About Mantra4Change
A decade ago, Mantra4Change stepped into the education ecosystem with a vision to transform public education in India. We believe that in a unique nation like India, our approach to quality education cannot be exclusive of systemic reforms and collective action. We work with stakeholders in the system especially in positions of leadership to enable school improvement across the states we work with. A key question that drives us is - how might we enable enriching experiences for children at scale, with speed, and sustainably? Committed to enabling education leaders to drive sustainable improvements across 150,000 schools by 2025, we aim to ensure that every child has the skills and knowledge to thrive in an ever-evolving world.Our Programs are designed to improve and impact critical challenges:at ground level like teacher capacity building - Transformat system level like empowering leaders with administrative and academic tools - Enableat ecosystem level by inspiring thought leaders and entrepreneurs to build a collective of changemakers - InspireRead more - www.mantra4change.org
About Shikshagraha
Shikshagraha is a people-powered movement to improve all 1 million public schools in India — so that every child experiences enriching learning and is ready for the future.Real change begins with the child at the center — their learning, confidence, well-being, and aspirations, and with those closest to the child. The movement enables parents, women and youth to demand and support quality education, and equips teachers, school leaders, officials with tools for micro-improvements towards systemic change.Currently, 35+ civil society, industry and philanthropic partners in the Shikshagraha network are collectively strengthening 1,17,000+ schools across 33 districts across 14 states & UTs. This includes enabling education leaders to lead need-based school improvements and amplifying women, youth and community participation in the public education system.Shikshagraha works towards improving schools where the need is greatest, supports leadership on the ground, and shifts the norms that hold education back. Through visible practice change and collective action by communities, governments, civil society, and markets, it reimagines what public schools can and must deliver.
About The Role
The Communications Lead will be part of the Ecosystem Development team at Shikshagraha. They will create stories, designs to amplify the idea of Shikshāgraha, across channels.
Roles And Responsibilities
The responsibilities would involve but are not limited to:
- Design assets for the movement’s initiatives (30%): Support design requirements for different movement initiatives & convenings (brochures, reports, slide decks, social media posts, banners, etc.).
- Social Media Management (30%): Ideate and lead the creation of daily posts aligned with movement objectives
- Creation and Delivery of Content (25%): Coordinate with stakeholders across teams in order to collect data, quotes, testimonials, pictures, etc. and create content for different channels.
- Support to the team (10%): Support the larger Ecosystem Development team in evangelizing efforts of Shikshagraha, including convenings
- Knowledge Management (5%): Continuously build communications assets, including a photo, story, and video bank for use by all teams.
Experience And Competencies Required
- A bachelor's degree in English, marketing, communication, journalism, sociology, psychology or economics
- Minimum of 2 years of work experience in PR/ communication/ journalism/ advertising
- Comfort and growing capabilities to work with ambiguity and in fast paced, rigorous environment
- Openness and capacity to travel across the length and breadth of the Bihar and Karnataka to identify and capture stories
- Reading and writing proficiency in English and one of the two languages - Hindi or Kannada
- Excellent verbal & written communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to learn, research and innovate
- Capability to manage self and time
- Comfort and facility with technology
- Domain knowledge of education and/or social movements is desirable, but not mandatory
What do we offer?
- Range of communication channels to experiment with, and build your storytelling skills
- Entrepreneurial work environment, with a wide canvas to innovate
- Hybrid work model (3/5 days a week from office)
- Opportunity to work closely with different education organizations globally and in India.
- Exposure to the field in different locations in India.
- Learning and development support to build capacity.
- 24 paid leave and 12 calendar holidays.
- Medical insurance - individual and dependents.
- One menstruation leave each month for women employees.
- L&D fund to pursue learning opportunities related to jobs.
Remuneration:
An annual CTC of INR 5 Lakhs onwards (depending on competency and experience)
Location:
Bengaluru, Karnataka
(the position in not remote) Comm
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