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Pratham Books (www.prathambooks.org) is a not-for-profit children’s book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s hand’ and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in India. As a publisher serving every child in India, Pratham Books has always pushed the boundaries when it comes to exploring innovative ways in which to create access to joyful stories and have been fortunate in finding partners to collaborate with who share this vision.

In 2015, Pratham Books’ increased its footprint by going digital. As an industry leader, we were one of the first publishers in the country to open license our content. All this content is now available on StoryWeaver, which is a digital platform that hosts stories in languages from India and beyond, so that every child can have an endless stream of stories in her mother tongue to read and enjoy. The stories can be read, translated, versioned or downloaded for free. All stories on the platform are openly licensed.6

We are looking for a Project Manager for StoryWeaver

Illustration by Kabini Amin from BDum Dum-a-Dum Biryani! by Gayathri Tirthapura

This position will work closely with the StoryWeaver Product team to support the operations of StoryWeaver.  The role would involve project co-ordination, anchoring product enhancements, nurturing on ground relationships and support reporting and documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the internal teams to implement StoryWeaver’s operational plans
• Project level support and coordination across various teams to ensure timely completion of project deliverables
• Track and monitor user trends and usage data to drive future product enhancements
• Anchor product enhancements through user research, requirement analysis, design and communication briefs to tech implementation
• Support the core team in reporting, documentation, campaign processes
• Drive on ground testing beds for key features and partner engagement

Required skills

• Proven experience as a Project manager 
• Excellent organization skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Sophisticated ICT skills
• Willing to travel to all project locations
• 2-4 years of experience

Nice to have but not mandatory:

• Experience working with non-profits
• Masters in Business Administration, Marketing or a related field would be a plus

Location: 

This is a full-time position for 1 year and is based out of Bangalore

Compensation: 

Salary will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

Write to us:

Email your resume with ‘Project Manager - StoryWeaver’ in the subject line to [email protected]

 

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Duration - 6 months extendable up to 1 year 

About Us 
Pratham Books (www.prathambooks.org) is a not-for-profit children's book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s hand’ and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in India. As a publisher serving every child in India, Pratham Books has always pushed the boundaries when it comes to exploring innovative ways in which to create access to joyful stories and have been fortunate in finding partners to collaborate with who share this vision. 
In 2015, Pratham Books increased its footprint by going digital. StoryWeaver (www.storyweaver.org.in)is a digital platform that hosts stories in languages from India and beyond so that every child can have an endless stream of stories in her mother tongue to read and enjoy. The stories can be read, translated, versioned, or downloaded for free. All stories on the platform are openly licensed. 

We are looking for a Project Manager based out of Chhattisgarh who can spearhead a statewide campaign. The person is responsible to successfully implement the campaign and deliver on the KPIs while managing internal and external stakeholders. 
An ideal candidate should have proven experience in campaign and project management. 

Key Responsibilities: 
As a Project Manager, you will manage the day-to-day communication and operational aspects of the project. Your core responsibilities will be to: 
● Create and maintain detailed timelines/work plans for all project deliverables and key milestones; hold internal and external teams accountable to project plans. 
● Serve as the primary point of contact for all operational questions about the project internally and externally 
● Establish and nurture government relationships in the state education department to further the campaign outreach and impact 
● Design and deliver campaign outreach initiatives in the state and ensure mobilization of resources at the ground level 
● Identify stakeholders and attendees for crucial recurring and ad-hoc discussions; capture meeting notes and escalate communications to align on deliverables and troubleshoot roadblocks. 
● Deliver project status updates to internal and external teams 
● Undertake ad-hoc translation requests for short messages and social media posts. 
● Support in preparing project launch, weekly check-ins, to identify and capture recommendations for future execution.
● Working closely with other team members to capture feedback throughout the project lifecycle and to contribute to the iteration of existing processes aimed at making project delivery more effective. 
● Support the organization in monitoring and evaluation exercises 
● Gathering and summarizing key takeaways for monthly project reports 

Required skills and experiences: 
● Minimum 2 years of experience in the education sector, project management or social media outreach campaigns 
● Bachelors / Masters degree with relevant experience will be considered for the role 
● Proven experience in project management, social campaigns, digital marketing campaigns and/ or project management preferably in the education sector 
● Exceptional communication and project-management / organisational skills 
● Proven ability to build consensus and work effectively within a cross-departmental team 
● Excellent track record of time management, systems organization, and follow-up

● Agility and flexibility towards evolving responsibilities and last-minute project changes 
● A confident facilitator to coordinate discussions between multiple internal stakeholders (such as an interdisciplinary team of different specialists across different geographies) 

