Associate, Communications

**About Peepul**
Peepul is an education-focused non-profit. We dream and work towards creating an
education system in India that enables ‘every child to realize their potential’. We work
closely with governments at the national, state, and local levels to transform government
schools and government systems. The poorest children in India study in government
schools and too many of them are falling through the cracks. We are determined to ensure
that they receive a high-quality education to help them succeed in life. We are restless,
resilient, and reflective. We aim high, we innovate, we work smart, we work as a team, and
we use rigorous research to inform our work.

**Job Description: Communications Associate**

**Location: New Delhi**

**Start date: Immediate**

**Salary: Commensurate with experience**

The Communications role includes - promoting the mission and vision of Peepul with an
emphasis on enhancing understanding of the organization’s work; driving organizational
and communications objectives; co-ordinating with teams to create, collate and deliver
textual, audio and visual content; ensuring consistency in all communications; building
external and internal stakeholder trust and advocacy; building media relationships.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Support in developing and executing the communications strategy for the

organization.
- Creation, development and update of messaging materials
- Prepare content/materials for external meetings and speaking engagements (i.e
- PowerPoint presentations, talking points, etc.).- Write articles about Peepul’s work to create visibility for our impact
- Maintain consistency in branding and messaging across all communications
- Support the comms team to execute strategy on press, media, thought leaderships
- Design collaterals and create videos
- Work towards building visibility of the programmes of the organisation
- Fluent in both English and Hindi for skilled communication both on posters and
- documents- Ability to maintain government stakeholder partnership and support in the
- communications visibility to build up the relationship- Co-ordinate with teams to collect and create content for periodic donor reports and
- proposals and assist in donor visits and engagement- Co-ordinate with teams and stakeholders to collect / create quotes, testimonials,
- pictures for donor social media- Execute partnership press releases and online media visibility

**Desired Skills and Competencies**
- Possess operational rigor, detail orientation, strong problem-solving skills,

collaboration skills and analytical capability.
- Excellent communication skills: ability to articulate a clear vision to multiple

stakeholders altering message, voice, approach as per the audience.
- Comfort with Office tools and creating compelling stories, familiar with working in

virtual collaboration platforms like MS Teams etc.
- Curious to learn about the evolving space in Knowledge Management and

comfortable with technology/ platforms.
- Skillful listener with an open style, good at facilitating discussion.
- Strong project management skill.
- Relevant prior experience with content/learning/content management systems and

a good understanding of the principles of knowledge management.
**Personal Attributes**:

- Strong alignment with Peepul's mission of providing quality education and building

stronger education ecosystems in India
- Ability to work collaboratively with all team members and create a positive team

culture
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues based in different geographies and time

zones
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
- Enthusiastic to do whatever it takes willing to take personal accountability for
- delivery- Enjoys working under pressure: flexible, highly organized, and able to prioritize

work to meet deadline

**Recruitment Process**

To apply, please send a copy of your resume along with a covering letter explaining why

**Selection**

The selection process will involve written tests/assignments, interviews and live
demonstrations of expertise (e.g., think through a project plan), with the senior
management team of the organization

**Reference checking & Probation