Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer

LEND A HAND INDIA (UK); Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lend A Hand India in Pune seeks a Senior Officer to transform curriculum and field expertise into clear, practical learning resources. The role blends strong educational writing with instructional-design thinking to deliver high-quality content across programs.

The candidate will convert curricula into learning outcomes, develop teacher guides, and design hands-on activities, assessments and multilingual materials for diverse state contexts.

Qualifications

• Converts curriculum into engaging learning experiences.
• Designs outcomes, activities and assessments.
• Writes and edits educational content clearly and accurately.
• Collaborates with teachers, practitioners and experts.

Responsibilities

• Translate curricula into clear outcomes and learning experiences.
• Design learning sequences linking experience, facilitation, reflection, application and assessment.
• Develop teacher guides, student materials, training resources, worksheets and cases.
• Create practical, hands-on activities suitable for real school settings.
• Develop formative assessments, rubrics and evidence-of-learning tasks.
• Provide facilitation guidance for teachers with varying technical backgrounds.
• Work with subject experts to simplify complex concepts without losing accuracy.
• Produce multilingual and localisation-ready content for wider state use.

Skills

Curriculum to learning design

Experiential learning

Learning outcomes design

Educational writing

Editing

Multilingual content

Localization readiness

Teacher and practitioner collaboration

Education

Master’s Degree in Education / Instructional Design

Job description

Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer

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

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Officer - Educational Content Writer & Instructional Designer

Location: Pune

Travel: As per the project need

Position Overview:

To convert curriculum, technical knowledge andfield experience into clear, engaging and practical learning experiences andeducational resources .

The role combines strong educational writing withinstructional-design thinking.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interpret national and state curricula and translate them intoclear learning outcomes.
• Design learning sequences linking experience, facilitation,reflection, application and assessment .
• Develop teacher guides, student materials, training resources,worksheets, activities, cases and digital/video content.
• Design hands-on activities that are practical within real schoolsettings.
• Develop formative assessments, observation criteria, rubrics andevidence-of-learning tasks.
• Write clear facilitation guidance for teachers who may not betechnical experts in every vocation.
• Work with subject and sector experts to simplify technicalconcepts without losing accuracy.
• Convert experienced practitioners' and field teams' knowledgeinto explicit, usable resources.
• Develop multilingual- and localisation-ready source content that can be adapted across states.
• Prepare clear briefs for illustrators and other productionspecialists.
• Participate in field testing and revise content based on teacherand learner feedback.
• Use digital and AI-enabled tools appropriately, with human reviewfor pedagogy, accuracy and language.
  
• LAHI's central learning principle requiresresources to connect expected learning, practical experience, evidence oflearning and reflection rather than merely describing activities.

Requirements

MinimumExperience:

• Strong ability to convert curriculum into learning experiences—notjust explanatory text.
  
• Understanding of experiential/activity-based and competency-basedlearning.
  
• Ability to design learning outcomes, activities and assessments.
  
• Strong writing, simplification and editing skills.
  
• Ability to work with teachers, practitioners and technical experts.
  
• Experience with school education, vocational education or teacherlearning would be valuable.
  
• Experience in multilingual or digital learning content would be anadvantage.
  

Educational Background:
Master’s Degree in Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, ora related Field

• Instructional Design & Learning Experience Design
  
• Educational Writing, Content Development & Editing
  
• Experiential, Activity-Based & Competency-Based Learning
  
• Assessment, Rubric & Evidence-of-Learning Design
  

Personal Attributes:

• Strong Communication & Writing Skills
  
• Detail-Oriented & Quality Conscious
  
• Adaptable & Context-Sensitive
  

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.