About Pratham
Pratham was founded in 1995, to provide pre-school education to children in slums of Mumbai. Over the last 20 years, Pratham has grown to be one of India’s largest NGOs working to provide quality education to underprivileged youth and children in over 21 states and union territories across the country, with a range of interventions.
Pratham is a widely recognized organization, having received notable awards such as the WISE Prize for Innovation, 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 www.pratham.org

About Pratham Digital Content
Pratham Digital has produced over 5600 videos and 500 learning games in the last few years. These resources can be viewed on www.prathamopenschool.org

These resources have been deployed and monitored in many rural and urban communities. With each passing year, this repository of content – videos, games, stories and applications has grown to cater to the interests and engagement of children. Translating videos into 12 regional languages helped us become relevant and accessible to learners in all states. Moving forward we are planning to create a mass dissemination mechanism where with the help of content repository, parents and learners can take necessary content on to their android devices. In this effort to make engaging content reach learners across India, Pratham has been actively collaborating with youth-driven start-ups, content creators and interest groups.

Content Developer (Science), Pratham Digital: Job Description
The Content Developer position in the Digital Content team offers young, motivated and energetic individuals an opportunity to be an integral part of Pratham’s Digital work across the country. This person will play an important role in curating and developing contextualized content; and designing and delivering training for the digital content. Her/his main responsibilities are as follows:

1. Exploration and Curation:

The individual is expected to explore and understand the existing content which Pratham’s digital team has (both internal and external), and curate materials accordingly as per the requirements.

2. Creation: (In Hindi)

S/he is expected to:

– Build narratives and put down scripts for videos based on scientific concepts as per requirement. The scripts have to come out as crisp and easy to understand, as possible.

– Set up a feedback mechanism to review the scripts and incorporate feedback from the concerned team, including your own suggestions.

– Conduct video reviews to suggest changes for further improvements.

– Appropriate documentation of the video scripts and the subsequent reviews

3. Develop Assessments and Generate Question Banks

The individual is expected to prepare assessments, generate and review questions banks for the same (In Hindi).

4. Training:

The person is expected to design training sessions and modules for digital content.

Desired Qualifications:

1. Completed under-graduation or post-graduation degree (preference to people from science stream)

2. Efficiency in either Hindi or Marathi language. Basic proficiency in professional English is required.

3. Willingness to travel as and when required

4. Good communication skills

5. Work Location – Pune, Mumbai, Delhi

6. Ability to work well in teams

7. Self-motivation and proactiveness

8. Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks efficiently

9. Basic proficiency in Microsoft PPT, Word, Excel, etc.

Application Process: Apply with the applications  (early applicants will be given preference) and mention ‘Application for the position of ‘Content Developer (Science) – Pratham Digital’ in the subject line, with the following attachments:

1. Current Resume: Resume should contain: 1. Contact Information for Applicant 2. Academic Background, universities attended/degrees acquired 3. Academic Record (Marks or GPA) 4. Past work experience, highlighting relevant skills 5. Experiences in content development, and/or education (if applicable) 6. Languages Spoken

2. Statement of Purpose (300 Words)

Salary: 25-30K (Negotiable as per the skills and experience)