the refugees into the community.
Monitored project progress implementing necessary changes to improve productivity and meet targets.
Identified the educational, social, mental health needs and signposting relevant issues towards appropriate agencies involved.
Designed and implemented educational programs for adults and activities for the children.
Adapted to the ever-evolving changes in the project
Working alongside Hertsmere housing team and Home office to help relocate the residents into a permanent accommodation. This involves understanding the family's need and family make-up and liaising with the housing team, Home office and estate agents to procure rental properties.
Produce biweekly individual reports for the housing team, social services as well as the SMSG team of Hertfordshire County council.
Professionally handled difficult cohort and requests to maintain peaceful atmosphere at the bridging accommodation.
Promoted professionalism and effective communication among all teams to develop productive relationships.
Created and managed daily log, risk logs, progress reports, End-stage reports, Dashboard data and used them to monitor the project progress and steer the project towards the end target.

Afghan Resettlement Link Officer

Age UK Dacorum

Hemel Hempstead

03.2022 - 11.2022

Worked with cross-functional teams to support refugees within the bridging hotels to meet immediate needs, reduce potential risks and support those individuals in gaining independence in the local community
Deliver services alongside a network of volunteers and local providers across Hertfordshire
Activate and link existing resources in the community to meet the needs of the refugees, where this is not possible highlight areas of unmet needs
Liaised with Social Care, Health, Hertfordshire County Council, DWP and Home Office teams to support individual issues and concerns
Coordinating activities with various voluntary organisations to engage refugees

Business Administrator

Aarya Solutions

Harrow

04.2013 - 03.2021

Managed business accounts.
Conducted client meetings.
Dealing with payroll, drafting cheques, invoices and receipts
Ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment
Sorting and distributing incoming post and organising and sending outgoing post
Liaising with colleagues and external contacts and booking travel and accommodation
Organising and storing paperwork, documents, and computer-based information

Event Manager

Juice Festivals ltd.

04.2017 - 06.2017

Liaising with sponsors on requirements.
Co-ordinating with advertising agencies for advert material and invoicing
Creating a database of schools and health clubs to publicise the event
Sharing of advertising material with schools and taking queries regarding the sports to be conducted
Part of the core management committee overseeing the execution of the event
Provided valuable contribution right from inception till closure
Managing the ticket sales in Eventbrite website and handling booking queries via email, phone or face-to-face
Carrying out flyering activities in areas local to the event
Engaging with bloggers expert in health and fitness to create awareness of the sports event in social media

Volunteer

Harrow East Conservatives Association

2015.10 - 2015.12

Designed the Season's greetings for the residents of Harrow East to be sent for Diwali and Christmas occasions.
Supported residents in building appropriate skills to live safely and independently.
Maintained sensitivity, confidentiality and respect towards the residents needs, providing a safe environment for them to access services.
Managed and oversaw records of enquiries and updated them to support accuracy.
Engaged households with campaign activity to improve the number of voters.

Marketing Activities Co-Originator

Swindon Fairtrade Coalition

Swindon

01.2011 - 03.2012

Swindon Fairtrade Coalition is a voluntary group that aims to work together to raise awareness of fair-trade issues and to promote consumer demand for traded products within the Borough
Active participation in the coalition meetings as well as those between coalition and various businesses supporting Fairtrade
Planning and organizing the “Fairtrade Fortnight” event
Responsible for the press releases and publicity in other media like blog, Facebook and Twitter
Promoting the use of Fairtrade products to local businesses

Marketing Executive

ARKRAY Healthcare Pvt. Ltd

Mumbai

05.2009 - 04.2010

Played an important role in developing an in-house team of 100 Marketing Associates for carrying out BTL activities every day across various parts of the country
Co-ordination with various agencies for ATL & BTL activities, research, advertising and customer support activities
Developing visual aids and other promotional material for the medical and retail teams
Conducting training programs for the sales team
Preparing product presentations for doctors.
Designing and Managing the “WECARE”- Customer Loyalty Campaign
All the inputs for the campaign were designed in-house
Implementation of Direct Marketing (SMS marketing)
Conducting and analysing customer-satisfaction surveys.
Editor of Arkipedia (A weekly newsletter for the head office and sales force)
Writing news scripts and stories for features.
Interviewing and publishing success stories of the sales team.
Main achievement: Received “Employee of the month” award for notable contribution for formulating an innovative marketing strategy to increase customer satisfaction and sales.

Management Trainee

Novartis India

Mumbai

05.2007 - 07.2007

Novartis provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies
The diverse portfolio includes innovative medicines, cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals, preventive vaccines, diagnostic tools and consumer health products
Prelaunch scoping of “SyntoMet” - To understand the market potential of the FDC of Syntocinon and Methergine
Prelaunch scoping of Vitamin D3 and Calcitriol injectable - To understand the market demand of Vitamin D3 and Calcitriol injectable.
Data analysis using SPSS (Software Package for Social Sciences)

Junior Analyst

Meyer Organics Pvt Ltd

Mumbai

06.2005 - 06.2006

Undertook Microbial analyses of raw materials and finished products (Both domestic and global markets)
Stability studies of finished products to determine the microbial growth and consistency of composition.
Quantitative determination of Cyanocobalamin, Folic acid and Calcium Pantothenate by Microbial assay.
Collated and analysed biological data regarding relationships between organisms and storage environment.
Managed sampling of packaging material to determine the microbial load.
Ordered laboratory equipment and supplies to use for experiments and testing.

Summary

Overview

Work history

Project Lead

Afghan Resettlement Link Officer

Business Administrator

Event Manager

Volunteer

Marketing Activities Co-Originator

Marketing Executive

Management Trainee

Junior Analyst

Education

Level 2 certificate in Understanding children and young people's mental health. NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Customer Service -

Post-Graduate Diploma - Management, Marketing

Master of Science - Microbiology

Bachelors - Science, Microbiology

Skills

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