Communications & Advocacy State Associate - Mumbai, India - PRATHAM Education

PRATHAM Education

Verified Company

Mumbai, India

1 week ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

Pratham Education FoundationProgram Roles

About Pratham
Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in Mumbai slums.

Over the last 25 years, Pratham has grown to be one of the largest non-profit organizations working to provide quality education to children and youth in over 20 states and union territories across the country, through a range of interventions.

About Pratham's Government Partnership programs

In several states across India, Pratham supports state or district administrations in strengthening the education system at scale, for different age groups across pre-primary & primary grades.

Pratham's support includes but is not limited to creation of curriculums and content planners, training of teachers / anganwadi workers, creation of assessment tools and measurement & evaluation systems, and support to state governments in budgeting.

Position Summary

The Communications & Advocacy State Associate (CASA) will be a key member of a Pratham's state unit and will support the state-wide government partnership program running in the state.

Several critical & strategic documents are regularly needed in Pratham's government partnership programs - presentations on program plans, update reports to government or donors, minutes of important meetings, etc.

- the CASA will be responsible for the creation of such key program documents.

The CASA will also get exposure to and the opportunity to contribute to all facets of a state-wide government partnership project - content creation/curriculum design, training, field implementation, budgeting, and monitoring & evaluation.

Key responsibilities
Creation of critical documents required as part of government partnership programs e.g., minutes of meetings, presentations to report weekly / monthly progress
Creation of program documents which capture Pratham's initiatives in the state for advocacy purposes
Supporting state / program head in coordinating with government officials to plan program implementation or present Pratham's requirements
Support in video documentation of Pratham's initiatives in the state to show as proofofconcept of interventions to governments and other partners
Creation of case studies and other documents as expected by donors and other partners
Regular program visits to learn and capture program learnings and progress
Additional support to state team leadership in the program as needed in content creation/curriculum design, training, budgeting, monitoring & evaluation, etc.

Requirements:

Undergraduate degree or higher, preferably in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or Public Policy
13 years of work experience, preferably in the social sector
Strong interest to work in the education sector
Exceptional communication skills (written & oral) in English and the regional language (Hindi, Punjabi, or Telugu, depending on the location)
Openness to working in an unstructured and dynamic work environment with a wide variety of tasks & responsibilities
Willingness to travel to field locations at short notice

Locations
Panchkula (Haryana), Ludhiana (Punjab), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Patna (Bihar)

To apply
If you are interested in the above role, please send
(i) Your CV,
(ii) The work locations you would be open to working in (out of the 4 options mentioned above),