I have deep respect for the way in which Sabita stepped into the very difficult scorecard lead role. It was socially and intellectually very complex and she did and exceptional job. She is quietly confident and extremely competent; excellent in content, managing and leading people and in sorting out complex processes.
Monique Van Zijl, GROW Private Sector Campaign Lead, Oxfam 2018
What I can offer
Managing projects (surveys, events, research, evaluations etc) including complex projects with multiple international stakeholders – from conception to design to implementation to evaluation and learning.
Drawing on extensive experience of managing multi-stakeholder projects at the Ethical Trading Initiative and Oxfam, I will help you to think through the objectives and activities of the project, ensuring that they are crafted to give you the best chance of achieving your goals. Through meticulous planning, clear and engaging communications to and teamwork with stakeholders, and close attention to detail I will help ensure that the project runs smoothly, to time and to budget. I can draw on a strong network of professionals to support larger projects that require more person-power.
I can also advise on development of strategies and plans for development programmes. Please see the Advice page for more information.
Please do contact me for an initial chat about how I could help.
My project management experience
Oxfam International
- Leading on the development of Oxfam’s global Supermarket Scorecard. Building on the learning of Oxfam International’s successful Behind the Brands campaign, I facilitated an international process to develop the Scorecard. It was designed to help supermarkets identify where there are weaknesses and strengths in their policies and practices relating to supply chain transparency and accountability, workers, small-scale producers and women. This involved liaising between Oxfam affiliates in four countries to develop and fine-tune 93 indicators, and ensuring consistent, fair and rigorous assessment of 14 major supermarkets against these indicators.
Ethical Trading Initiative
- A survey of 43,000 suppliers across multiple countries and sectors on the impact of brands’ purchasing practices on the ability of suppliers to provide decent pay and working conditions to inform a new guide to responsible purchasing practices for international buyers. The project was a partnership with the ILO and the Ethical Trading Initiatives of Norway and Denmark, with support from SEDEX.
- A survey of over 1,000 workers in global supply chains, including in depth surveys in Bangladesh, India, and Morocco – trialling the SenseMaker approach in the latter – and a review of twelve external worker survey reports on how workers view changes in their working conditions over the past five years and what are their aspirations for the next.
- A Gender Analysis initiative involving five leading UK-based food and garment companies with international supply chains, in collaboration with the University of Manchester.
- The implementation of ETI’s revised Base Code clause on Working Hours. This involved working with a tripartite group (companies, trade unions and NGOs) to develop guidance on the new clause, communicate it widely and respond to questions and issues raised by employers and auditors all over the world.
- Organising workshops for international staff and partners at Oxfam GB
Sabita Banerji 