Openings: Vidhya Vidhai Foundation

Vidhya Vidhai Foundation is a non-profit organization that is committed to ensuring child-centric schools in India through school leadership. We believe education is for children, and therefore should be centred around children. To ensure this, we partner with public school education systems to strengthen the K-12 schools. We enable education leaders at different tiers including Bureaucrats, State Actors, and School Heads to drive school improvement projects at their levels.

Vidhya Vidhai believes education is for children, and therefore should be centred around children. In a child-centred learning environment, children are given choices of how and what they learn, based on the theory that children thrive when they can see a direct connection between the instructional material on the one hand and their own interests and real-world experiences on the other. In such a setting, the classroom becomes a collaborative environment, with the child as an active, rather than passive, participant.

Vidhya Vidhai also believes that only a key decision maker in the school system can ensure this environment for a child and that is the School Leader who can be called as Head Master/Head Mistress or Principal in different names.

These beliefs have shaped Vidhya Vidhai’s vision:

Our vision is to ensure child-centric schools for every child in India by 2050

Our mission is to
1. Build capacity within the state system to enhance School Leadership Development
2. Enable school leaders and teachers to create safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environment
3. Promote collective efforts to foster every child’s fullest potential

For more information, log on to our website or mail apply@vidhyavidhai.org

1. Program Design Lead

As a Program Design Lead, you will be responsible for designing and innovating the projects across all programs of Vidhya Vidhai.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading the development of programme strategies and designs that align with the organization’s mission and objectives.
• Conducting needs assessments, research and analysis to identify gaps and opportunities for program interventions.
• Coordinating with other teams within the organization, such as program implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and finance, to ensure program designs are feasible and aligned with available resources.
• Developing program plans and timelines, and ensuring that they are achievable and realistic.
• Designing program monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track progress and assess the impact of interventions.
• Ensuring that program designs and interventions are evidence-based, innovative, and aligned with best practices.
• Providing guidance and technical support to program teams throughout the implementation process.
• Staying up-to-date with developments in the field and sharing knowledge and best practices with colleagues and partners
• Design and innovate the interventions for the programme
• Create case studies and position papers on the intervention
• Conduct periodic school visits and build a relationship with stakeholders to understand the effectiveness and progress of the programme
• Evaluate underlying causes for gaps in implementation, collaborate to respond effectively, and contribute to customising the program.
• Create a repository of research studies, Interventions, and tools for the organization

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND EXPECTATIONS

• At least 1-2 years experience in communication-related role
• Prior experience in Education/Development space
• Enthusiastic about working with the system/Government
• Fluent in the languages mentioned – Tamil & English
• Willing to move/work from Chennai

2. Communications Lead / Full time (Chennai)

The Communications Lead develops and executes strategies to enhance the organisation’s image, mobilise new resources and sustain the organisation’s existing resources of the organisation. The candidate will gain a profound understanding of all programmes at Vidhya Vidhai and design narratives. The candidate will also be expected to serve at least 24 months of which 3 months will be a probationary period. An individual pumped up with creative energy and brings in opportunities to showcase impact would be a best fit for this role.

Key Deliverables and Expectations

• Collaborate with internal teams to harness content ideas and create brainstorming and ideation spaces.
• Creating content for social media channels
• Scheduling/Posting on social media channels
• Creating collaterals for outreach activities
• Develop need-based and recurring social media campaigns for specific projects/programmes
• Maintaining the organisation’s website (content, updation)
• Developing and sharing periodic publications like newsletter
• Following and ensuring team follows the branding guidelines
• Review and update the comms strategy (quarterly/monthly)
• Open to learning content creation tools and techniques
• Understanding the storyline of programmes and attempting innovative ways of storytelling
• Ensuring error-free content that aligns with the tones and voice of the organisation
• Maintaining confidentiality of the content created and shared
• Researching social media trends at least 6 hours/week and integrating in monthly planner

Skills and Values
1. Consistent in nature
2. Excellent knowledge of MS Office and Google tools
3. Self-driven and collaborative
4. Holds excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Tamil.
5. Ability to grasp the requirements quickly, and create/edit
6. Attention to detail and a learning & innovative mindset
7. Never compromising on quality

Preferred candidate from

1. Enjoys graphic designing, video editing and content writing
2. Tech Savvy and Media Savvy
3. Any Bachelor’s degree and passion for working in the education sector
4. 1-2 years experience in handling communications, content writing and video creation

Working Hours

• Flexible work hours on Monday to Friday – 9:00 am to 5:00 pm / 10.00 – 6.00 pm
• All Saturdays are work from home days.
• Vidhya Vidhai believes that communication could strengthen relationships, expand our current network and bring potential resources in connection for the greater good.
• Communications Lead will play a significant role in this. Email your interest to apply@vidhyavidhai.org