Content and Curriculum Lead in Mumbai | Arpan

aikyam; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Arpan, based in Mumbai, seeks a Content and Curriculum Lead to shape educational content across formats for children, parents, teachers, and institutions. You will drive pedagogic design, content publication, and digital expansion, aligning with national curricula and program insights.

The role requires 8–10 years in the social sector with curriculum design, strong writing, and cross-platform media skills. Mumbai-based work with impactful, scalable programs is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work or Human Development.
• 8 to 10 years of social sector work experience, including curriculum design.
• Strong creative writing, communication, and multi-platform digital content skills.
• High analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and meticulous editing abilities.
• Proven ability to lead small teams, handle deadline pressure, and build long-term organizational processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of educational content on child safety and intervention.
• Translate field insights, program data, and sector research into content strategy.
• Develop multi-format materials for print, digital, and online platforms for national/state curricula.
• Represent Arpan on major external platforms and industry forums.
• Manage a team of professionals and oversee parallel digital projects aligned with goals.
• Establish robust content vetting processes to maintain high quality while reducing turnaround times.

Skills

Pedagogic design

Content writing

Multi-platform content

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Editing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work or Human Development

Job description

Content and Curriculum Lead in Mumbai | Arpan

Arpan

Arpan is an award-winning non-profit working to end Child Sexual Abuse in India. Based in Mumbai with a team of more than 134 professionals, it is India's largest non-profit offering prevention and intervention services for both children and adults. Its Personal Safety Education work reaches children and adolescents aged 4 to 18, teaching them to recognise unsafe situations and ask for help, and it trains teachers and parents to respond well. Arpan also uses research and advocacy to push for policy change at local, state and national levels, and has reached over 19.4 million children and adults since 2007, earning 8 national and 2 international awards. This role sits within Arpan's content and curriculum function, which creates the learning material every one of those programmes is built on.

Role

You will shape what Arpan teaches and how it is taught. The work covers pedagogic design, creation and publication of content for children, parents, teachers and institutions, across formats from printed books to digital media. Arpan is building its presence online, so this role carries the chance to take a proven classroom model into new digital spaces and into state and national curricula.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of educational content on child sexual abuse prevention and intervention.
• Translate field insights, program data, and sector research into effective content strategy.
• Develop multi-format materials for print, digital, and online platforms, targeting national and state curriculum integration.
• Represent Arpan on major external platforms and industry forums.
• Manage a team of professionals, overseeing parallel digital projects to meet organizational goals.
• Establish robust content vetting processes to maintain high quality while reducing creation turnaround times.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work or Human Development.
• 8 to 10 years of social sector work experience, including curriculum design.
• Strong creative writing, communication, and multi-platform digital content skills.
• High analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and meticulous editing abilities.
• Proven ability to lead small teams, handle deadline pressure, and build long-term organizational processes.
• Based in (or willing to operate from) Mumbai.
• Compensation is best in industry.
• Lead a function at India's largest non-profit working on child sexual abuse prevention.
• Guide a team of professionals and shape how the content function works.
• Represent Arpan on national and state platforms, including curriculum bodies.
• Build the digital presence of a proven social model from an early stage.
• Work alongside a team of over 134 people on programmes that have reached 19.4 million children and adults.

Curriculum design Content writing for digital and print Child safety education Team leadership Analytical thinking