Job Opportunity for Communications Lead at Mantra4Change in Bengaluru

About us

Nearly a decade ago, Mantra4Change stepped into the education ecosystem with a vision to transform Public Education in India. We believe that in a unique nation like India, our approach to quality education cannot be exclusive of systemic reforms. We work with stakeholders in the system especially in positions of leadership to enable school improvement across the states we work with. A key question that drives us is – how might we enable enriching experiences for children at scale, with speed, and sustainably?

Our Programs are designed to improve and impact critical challenges:

• at ground level like teacher capacity building – Transform
• at system level like empowering leaders with administrative and academic tools – Enable
• at ecosystem level by inspiring thought leaders and entrepreneurs to build a collective of changemakers. – Inspire

Manager – Communications

We are looking for a passionate storyteller to join our team as Manager – Communications and lead our branding activities. In this role, you will strategically design and implement brand evangelisation along with your team at Mantra. This role involves developing brand strategy, creative visualization, team management and periodic brand evaluation. If impact communication and creativity is your strong suit, this role is for you to explore.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the thinking and execution on developing Mantra as a brand and amplifying the education leadership mission
• Developing and improving annual/quarterly fundraising communication strategy for Mantra
• Co-creating digital and program communications strategy for Mantra
• Identifying opportunities for brand building and visibility – online and offline 
• Develop and disseminate creative, compelling and cause specific content for Mantra’s fundraising and branding efforts through various platforms
• Develop and execute a robust funder engagement pipeline
• Strategising and supporting Fundraising team to develop thematic and compelling proposals
• Collecting and analyzing data across communication activities and channels to course correct
• Support and lead the in-house communication team to thrive as impact communicators in social space.
• Identifying events and forums for Mantra to participate in and advocate for the cause of enabling education leadership.
• Strategic and periodic media outreach

Pay range

8-10 LPA (This may vary depending on actual experiences of the candidate)

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in any discipline, preferably – Mass communication, Journalism, Public Relations etc.
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in creative and people centric roles, preferably – Branding, Fundraising or Culture 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to visualize content creatively
• Ability to influence partnerships and connects
• Ability to lead and manage a team
• In depth knowledge of design tools such a Canva, G-Suite, Adobe Suite (not compulsory but good to have)