NGOs & Social Development
Kavya Shah
Community Development Worker
Participatory planning and local resource coordination.
Professional profile
Community Development Worker with an illustrative 11-year career focused on participatory planning and local resource coordination. Brings together community facilitation, needs mapping and local partnerships with practical delivery experience. Selected work below shows the problem, my contribution and the handover material rather than unsupported performance claims.
Professional experience
Community Development Worker
Asterline Community Foundation
Responsible for scoped participatory planning and local resource coordination work, coordinating the relevant reviewers and delivery partners.
- Facilitated inclusive discussions and recorded differences in needs without claiming universal agreement.
- Coordinated a locally reviewed directory and referral information with partner organisations.
- Maintained participation & consent and made unresolved questions visible before handover.
Community Development Worker
Northmere Community Foundation
Supported progressively more complex work in participatory planning and local resource coordination, with a defined review process.
- Used community facilitation and field documentation on assigned work; recorded decisions so colleagues could understand the approach.
- Prepared resource directory and community feedback log and incorporated specialist feedback before closing the workstream.
Programme Assistant
Cedarfield Community Foundation
Built foundations through supported assignments, observation and practical feedback.
- Assisted with needs mapping and referral coordination, checking work with an experienced reviewer.
- Kept organised work records and developed clear handover habits through supervised practice.