Background
Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership for Equity, LFE) is a non-profit organisation based in Pune, Maharashtra, working to strengthen India’s public education system so that every child learns and thrives. We envision public education systems that refuse to let children down.
LFE partners with state and district governments across multiple states—including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana—to improve teaching practices and build sustained academic support structures within the public system. Our work is anchored in the belief that public education systems are the gatekeepers of social equity, and strengthening them is essential to ensuring that every child has access to strong foundational and future-ready learning.
Approach
LFE’s systems-change approach focuses on improving classroom practice and enabling government ownership through three core levers:
- Co-creating high-quality curricular resources and building teacher capacity
- Developing academic leadership to coach and mentor teachers
- Providing data-driven advisory support and policy implementation guidance
Our model empowers teachers as instructional leaders and embeds long-term support through government-run mentor cadres, continuous classroom observation cycles, and in-system academic structures. Technology plays a critical role, including an in-house Classroom Observation App for real-time monitoring and a WhatsApp-based teacher support chatbot for contextual resource delivery.
The approach is iterative and context-responsive, grounded in classroom realities and tailored to state and district needs. Implementation varies across geographies—whether working directly with teachers or through government-appointed mentors—ensuring relevance and feasibility within existing structures. A continuous feedback loop of training, observation, and coaching moves beyond one-time interventions toward sustained practice change. All programs are co-designed and co-implemented with government partners to ensure scale, sustainability, and systemic ownership, ultimately leading to improved student learning outcomes in foundational and future literacy.
About the Role
The purpose of the Communications & Branding Design Coordinator is to assist the Communication team at LFE in strengthening LFE’s online presence and communications by assisting in implementing the branding roadmap and managing the day-to-day online (and offline) presence. They will support the Communications team closely in ensuring organisational impact is shared, advocated, and conveyed to various stakeholders, including board members, partner governments, CSRs, funders, NGOs, CSOs, and an ecosystem of influencers in the education sector at large.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Strategic Communications:
- Design: To design various collaterals (decks, event/centre exhibits, brochures, booklets, reports, etc.) required for the organisation and keep them updated.
- Online Presence: Work with the Communications team members in managing LFE’s brand presence through NGO portal listings, articles on relevant blogs, updating the website, and partnerships with various agencies
Online Marketing & Branding:
- Social Media:
- To keep the organisation’s online platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter) up to date with well-designed updates as per the social media calendar
- To assist in promoting the brand LFE (online and offline marketing, media, events, etc.) and ensuring that the guidelines are followed by the team
- Media management and hygiene checks for Canva, social media platforms, and internal Drives
- Event Support:
- Provide support for digital campaigns, webinars, podcasts, panel discussions, etc., with partner organisations by helping manage communication, branding, outreach, and documentation
- Branding Compliance:
- Help ensure org-wide compliance with branding guidelines, and maintain a consistent message and voice for the organisation
Offline Marketing & Branding:
- Event Support:
- Help design and implement brand representation for programmatic events and events where LFE is represented
- Create communication collaterals for internal and external events, such as decks, videos
- Support end-to-end event coverage through photography, videography, timely sharing of media with program teams as per their requirements, and live and post-event social media coverage
Overall Office Communications:
- Office Support:
- Support in designing reports
- Support in designing posters for office celebrations, committees, etc.
- Event Support: Assist team in conducting org-level events
Education & Experience
- 0–2 years of work experience in the social sector, with a background in handling communications in an education-based NGO. Previous experience of working in communications and marketing roles is preferable
- Proficiency in designing software and tools like Canva, GPTs, Photoshop, and online tools for creatives
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Marathi, functional knowledge (oral and written) of Hindi/Telugu would be highly preferred
- Belief in the potential of the government sector and that government systems can and will change towards overcoming systemic inequities and ensuring improved outcomes for all
- A basic understanding of social equity, development discourse, and Indian education policy
- Being able to take initiative and work in an autonomous, semi-structured environment
- Adaptability to changing responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to them
- High openness to learning and ability to build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders & partners across public and private spaces
- Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties
Location and Compensation
Location: Pune, Maharashtra.
Compensation: Apart from being a part of a young and dynamic learning team, the individual will receive a healthy compensation at par with the non-profit sector benchmark for this position, commensurate with the individual’s prior experience and qualifications. The current compensation band offered, based on fit and experience, is 3 - 4.5 lakh INR per annum CTC.
Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate on the basis of caste, race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.