About Pratham
Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide preschool education to children in Mumbai slums. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of the largest non-profit organizations working to provide quality education to children and youth in over 25 states and union territories across the country, through a range of interventions.
Pratham is a widely recognized organization, having received notable awards such as the Lui Che Woo Prize, the WISE Prize for Innovation, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership and the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Public Service. For more details, refer to the Pratham Education Foundation Website.
About Early Years Content
Pratham’s intensive work in the field of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for the past 30 years shows that it is crucial to invest in the development of children. ECCE provides an opportunity for providing a stimulating environment for the child’s holistic development for ages 3-6 in particular. However, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has covered 3 to 8 year olds in its academic structure as the foundational stages which not only requires the coming together of the Women Development & Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department and Education Department but also requires practitioners in the field to facilitate the smooth transition of children in an Anganwadi or preschool setup to Grade 1 in the formal schooling system. The Early Years Content Team at Pratham focuses on 3-8 year olds and intends to make use of the existing knowledge that children carry and strengthen it to build their foundational skills, particularly in the preschool years and early grades.
Pratham’s work in Early Years includes but is not limited to:
- Curriculum development for 3 to 8 year olds
- Developing compelling course content and engaging learning materials for teachers
- Building and reinforcing teachers’ capacities via online and offline workshops/training
- Assessing content feasibility, tracking field progress, and documenting program outcomes
Role Description
The Early Years team in Pratham is seeking a Senior Content Associate who can support the creation of educational content for learners in the 3 to 8 years age group. This includes content for ECCE (3 to 6 years) and Grades 1 & 2. We are looking for applicants with experience in teaching young learners and/or who have worked in the early years educational space. Applicants proficient in creating content using digital tools such as Microsoft Office, and Google Suite will be preferred.
The Senior Content Associate will be majorly involved in the Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) Project led by ASER-Pratham. The vision of SALT is to support Andhra Pradesh in fulfilling its vision of transforming government schools into vibrant institutions that will focus on foundational learning for children aged 3-8, thus strengthening existing Government systems. SALT is a first of its kind innovative project for capacity building of Teachers and Anganwadi Workers, creation of state-level assessments that are child-centric and building an effective education management & information system for the state. The project aims to ensure the provision of universal access to quality education for children in the 3 to 8 years age group across the state. The SALT project will be implemented by the Department of School
Education (DoSE), Women Development & Child Welfare (WD&CW), GoAP and state-level administrative units including the SCERT, SIEMAT and the local network of DIETs. The SALT operation is supporting the GoAP in three key results areas:
(i) Strengthened Foundational Learning
(ii) Improved Quality of Student-Teacher Interactions; and
(iii) Strengthened Institutional Capacity for Service Delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Content Development
- Review ECCE content, textbooks and educational materials used in Anganwadis or government schools and in Pratham for teaching by evaluating its content, structure, and instructional effectiveness
- Contribute to the development of activities, stories, poems, worksheets, games and other required TLM related to all developmental domains
- Collaborate with other content developers, trainers, and teachers across various states at Pratham to brainstorm, research, and integrate pedagogical trends and best practices
Training and Capacity Building
- Contribute to the development of high-quality training material to train educators teaching in low-resource settings, ensuring alignment with our learning outcomes and standards
- Build capacities of Pratham and Government teams across central and field locations through training
- Develop session plans and training modules for each training
Program Management
- Engage with senior government officials, many government stakeholders in the department and support Pratham’s state teams to plan & implement existing projects and provide on-ground support on a regular basis
- Support with communications efforts to improve the visibility of Pratham’s early years programs – events, collaborations, conferences, advocacy, social media etc.
- Support relevant data collection to improve the design and implementation of projects
- Support documentation of early years programs for internal & external stakeholders
- Perform additional tasks, as required, by the management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in a relevant field
- 4 to 5 years of work experience in the education sector
- Understanding of Early Years and its related concepts for the 3 to 8 years age group
- Attention to detail and some experience in research will be preferred
- Proficiency in English and Telugu is a must, with excellent listening, comprehension, reading and writing skills in both languages
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with teams within Pratham and the Government is important
- Adaptable and able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Passionate about promoting social change through education
- Openness to travel
Location
The position will be based in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Reporting
The selected candidate will report to the Early Years Central Content Lead and the Project Lead for SALT in Andhra Pradesh
Application Procedure
Interested applicants should fill the attached google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqq6SbQ1KaRJfUUuWUu2dNLQrvGMNCRgijUSiwyjCTDJHhkw/viewform?usp=sf_link. Kindly attach the below along with your application:
- Resume: The resume should include:
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- Contact information for the applicant
- Academic background (universities attended, degrees acquired, academic records)
- Past work experience, if any, highlighting relevant skills
- Languages spoken
- Writing Sample: Please provide a self-authored writing sample (not more than 1000 words)
- Samples of relevant coursework or projects, if available, to offer insight into their suitability for the role
Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide individual responses to every applicant. We will reach out only to shortlisted candidates. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
