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Teach For India is on a journey to reach an India free of poverty and filled with love by ending educational inequity in our country. Twelve years into our journey we are a movement of 3800 Alumni working at all levels of the education system, who are reaching 1 in 10 children across the country. These Alumni have graduated from our two-year Fellowship Program where they taught in under-resourced classrooms to put 32,000 low-income children on a different life path. Today, we have 970 Fellows and are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem in India.

In 2022, we embark on Phase 4, our fourth strategic phase. We have a bold and ambitious ten-year journey ahead of us that aims to grow 50,000 leaders, who will work collectively, and with love, to transform the lives of 1 in 10 low-income children in our regions, through an education that unleashes the potential of self, others and India. In this decade, five key priorities will lead us to this vision.

Strengthen our core Fellowship to build strong teacher leaders who provide an excellent and equitable education to our children and continue to do so beyond the Fellowship
Scale our impact by strategically introducing additional Fellowships as alternative pathways for leadership development
Match the Alumni of our programs at an intersection of their interests and the needs of the system and our children
Advocate for key issues that impact educational equity, and engage 3.5% of the population in the movement for educational equity
Act collectively with our Alumni to learn about and address key issues in our regions.

Our work will only be completed when we have built a movement of leaders that is large enough to ensure that every child in India attains an excellent education.

We pride ourselves as being a passionate, idealistic, mission-driven team of individuals. We’re committed to learning and excellence in our roles, and to being deeply rooted in our core values.

What Teach For India Can Offer You

The opportunity to be part of one of the most established and visionary movements in the education sector in India which is at a pivotal point in terms of expanding its scale and outreach across the nation and working with changemakers across the country.
A challenging yet flexible workplace in which every individual employee’s Staff journey is tracked for excellence and leadership development.
A work environment in which employees’ holistic well-being is a core priority, enabling people to be their best selves.
Access to connections and resources from the global Teach For All network that includes partner organizations spanning 50+ countries across 6 continents.
Remuneration that is competitive within the top quartile of the Indian NGO pay scales, and a benefits package that includes extensive medical insurance and maternity coverage for both parents.

Position Summary

This role is a 2-year Consultant role dedicated to one of the most exciting projects ever undertaken by the Selection team – revamping our Fellowship Selection Model.

Co-designing and implementing a long term research and analysis program to ensure our selection model leads us to efficiently identify those applicants likely to be excellent teachers and leaders of our movement
Churning out data insights post analysis, discovering trends and patterns, turning the raw data into valuable insights, using state of the art features to mine data
Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting findings in a manner that is clear, easy and exciting for stakeholders to deeply engage with
Designing and implementing pilots based on the insights generated through rapid iterations through the year
Collaborating with and investing key stakeholders – including staff (Training and Impact/Program, etc.), Fellows, Alumni and external partners – in the selection process and the role they have to play in ensuring we are efficient and accurate in our evaluation of applicants
Co-designing systems and processes which ensure we can implement the selection model and meet our vision and goals efficiently, with accuracy and in a way is sustainable
Monitoring and tracking effectiveness and impact of the model while holding the quality conversation and co-arriving at quality indicators with the training team
Problem-solving through the various challenges which arise during the selection process through the design and implementation of strategic solutions which are both immediate and sustainable long-term.

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Graduate with 2+ years of work experience (comfort with technology and data analytics preferred)
Exceptional English language communication skills – both written and verbal
End-to-end project management experience (from vision setting to execution).
A background in research and data analysis, proficient in MS Office/Google suite (such as PowerPoint or google slides)
Believe that every child deserves an excellent education and that every single child can be successful academically whatever their background.

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

A curiosity to understand, deep dive and derive big and small insights from large volumes of qualitative and quantitative data; high levels of ownership to initiative and explore ongoing and ad hoc research questions.
Strong applied statistical skills such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, experience with SPSS and other statistical tools.
Experience or interest in working with data science toolkits such as R, Python, Matlab, etc.
Data visualisation skills and experience working with tools such as Tableau, etc.
Knowledge of applying tools like NLP, sentiment analysis for large scale selection models.
Project management skills and ability to manage complex projects with many moving parts and stakeholders, ensuring high-quality outcomes in a tight timeframe.
Great communication skills for communicating insights in the most accurate and effective way
Strong interpersonal skills, which enable you to build meaningful relationships with diverse others and invest them in a role or purpose, and a focus on collaborating with others to generate ideas, find aspects of collaboration, conduct interviews and access the information required for research
Solution-oriented approach when faced with challenges, and ability to identify and implement solutions to complex challenges rapidly.
High sense of possibility and an anything-it-takes attitude.
Growth-oriented mindset and a drive to develop self as well as to challenge and improve existing systems and approaches.
Data-driven and results-oriented, yet with a ‘purpose-over-process’ approach to work.
Risk-taking appetite and ability to balance stability with innovation and experimentation
Excitement and stamina to work in a high-stakes, deadline-driven environment

To apply for this job please visit teachforindia.secure.force.com.