Manager - Content & Knowledge

Lend-A-Hand India; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Lend A Hand India in Pune is seeking a Manager – Content & Knowledge to build and manage a curriculum-linked, multilingual knowledge system for school vocational education. You will shape content architecture and coordinate with government and academic partners to deliver reusable resources across states.

The role leads writers, editors and translators, ensuring learning outcomes are preserved while adapting content for diverse states and languages, with a focus on practical impact and quality.

Qualifications

• Around 8–12 years of experience in educational content, curriculum, instructional design or knowledge management.
• Strong curriculum interpretation and editorial skills.
• Experience managing educational content-development teams and specialists.
• Experience with multilingual content, localisation or state-level adaptation.
• Willingness to visit schools and training programmes to understand how resources are actually used.

Responsibilities

• Develop LAHI's overall content and knowledge architecture.
• Identify resource needs from curriculum, teacher needs, implementation experience and recurring field problems.
• Decide when to reuse, curate, adapt, contextualise, create or retire resources.
• Work with NCERT, SCERTs, state departments, boards and other academic institutions on curriculum-linked resources.
• Build a common-core + state-specific approach to content.
• Lead multilingual translation and contextualisation across different states and Indian languages.
• Ensure adaptations retain learning outcomes, pedagogy and assessment intent.
• Manage writers, instructional designers, technical experts, illustrators, translators and production partners.
• Establish standards for content briefs, technical review, pedagogical review and release.
• Maintain resource registers, version control, ownership, permissions, review cycles and repositories.
• Capture learning from LAHI's field work and convert it into reusable frameworks, tools, guides and knowledge assets.
• Use teacher and field feedback to continuously improve resources.

Skills

Curriculum interpretation

Editorial skills

Team management

Multilingual content

Govt & academia

Version control

Research & translation

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Job description

• Date Opened 08/25/2026
• State/Province Maharashtra
• Country India

Job Description

Job Title: Manager – Content & Knowledge Location: Pune

Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview:

To build and manage LAHI's curriculum-linked,multilingual and reusable knowledge and resource system for schoolvocational education.

The role is broader than content production. Itwill help LAHI convert curriculum, technical expertise and implementationexperience into resources and knowledge that can be adapted and used acrossstates.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop LAHI's overall content and knowledge architecture.
• Identify resource needs from curriculum, teacher needs,implementation experience and recurring field problems.
• Decide when to reuse, curate, adapt, contextualise, create orretire resources.
• Work with NCERT, SCERTs, state departments, boards and otheracademic institutions on curriculum-linked resources.
• Build a common-core + state-specific approach to content.
• Lead multilingual translation and contextualisation acrossdifferent states and Indian languages.
• Ensure adaptations retain learning outcomes, pedagogy andassessment intent.
• Manage writers, instructional designers, technical experts,illustrators, translators and production partners.
• Establish standards for content briefs, technical review,pedagogical review and release.
• Maintain resource registers, version control, ownership,permissions, review cycles and repositories.
• Capture learning from LAHI's field work and convert it intoreusable frameworks, tools, guides, cases and knowledge assets.
• Use teacher and field feedback to continuously improve resources.
• The source role similarly covers reuse/adaptationdecisions, reusable versus state-specific content, versioning, repositories,rights and conversion of field learning into improved resources.

Requirements

MinimumExperience:

• Around 8–12 years of experience in educational content,curriculum, instructional design or knowledge management.
• Strong curriculum interpretation and editorial skills.
• Experience managing educational content-development teams andspecialists.
• Experience with multilingual content, localisation or state-leveladaptation.
• Ability to work with government and academic institutions.
• Understanding of versioning, ownership, copyright and resourcemaintenance.
• Experience in vocational, practical or experiential education would bean advantage.
• Willingness to visit schools and training programmes to understand howresources are actually use
• Content & Knowledge Management
• Educational Content Quality Assurance & Editorial Skills
• Resource Architecture, Version Control & Repository Management
• Stakeholder & Academic Institution Management
• Research, Analytical Thinking & Knowledge Translation

Personal Attributes:

• Strategic & Systems Thinking
• Detail-Oriented & Quality Conscious
• Creative & Resourceful
• Collaborative & Team-Oriented
• Adaptable & Open to Feedback
• Strong Ownership & Accountability
• Curious, Continuous Learner & Problem Solver

About Lend A Hand India:

Lend A HandIndia (LAHI) is a leadingnational Think Tank/NGO with over 20 years ofexperience in strengthening India’s skill and vocationaleducation ecosystem. LAHI works closely with 20+ State and UTgovernments through long-term partnerships, providingtechnical advisory and Project Management Unit (PMU)support to drive systemic reforms. In Uttar Pradesh,LAHI partners with the Directorate of Training (DTE)and the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT)to support large-scale improvements in ITIs, skilleducation curriculum, assessments, certification, andpolicy implementation .

Our Mission

EquipSchool Students to Maximise Their Potential Through SkillEducation

Our Approach

• Partnership withcentral-state governments to define, and scalepolicy
• Building of Centresof Excellence that act as lighthouses for innovation
• Resourceorganisation for the skilling ecosystem

OurKnowledge in Action

Through the design& execution of innovative models from trainingcentres, innovation hubs to mobile outreach initiatives,LAHI’s innovative knowledge resource drives bothgrassroots learning and systemic transformation acrossIndia. With 250+ LAHI staff embedded in state educationsystems across 20+ states, we provide technical andproject management support, enabling governments to translatepolicy into action.