Communication Manager – Project DEFY

Project DEFY is a non profit based out of Bangalore, India that has been working in the sector of self design learning through learning spaces called ‘Nooks’. The organisation works globally facilitating the setting up of ‘Nooks’ in communities hit by marginalisation and keen on creating their own learning systems.

About SMF: Sauramandala Foundation is a non-profit established in 2018 with a focus on improving economic and social indicators in remote, vulnerable and disconnected communities through collaborative action.

About CM Youth Centre: The Government of Meghalaya aims to establish 20 rural innovation centres for youth, called the Chief Minister’s Youth Centre with an aim to build resilience, sustainability, and problem-solving skills in the next generation from the community. The youth centres are also to be established to bridge the digital divide with the help of innovation and entrepreneurship skills by providing access to the internet along with open learning opportunities. The main features of the centre would be a makerspace (Nook), a library and a learning centre that would provide hands-on learning experiences as well as avenues to explore further vocational skills. The learning is going to be open to all ages to have more involvement from the community.

Salary: Rs. 40,000-50,000/month (commensurate with exp.)

Location: Shillong, Meghalaya

Employment: Full-time (Consultant)

Work Experience: 4 years+

What is the Role: The Communications Manager at the CM Youth Center is part of the state program team managing the overall communication planning, implementation for the different programs. The role entails taking ownership of online communication management, content creation and management, editorial inputs to reports amongst others.

Communication, as a role, has a very deep impact on the work we do, and as such should not be understood as only social media posting. As a Communication Manager you ensure that the impact of our work is visible to the various partners and stakeholders, the communities, the general public, and quite importantly also to our own team. This requires a deep understanding of our work and a general understanding of alternative education. It will be your task to turn data into understandable information for a variety of people and to help them see the possibilities such a format of learning can offer.

Key Responsibilities:

A) Online Communication Management:

● Create and execute CM Youth Centre digital media presence and strategy in coordination with the programme leadership;

● Manage the CM Youth Centre website and all website related design, content and analytics, including liaising with and managing the website development vendor;

● Create and manage all digital media channels associated with the programme, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, MailChimp (Newsletter) over the course of the engagement;

● Work with the cluster and centre level team to enable and empower them to create content for the various communication channels. This would include assisting in capacity building of the team for writing for different channels, and partnering with them for ideation and editing the final content.

B) Content Creation and Management

● Take ownership of the Annual Report including data collection, collation, content and design;

● Take ownership for the collation and documentation of the progress reports of various work pieces being undertaken by the team and the Programme;

● Create content about the Programme for the blog, newsletter, social media on a regular basis;

● Manage creation of videos and short film(s) about the Programme throughout the year;

● Manage all media presence of the programme, liaising with SMF, DEFY and Govt. of Meghalaya Media & Communications / PR Departments as and when required.

C) Additional Responsibilities

● Provide strategic communications support to the Programme Team;

● Any other communications requirements that may evolve in line with skills of the person over time.

● Train the various team members on effective communication skills especially story telling, blog writing, efficient and engaging reporting.

Requirements:

● A minimum of 4 years of demonstrable experience in social media management, content creation and editorial, communications management or related profile.

● Educational qualifications or experience in literature, journalism, communications, marketing, design or a related field would be a plus.

● Excellent writing and editing skills in English. Competence in Khasi/Garo/Pnar language writing and editing would be a bonus.

● An understanding of alternate education, and preferable experience working in the field.

● Excellent aesthetic and design sensibilities.

● Technical skills with / understanding of basic website design (HTML, CSS), image/video/sound editing (Adobe Design Suite and the like) would be a strong bonus.

● Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously and demonstrated ability to review and prioritise work independently and effectively

● Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management.

● Ability to maintain a calm and positive attitude and to work productively with heavy workload, competing priorities, complex problems, and tight deadlines.

Work Culture

As young non-profit organisations, Project DEFY and SMF offer you the opportunity to be part of an exciting journey to revolutionise the Indian education system. In this journey, hard work as well as an open mind and the willingness to take on new challenges is required. At the same time, we are a close-knit team that values time spent together and always strives to have its fair share of fun. We appreciate every team member equally and attempt to have as little hierarchies as possible within the organisation.

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We believe in affirmative action and particularly encourage people from marginalized

backgrounds to apply, including sexual/gender minorities, adult children of sex workers,

people living with HIV, dalits, adivasis, women, religious and ethnic minorities.