Manager - Content & Knowledge

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Pune, Maharashtra, IND
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The Role
Leads LAHI’s curriculum-linked, multilingual content and knowledge system for school vocational education. Responsibilities include designing content architecture, identifying resource needs, making reuse and adaptation decisions, managing writers and specialists, overseeing translation and localization, establishing quality and editorial standards, maintaining version control and repositories, managing permissions, and converting field learning into reusable educational resources. The role also engages government and academic institutions and uses teacher feedback to improve materials.
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Job Title: Manager – Content & Knowledge
Location: Pune   
Travel: As per the project need 

Position Overview:

To build and manage LAHI's curriculum-linked, multilingual and reusable knowledge and resource system for school vocational education.

The role is broader than content production. It will help LAHI convert curriculum, technical expertise and implementation experience into resources and knowledge that can be adapted and used across states.

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Develop LAHI's overall content and knowledge architecture.
  • Identify resource needs from curriculum, teacher needs, implementation experience and recurring field problems.
  • Decide when to reuse, curate, adapt, contextualise, create or retire resources.
  • Work with NCERT, SCERTs, state departments, boards and other academic institutions on curriculum-linked resources.
  • Build a common-core + state-specific approach to content.
  • Lead multilingual translation and contextualisation across different states and Indian languages.
  • Ensure adaptations retain learning outcomes, pedagogy and assessment intent.
  • Manage writers, instructional designers, technical experts, illustrators, translators and production partners.
  • Establish standards for content briefs, technical review, pedagogical review and release.
  • Maintain resource registers, version control, ownership, permissions, review cycles and repositories.
  • Capture learning from LAHI's field work and convert it into reusable frameworks, tools, guides, cases and knowledge assets.
  • Use teacher and field feedback to continuously improve resources.
  • The source role similarly covers reuse/adaptation decisions, reusable versus state-specific content, versioning, repositories, rights and conversion of field learning into improved resources.


Requirements

Minimum Experience:

  • Around 8–12 years of experience in educational content, curriculum, instructional design or knowledge management.
  • Strong curriculum interpretation and editorial skills.
  • Experience managing educational content-development teams and specialists.
  • Experience with multilingual content, localisation or state-level adaptation.
  • Ability to work with government and academic institutions.
  • Understanding of versioning, ownership, copyright and resource maintenance.
  • Experience in vocational, practical or experiential education would be an advantage.
  • Willingness to visit schools and training programmes to understand how resources are actually used.

Skills & Competencies:

  • Curriculum & Instructional Design
  • Content & Knowledge Management
  • Multilingual Content Development & Localisation
  • Educational Content Quality Assurance & Editorial Skills
  • Resource Architecture, Version Control & Repository Management
  • Stakeholder & Academic Institution Management
  • Research, Analytical Thinking & Knowledge Translation

Personal Attributes:

  • Strategic & Systems Thinking
  • Detail-Oriented & Quality Conscious
  • Creative & Resourceful
  • Collaborative & Team-Oriented
  • Adaptable & Open to Feedback
  • Strong Ownership & Accountability
  • Curious, Continuous Learner & Problem Solver
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. In Uttar Pradesh, LAHI partners with the Directorate of Training (DTE) and the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT) to support large-scale improvements in ITIs, skill education curriculum, assessments, certification, and policy implementation .

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



Skills Required

  • Around 8–12 years of experience in educational content, curriculum, instructional design, or knowledge management
  • Strong curriculum interpretation and editorial skills
  • Experience managing educational content-development teams and specialists
  • Experience with multilingual content, localisation, or state-level adaptation
  • Ability to work with government and academic institutions
  • Understanding of versioning, ownership, copyright, and resource maintenance
  • Experience in vocational, practical, or experiential education
  • Willingness to visit schools and training programmes to understand resource use
  • Curriculum and instructional design skills
  • Content and knowledge management skills
  • Multilingual content development and localisation skills
  • Educational content quality assurance and editorial skills
  • Resource architecture, version control, and repository management skills
  • Stakeholder and academic institution management skills
  • Research, analytical thinking, and knowledge translation skills
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The Company
366 Employees
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

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