I use participatory, decolonised, intersectional, and inclusive approaches. The SMC Group is a proudly queer, feminist, and anti-racist boutique consultancy.
Projects
I provide PMEL skill-building, workshops, and advisory support. All services are tailored to your needs and socio-political context. Find out more here, or get in touch for a chat!
Planning

Advisory support, workshops, and consultations specific to project, programme, and organisational planning. Includes:
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fundraising: planning or donor matching
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concept note development
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proposal development
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donor relationship management
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project design
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programme design
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Theory of Change
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Logframes and Results-Based Management
Examples:
While at Open Society Foundations
Designed and facilitated Theory of Change workshops for programme staff. Conducted annual strategy and portfolio reviews.
UNICEF Bangladesh
Assisted in preparing concept notes and proposals for two multi-year, £30 million projects in Bangladesh.


Please find out more about my strategic planning, fundraising, programme design, and other skill and expertise-building work here. You can read more about my work in my project history.
Monitoring
Consultations and activities specific to project and programme monitoring. Includes a variety of participatory and mixed methods data gathering and analysis such as:
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qualitative data analysis
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quantitative data analysis
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mixed methods data gathering
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systems development/M&E plans
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Most Significant Change stories
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focus groups and interviews
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Stories of Change
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case studies



Examples (with ImpactMapper):
Philanthropy Advancing Women's Human Rights
Worked with PAWHR to create a shared grants management monitoring system and grantee perception survey. This allowed them to learn more about their impact, shared areas of interest among members, and areas of improvement.
The Fund for Global Human Rights
Assisting FGHR with tracking their programmes, to help answer the assumptions in their Theory of Change. I redesigned their codebook of indicators and data in consultation with partners. We also used online surveys to engage with grantees and evaluate reports.
Please find out more about my approach to data here, and my work with mixed methods and participatory monitoring here. You can read more about my work in my project history.
Evaluation and Impact Assessment

Advisory support specific to project, programme, and organisation-level evaluation and impact assessment. Includes:
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meta-evaluations
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multi-year evaluations
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synthesis evaluation
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grantee reporting
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grantee evaluation
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donor evaluation
Examples and Publications:
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Conducted a meta-synthesis of ten years of programming, gathered in an impact assessment report shared for the agency's 50th anniversary celebration.
ImpactMapper
Evaluated an incubator programme for Norwegian entrepreneurs, publishing findings, best practices, and lessons learned.


Please find out more about my impact assessment and evaluation work here, and my publications here. You can read more about specific work in my project history.
Learning
Support, facilitation, workshops, and specific products to help with project to organisation-level learning. Includes:
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knowledge management
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learning and assessment frameworks
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stakeholder and beneficiary feedback
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portfolio reviews
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best practices and lessons learned

Examples:
Open Society Foundations
Designed and facilitated Theory of Change workshops for programme staff. Conducted annual strategy and portfolio reviews.
UNICEF Cox's Bazar
Created bespoke donor reporting training sessions, including skill-building workshops on results-based analysis and reporting.


Please find out more about my workshops for donors here and NGOs here. You can read more about my workshop and training experience in my project history.
How I Can Help You
Find out more about what I could do for you here. If there's something else you'd like support with, I'd love to talk more about your needs. Schedule a no-strings-attached, 30-minute consultation with me!
- Sanjukta
Ready to discuss your needs, project, or have a specific question? You can easily book a no-strings-attached 30-minute consultation with me here.
Want to talk more via email instead? Contact me here or via email and I'll take it from there!