Language Skills: 
Excellent proficiency in reading, writing and speaking Hindi. Additional knowledge of local languages of the state is desirable 

Nice to have but not mandatory: 
● Past experience in the education sector. 
● Masters degree with past work experience in social sector organising and advocacy. 
● Experience running lean campaigns that emphasize scaling of success, ideally within the education/social sector 
● Willingness to travel around the state if required 

Location: Raipur 

Write to us: 
Email your resume with the Project Manager (Chhattisgarh) -StoryWeaver in the subject line to [email protected]. Also, send us a short paragraph on why you think you are suitable for the position.
 

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About us:

Pratham Books (www.prathambooks.org) is a not-for-profit children’s book publisher that was set up in 2004 to publish good quality, affordable books in many Indian languages. Our mission is to see ‘a book in every child’s hand’ and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in India. As a publisher serving every child in India, Pratham Books has always pushed the boundaries when it comes to exploring innovative ways in which to create access to joyful storybooks and have been fortunate in finding partners to collaborate with who share this vision.

In 2015, Pratham Books increased its footprint by going digital. As an industry leader, we were one of the first publishers in the country to open license our content. All this content is now available on StoryWeaver, which is a digital platform that hosts books in languages from India and beyond, so that every child can have an endless stream of storybooks in her mother tongue to read and enjoy. The books can be read, translated, versioned or downloaded for free. 

 

Our Programmes:

StoryWeaver has created the following educator focused digital interventions:

Reading Programme - RP offers 144 beautifully illustrated multilingual age-appropriate storybooks that provide a rich reading experience to all children.

Foundation Literacy Programme - The FLP program consists of 90 storybooks in Hindi and Marathi across 6 reading levels for Grades 1 to 3. 

STEM -Literacy Programme - Pratham Books’ StoryWeaver has created a comprehensive STEM literacy program for Grades 1 to 5 in five languages.

 

We are looking for an Associate Partnerships Manager for Maharashtra to join our Partnerships Team. 

 

Scope of Work/ Duties:

As Associate Partnerships Manager, Maharashtra, your core responsibilities with Pratham Books StoryWeaver will include the following: 

 

 Partnerships & Project Management

• Partnerships building with State Education Departments, Ed Tech Companies, NGOs and CBOs in the state of Chhattisgarh, in addition to other states 

• Identifying and bringing on board new Marathi language partners for STEM, FLP and Reading Programme

• Identify partnerships for platform (content and features) adoption at scale 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all operational questions about the project internally and externally 

• Create and maintain detailed timelines/work plans for all project deliverables and key milestones

• Deliver project status updates to internal team and stakeholders

• Support in preparing project launch, weekly check-ins, to identify and capture recommendations for future execution

• Prepare monthly project reports, an end project report on best practices, challenges, case stories etc. 

 

Capacity Building

• Facilitate the planning of capacity building / training of various stakeholders in the program

• Support organising and completion of capacity building for stakeholders 

• Support the team to prepare lesson plans and editable collaterals 

 

Impact Documentation and Monitoring & Evaluation

• Support in implementing the monitoring and evaluation of project operating within Reading Programme, FLP and STEM programmes, developing and maintaining the MIS of the project/s

• Support the research agency to complete the baseline and endline evaluations and providing them with necessary support from the district functionaries 

• Submit monthly reports on the programme implementation, reflecting achievements made, challenges and solutions for donor agency, and other key stakeholders 

• Documenting project successes and learnings in the form of case studies, video stories and short films 

 

Eligibility:

• Post Graduate degree in Social Work/Sociology/Education/Management or any other relevant discipline

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience of working with Government Education Departments

• Dynamic person with good communication skills and zeal to learn

• Should be fluent in writing and reading in English and Marathi

• Should be able to work on word, PowerPoint and excel sheets

• Should be able to write reports and minutes of meetings

• Should be willing to travel within Maharashtra as the job requires extensive travel within the State

 

Reporting: 

The Associate Partnerships Manager, Maharashtra will be directly reporting to the Senior Manager - Partnerships 

Duration of the engagement: 

1 year (starting from September 20th, 2022)

Location: 

Pune

Compensation: 

Compensation offered will be commensurate with the qualifications and experiences of the candidate

 

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can email their detailed CV by the 15th of October, 2022 to [email protected]. In the subject line, candidates must specify ‘Associate Partnerships Manager, Maharashtra’. 

 

*Please note that only shortlisted candidates shall be notified by us. 

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