Designation: Communications Associate
Studio: Across Studios
Location: Lucknow
Experience: 5 Years
Established in 2007, Jana Urban Space Foundation (Jana USP) is a Professional Services Social Enterprise (PSSE), delivering transformational, world-class work on the spatial dimension of cities. Jana USP’s work is focused primarily on practice – the execution of projects that deliver this transformational experience on-the-ground. Such practice work is carried out in three studios: Urban Planning; Urban Design; and Inclusive Architecture. Over the years, Jana USP has also taken up several policy and reforms initiatives, related to spatial aspects of Urban Planning and Urban Design of Indian cities, with a view to address many policy, institutional and operational bottlenecks in these areas. Jana USP is a not-for-profit entity.
JanaUSP is part of the JANA Group – one of India’s best-known groups of not-for-profit institutions working towards the mission of fixing India’s cities. Swati Ramanathan and Ramesh Ramanathan co-founded Jana Group in 2001 and it presently works across citizen participation and city governance reforms (through Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy), city planning and design (through Jana Urban Space Foundation), municipal consulting services (through Jana Urban Services for Transformation Pvt. Ltd.), banking and financial services for the urban poor (through Jana Small Finance Bank) and affordable housing for the urban poor (through Janaadhar).
Our projects in the Urban Design space include
- Junction improvements across different cities in India, with a focus on pedestrian and NMT priority and creating landmark intersections.
- Street design across different scales including design, execution, project monitoring as well as focus on capacity building and stakeholder engagement.
- Waterfront masterplan and guidelines focusing on climate resilience and incorporating green infrastructure techniques to create memorable waterfront public spaces.
- Affordable housing projects and community based architectural projects.
We are looking for a Documentation Expert at Jana Urban Space in Lucknow. The Documentation Expert will be responsible for clinical documentation, technical writing, and creating technical documentation. Analytical skills are essential for this role to ensure quality and accuracy in all documentation tasks.
What will the Documentation Expert really do?
• Generating report/data required as per the requirement of different missions.
• Preparation of Power Point Presentations (PPTs) and reports.
• Guiding ULBs in implementation of key parameters and developing reports.
• Assist ULB in preparation and presentation of data, submission of Evaluation reports, attending review meetings, etc.
• Preparation of monthly status report
• Documentation and Information/Data Management and Administrative Assistance.
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly reports.
• Support in co-ordination with National / International institutes for capacity building & training programs and its related works
• Support in Training & capacity building to ULB Officials, DPR Consultants, Contractors & other related personals related to Project preparation, execution, operation, management & maintenance with the help of team members.
• Support in IEC related activities
• Documentation and its related work.
• Any other related and assigned work
Key Skills & Responsibilities
- Managing an overarching social media strategy, in line with the company’s vision
- Preparing creative content where required
- Uploading content and creating streamlined campaigns on social media and our website
- Create an interactive platform on Social Media involving students, prospective employees, peers, etc.
- Thinking on innovative ways of branding and keeping us relevant for various themes of urbanism and socially equitable urban development
- Active participation in post/design discussions with clear articulation of ideas.
- Collaborating with and communicating with all studios in the firm
- Can operate and maintain our website
- Writing articles, blogs, articles on behalf of JanaUSP
- Capturing the events, creating collage and sharing on social platforms
Qualifications and Experience
- Graduate degree in Engineering / Planning/ Mass Communication or Post Graduate Diploma (Business Management)
- Post Graduate Degree in Sociology / Mass communication / Business Administration / Planning and related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as Communication Expert.
- Proficient with MS office, social media platforms and web enabled services.
- Strong leadership, administration, analytical, communications, interpersonal and project management skills are essential for this position.
What competencies does it take to be Documentation Expert?
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Good graphic sense
- Okay with operating in ambiguous and fast – paced situations
- Determination to see the work through
Remuneration
JanaUSP is an equal opportunity employer and offers a highly dynamic and enabling work environment. We provide competitive remuneration commensurate with relevant experience skill-sets and background.
This position is based out of Lucknow
Please write to us with your CV and portfolio, along with a link to your updated LinkedIn profile at work@janausp.org with “Documentation Expert_ URIDA <your name>” in the subject line.