Senior Content Associate

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About the Organization

Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide preschool education to children in the slums of Mumbai. Over the last 30 years, Pratham has grown to be one of India’s largest NGOs working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 25 states and union territories across the country, with a range of interventions.

Job Description

The Early Years team at Pratham is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Content Associate-Early Years to support the development of high-quality educational content for children aged 3 to 6 years. This role is anchored within the Urban Anganwadi Model program, which focuses on improving school readiness among young children in five urban geographies: Agra, Lucknow, Rampur, Varanasi, and Patna.

The Senior Content Associate will be responsible for designing engaging, developmentally appropriate, and contextually relevant learning materials for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), for children, families and for Anganwadi workers/educators through in-service training modules. The content will support implementation in diverse urban settings and should reflect the varied cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic contexts of young learners.

We are looking for individuals who have experience teaching or working with young children, particularly in the early years education space. A strong foundation in child development principles, creativity in content design, and the ability to adapt materials for different delivery formats (print, play-based, and digital) are key to this role.

Candidates proficient in using digital tools such as Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and other content creation platforms will be preferred. This position is ideal for someone who is committed to equity in early education and is excited to contribute to building scalable, inclusive learning models for urban children.

Job 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 government stakeholders in the department and support Pratham’s state teams to plan & implement existing projects and provide on-ground support
• 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

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Master’s degree in Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field.
• 4 to 5 years of work experience in the education sector, preferably with a focus on early childhood education or foundational learning.
• Strong understanding of Early Years education, particularly for the 3 to 6 years age group, including ECCE frameworks, pedagogy, and learning outcomes.
• Attention to detail with some experience in research, content development, or field-based studies is preferred.
• Proficiency in English and Hindi, with excellent listening, comprehension, reading and writing skills, in both languages
• Proficiency in using digital tools such as Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Suite (Docs, Slides, Sheets).
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with sensitivity to working in diverse, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural contexts.
• Willingness to travel to program locations as required, including field visits to urban Anganwadi centers and partner sites.

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