Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer

• Job Title: Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer
• 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