Central Content Associate, Elementary Grades

Pratham Education FoundationProgram Roles

**About Central Content Associate for Elementary Grades**
The position of a Central Content Associate for the Elementary Grades Team offers wide spectrum of opportunity in the education sector. The Central Content Associate for Elementary Grades Team functions along following outlines:

- Development of quality learning content for foundation literacy and numeracy in Hindi and Math.
- Building and reinforcement of teachers’ capacities, via training workshops on pedagogy and maximized learning techniques in Indian classrooms
- Tracking field progress through field visits, testing content feasibility and following reports

**Roles & Responsibilities**
The primary roles and responsibilities of a Central Content Associate will include:

- Creating Teaching-Learning materials: The Associate will create quality teaching-learning materials for relevant grades with the requirements of any project/region.
- Teacher-training material: The associate will design modern and dynamic training approaches for the teachers. He/she will also train teachers in various locations on the specific manuals and modules created.
- Digital Content: The Associate will create online content such as audio, video, text messages etc for children as well as teachers/facilitators.
- Capacity Building: The associate will build Pratham’s field staff’s capacity by handling project-specific trainings/workshops in various locations. By interacting with teachers on an on-going basis, he/she will understand the requirements of teachers and students, as-well-as design and implement changes wherever required.
- Field visits: The Associate will periodically make visits to project locations in order to personally gauge classroom issues, assist teachers, interact with community members - parents, village head, angawadi sevikas etc and write reports on crucial field categories.
- Report writing: The associate will compile and write reports on behalf of Central Content Team for Elementary Grades.
- Designing and lay outing: The associate will provide valuable inputs to the DTP and graphic designers to produce quality teaching-learning materials.
- Translation: The associate will translate stories, articles, research papers etc. from English to Hindi and vice versa.

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities**:
Required:

- Graduate degree (Language and Literature/Social Work/ Child Development and related fields)
- Strong command over oral and written Hindi and English languages
- Discerning eye for editing and modifying contents
- Ability to work effectively in teams
- 0 - 2 years of work experience
- Strong literary connections
- Strong interest in the goals of Pratham
- Comfortable with extensive field work and travel
- Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks efficiently

**Preferred**:

- Familiarity with rural and semi-urban regions of India
- Willing to travel frequently
- Work experience in development projects
- Qualification of teaching
- learning methodology in early years
- Preference will be given to person with Master’s in Social Work/ Language and Literature/ Child Development

**Application Process**
i) Current Resume: Resume should contain
- Contact Information for Applicant
- Academic Background
- Universities Attended; Degrees Acquired
- Academic Record (Marks or GPA, if applicable)
- Past work experience, highlighting relevant skills
- Relevant Coursework: List Courses in Development, Management and Education
- Experiences in development, teaching and/or education (if applicable)
- Languages Spoken
- ii) Statement of Purpose (500 Words)

Salary
- ₹30,000 - ₹40,000 per month.
- Travel, food and lodging costs for work related travel outside base location shall be separately borne or reimbursed on actuals by Pratham.