Senior Associate – Communications

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About the Organization

The Akanksha Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission to build an innovative school network that empowers children from underserved communities. Akanksha currently serves 14,600 students and 5,800+ alumni through its 27 schools in Pune, Mumbai, and Nagpur in partnership with municipalities. Over the next 3 years (2025-2028), Akanksha will be focusing on the following key priorities;

• Doubling down on excellence and innovation across our current schools
• Accelerate the academic learning and differentiated pathways for students leveraging personalized learning using technology and partnering with parents
• Continue our efforts on well-being and safety of our children through a focused implementation of socio-emotional learning programs.
• Designing and implementing new programs to develop new age competencies like entrepreneurship, digital literacy, environmental consciousness and financial literacy.
• Setting up new schools across existing and new geographies. Piloting 1 or more experimental schools to challenge the existing education structures
• Continue supporting our alumni to push the boundaries of achievements and ensuring they stay on track to break the cycle of poverty.
• Launch and grow our multiplier initiative in partnership with the governments and likeminded non-profit organizations, through codification of Akanksha’s ‘best in class’ practices around Art, socio emotional learning, parents as partners and English as second language.
• Amplify key learnings from Akanksha’s public-private partnership model to drive larger change in the education ecosystem

Job Description

As Senior Associate – Communications (Nagpur), you will play a key role in managing Akanksha’s communications in the region. Your top priorities will be:

• Managing and growing Akanksha’s social media handle – increasing engagement and building meaningful collaborations.
• Exploring new avenues of outreach, including media partnerships, newspaper articles, and networking events.
• Exploring and building partnerships that support Akanksha’s programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing and growing Akanksha’s social media presence.
• Drafting and designing content for newsletters, reports, video scripts, and social media.
• Managing and executing events for internal and external initiatives, such as staff meetings, townhalls, and annual functions.
• Staying connected with other teams to share timely updates relevant to communications and outreach strategies.
• Supporting the donor team with collating school-wise reports and related requirements.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• 2–3 years of relevant work experience in marketing and communications, with exposure to social media, writing, and events.
• Experience in a deadline-oriented environment.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Strong written and verbal skills.
• Proficiency in design tools like Canva, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or Premiere Pro).
• Good skills in photography and video editing.
• Strong project management and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a sense of urgency.

Qualification:

• Postgraduate degree in Marketing/Advertising/related fields.

Apply at www.akanksha.org or email your resume to hrupdates@akanksha.org

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