Curriculum Lead - Special Education

Sol's ARC; Mumbai; On-site; INR 949,000 - 1,060,000; Full time

Job summary

Sol's ARC is seeking a Curriculum Lead for Special Education based in Mumbai, with state-level travel. You will shape inclusive education content, design training modules for government and teachers, and guide a 3–5 member curriculum team to deliver high-quality materials and training.

This senior role requires a Masters or Diploma in Special Education and 6–10 years in curriculum development, instructional design or training, with proven people management experience.

Qualifications

• Masters / Diploma in Special Education as required.
• 6–10 years of experience in curriculum development, instructional design or training.
• Experience leading a team of 3–5 content developers/trainers.

Responsibilities

• Curriculum design end-to-end: needs assessment to module structure and learning outcomes.
• Design contextual school-based content: teacher trainings, facilitator guides, participant workbooks.
• Deliver training to teachers, government officials, and trainers; monitor quality and ensure consistency.
• Lead and develop a 3–5 person team; manage capacity and quality benchmarks.
• Support expansion across different state education contexts and languages.

Skills

Curriculum development

Instructional design

Training delivery

Team management

Education

Masters in Special Education

Diploma in Special Education

Job description

Job Title Curriculum Lead– Special Education

Location Mumbai HO (with state-level travel as required)

Job Type Full-Time

Reports to Director – Program Strategy and operations

Manages Team of 3–5 content developers and trainers

Education Masters/Diploma in Special Education

Salary INR 85,000/- to INR 95,000/-

About the Project

Sol's ARC is a disability inclusion organisation with over 23 years of experience enabling Persons with Disabilities to access education, livelihoods and employment. Our Inclusive Education programme works directly with state governments and education departments — building the capacity of teachers, resource persons and government officials to make schools and learning systems genuinely inclusive for children with special needs.

The curriculum team is at the heart of this work — designing the content that goes into government teacher training, developing materials for resource persons in the field and ensuring that what is taught is evidence-based, contextually appropriate and practically usable.

About the Role

The Curriculum Lead is a senior content and training leadership role — not a subject matter specialist but a curriculum systems thinker from a special education lens. The person in this role must be able to take any content area (inclusive education, teacher training, disability identification, SHG facilitation) and design a well-structured module, create effective training materials and deliver training on it. The curriculum lead makes the content rigorous, the training practical and the team capable.

This is a people management role as much as it is a content role. You will Manage a team of 3–5 curriculum developers and trainers, guide their work quality, build their capacity and be the quality benchmark for everything the team produces.

What Will You Typically Do?

1. Curriculum Design and Content Development

• Manage the end-to-end design of training modules and curriculum content for Sol's ARC's inclusive education programmes — from needs assessment to module structure, session plans, session objectives and learning outcomes.
• Design content that is contextually appropriate for the school education system — teacher training materials, resource person guides, facilitator handbooks and participant workbooks.
• Ensure all content is evidence-based, pedagogically sound, aligned with state curriculum frameworks and disability-inclusive by design.
• Review and quality-check all content produced by the curriculum team — maintain the standard and provide structured feedback.
• Adapt and contextualise content for different state education contexts, languages and learner profiles as the programme expands.

2. Training Design and Delivery

• Design training programmes for teachers, resource teachers, government officials and education department functionaries — including session plans, facilitation guides, assessments and follow-up tools.
• Deliver high-quality training sessions directly when required — particularly for state-level training of trainers and key government stakeholder engagements.
• Build a consistent, replicable training delivery model that the team can use across geographies.
• Monitor training quality across the team — observe sessions, provide feedback and ensure delivery standards are maintained.

3. Team Management and Capacity Building

• Manage and guide a team of 3–5 curriculum developers and trainers — set clear work plans, review outputs and provide regular coaching and feedback.
• Build the team's capability in instructional design, module development and training facilitation — through hands‑on mentoring and structured learning.
• Review team members' work for quality, accuracy and alignment with Sol's ARC's content standards.
• Ensure the team works cohesively, meets deadlines and produces materials that are ready for deployment without requiring major revision.

What this person will do-

40% - Developing and supervising content creation

20%- Trainings workshops with external stakeholders- Government, NGOs, Schools

20%- Trainings workshops with internal project teams

20%- Testing, Validating and ensuring content and training effectiveness across inclusive education projects

Who Are We Looking For?

CORE — must have:

• Education – Masters / Diploma in Special Education
• Has 6–10 years of experience in curriculum development, instructional design or training and content development — with a track record of independently designing and delivering training programmes.
• Has managed a team of at least 3–5 people in a content or training function — with documented responsibility for their output quality, timelines and professional development.
• Is not subject-specific — can design a rigorous, well-structured inclusive curriculum on any content area relevant to the programme. The skill is in the design, not the domain.
• Has done at least two of these three things independently: designed a training module from scratch; created field‑ready participant or facilitator materials; delivered training to a diverse learner group.

STRONG ADVANTAGE — preferred but not mandatory:

• Has experience working with a government education programme in a state. Experience in how government training systems function, how content gets approved and how teachers are reached at scale.
• Has worked on training programmes for children, teachers or young people — school‑level education system experience is the most relevant.
• Has worked across geographies — experience adapting content for different states, languages or learner profiles.
• Has an experience in building curriculum on inclusive education for the disabled population.

NOT REQUIRED:

• A subject matter specialist in English / Mathematics or a specific curriculum domain. the design and facilitation skills must already exist.

What We Offer

• Fair and competitive pay — salary as per Sol's ARC pay scale, based on your experience and skills.
• Meaningful work — your content will directly shape how teachers across multiple states understand and support children with special needs.
• Government system access — you will work directly with SCERTs, DIETs and state education departments — a rare opportunity to embed your curriculum into a public system at scale.
• Learning and growth — hands‑on mentoring, a strong programme team and the opportunity to build a curriculum function that is considered a benchmark in the inclusive education space.
• Flexibility with accountability — clear outcomes and the freedom to plan your work and manage your team.