Communication Lead

About Mantra4Change

A decade ago, 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 - Transform

at system level like empowering leaders with administrative and academic tools - Enable

at ecosystem level by inspiring thought leaders and entrepreneurs to build a collective of changemakers - Inspire

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About 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

We are looking for a Communications Generalist to lead the evangelizing activities for the women and youth leadership collectives. You will play a pivotal role in curating and telling the stories of the initiative, and women & youth leaders. Your work will help amplify the movement's impact, inspire stakeholders, and build a strong narrative to achieve education equity in India.

In the role, you will design campaigns and plans, curate compelling content, and ensure consistent and creative communication across multiple channels and tools. These include, but are not limited to social media, website, impact stories, blogs, photobooks, 2 pagers, bylines and media engagement (in partnership with the PR agency).

Roles and responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Content Creation (30%): Write, edit, and design communication assets such as social media posts, bylines, brochures, blogs, case studies, and web copy.
• Partner Outreach and Assets Design (25%): Alongside movement partners and leaders on ground, plan, create and curate content (social media posts, articles, decks, impact stories, photobooks) across platforms, track performance, and engage with online audiences.
• Design & Visual Storytelling (20%): Create simple designs (event collaterals, slide decks, banners, infographics, etc.) for movement initiatives, in order to support the team for larger creative needs.
• Campaigns & Convenings Support (15%): Assist in communications for convenings, awards, and campaigns – from pre-event buzz to on-ground storytelling and post-event documentation.
• Knowledge Management (5%): Build and maintain a bank of stories, photos, testimonials, and videos that can be used across channels.
• Team & Ecosystem Support (5%): Provide communications support to internal and external teams to evangelize Shikshagraha efforts.

Experience and Competencies Required

• A bachelor's degree in English, marketing, communication, journalism, sociology, psychology or economics
• Minimum of 4-5 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 6 Lakhs onwards (depending on competency and experience)

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka (the position in not remote) with need based travel across Karnataka and Bihar

Learn more about Shikshagraha on our and channels.