Lend A Hand India
Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer
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Designs curriculum-based learning experiences and educational resources, including teacher guides, student materials, activities, assessments, rubrics, digital content, and video resources. Translates technical and field knowledge into clear, practical, multilingual-ready materials for school settings. Collaborates with educators and subject experts, supports field testing, and revises content based on feedback while applying instructional design, experiential learning, and competency-based education principles.
Job Title: Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer
Requirements
Location: Pune
Travel: As per the project need
Position Overview:
To convert curriculum, technical knowledge and
field experience into clear, engaging and practical learning experiences and
educational resources.
The role combines strong educational writing with
instructional-design thinking.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interpret national and state curricula and translate them into
clear learning outcomes.
- Design learning sequences linking experience, facilitation,
reflection, application and assessment.
- Develop teacher guides, student materials, training resources,
worksheets, activities, cases and digital/video content.
- Design hands-on activities that are practical within real school
settings.
- Develop formative assessments, observation criteria, rubrics and
evidence-of-learning tasks.
- Write clear facilitation guidance for teachers who may not be
technical experts in every vocation.
- Work with subject and sector experts to simplify technical
concepts without losing accuracy.
- Convert experienced practitioners' and field teams' knowledge
into explicit, usable resources.
- Develop multilingual- and localisation-ready source content that can be adapted across states.
- Prepare clear briefs for illustrators and other production
specialists.
- Participate in field testing and revise content based on teacher
and learner feedback.
- Use digital and AI-enabled tools appropriately, with human review
for pedagogy, accuracy and language.
- LAHI's central learning principle requires
resources to connect expected learning, practical experience, evidence of
learning and reflection rather than merely describing activities.
Requirements
Minimum
Experience:
- Experience in educational writing, instructional design, curriculum or
learning-resource development.
- Strong ability to convert curriculum into learning experiences—not
just explanatory text.
- Understanding of experiential/activity-based and competency-based
learning.
- Ability to design learning outcomes, activities and assessments.
- Strong writing, simplification and editing skills.
- Ability to work with teachers, practitioners and technical experts.
- Experience with school education, vocational education or teacher
learning would be valuable.
- Experience in multilingual or digital learning content would be an
advantage.
Educational Background:
Master’s Degree in Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, or
a related Field
Skills
& Competencies:
- Instructional Design & Learning Experience Design
- Curriculum Interpretation & Learning Outcome Development
- Educational Writing, Content Development & Editing
- Experiential, Activity-Based & Competency-Based Learning
- Assessment, Rubric & Evidence-of-Learning Design
Personal Attributes:
- Creative & Learner-Centred
- Strong Communication & Writing Skills
- Curious & Continuous Learner
- Detail-Oriented & Quality Conscious
- Adaptable & Context-Sensitive
About Lend A Hand India
: Lend A Hand
India (LAHI) is a leading
national Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years of
experience in strengthening India’s skill and vocational
education ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UT
governments through long-term partnerships, providing
technical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU)
support to drive systemic reforms.
Our Mission
Equip
School Students to Maximise Their Potential Through Skill
Education
Our Approach
- Direct
implementation in schools
- Partnership with
central-state governments to define, and scale
policy
- Building of Centres
of Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
- Resource
organisation for the skilling ecosystem
Our
Knowledge in Action
Through the design
& execution of innovative models from training
centres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,
LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives both
grassroots learning and systemic transformation across
India. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state education
systems across 20+ states, we provide technical and
project management support, enabling governments to translate
policy into action.
Our Reach
LAHI’s current
scale of work includes -
- 20+ States and UTs
- 15000+ Schools
- 15 Lakh+ Students
- 250+ Team Members
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