The India Water Portal is an open, collaborative, web-based platform, anchored by Arghyam, that shares water management knowledge amongst practitioners, experts and concerned citizens. Through its content and services, the Portal aims to inspire, catalyse and support water and environment-related development initiatives on the ground, across the country.
The Portal has grown significantly since its start in 2007, and we are looking for new people to help us manage our work.
Title of position
Content publisher(s) - India Water Portal.
Nature of position
Part-time, as a consultant working from home. You must be able to put in at least 100 hours of work in a month. After a 3-month induction period, your appointment will be confirmed till the end of the financial year (2011-12), and can be extended.
Location
Preferably Bangalore. Day to day coordination of the work will be through phone and email. You must be able to make weekly visits to Arghyam's office for initial training.
Start Date
August 01, 2011.
Academic Qualifications
Graduate in any discipline.
Work Description
Creating and uploading content onto the portal, as per our internal content guidelines, and based on background information which will be provided for every content task.
Required Skills / Facilities
- Excellent English writing/communication skills, with good typing speed. Ability to read and write (type) in Hindi/Kannada is desirable.
- Comfortable using basic MS Office software and various internet-based tools.
- Have good computer and high speed internet access at home.
Compensation
Pay will be based on actual hours of work put in. The rate of pay will be Rs. 80/hour, and will vary depending on your capacity, skills and related experience. TDS (rate as per usual norms) will be deducted.
NOTE: Work-related expenses such as computer purchase / maintenance, electricity, internet etc will not be reimbursed.
Deadline for receiving applications
Send in a 1-page resume in PDF format to contact@indiawaterportal.org (cc jobs@arghyam.org), with the relevant subject, latest by July 15, 2011.
Only selected applicants will be contacted by India Water Portal.
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