Job Opportunity for Alumni Manager at ISD in New Delhi

About Indian School of Democracy:

Vision: Redefining public leadership

Mission: Nurture principled leaders with moral courage and imagination, to work of strengthening Indian democracy through politics.

Our How: Indian School of Democracy (ISD) runs short and long programs through which we envision nurturing leaders who will be the epitome of principled leadership, and will serve the nation with a goal to reach the unreached. ISD will nurture young people for political space and create pathways for them to serve through politics after our programs.

Three foundations of our programs:

1. Relevant hard skills such as policy analysis, communications, negotiations, constitutional law, mobilization, public finance etc.

2. Inner transformation through immersion in the several realities of India, personal practices of reflection and discipline and development of personal leadership

3. A community of peers and mentors, leading to sustained and collective impact in public space

About the Team: We encourage political, geographical, religious, gender and other forms of diversity. You can read about the team on our website.

Role of Alumni Manager

ISD conducts three flagship programs: The Good Politician, Democracy Express and She Represents. The gestation period in politics is really high and one of our commitments is to provide 5-10 years of support to all our alumni, as they shape their political journeys. As Alumni Manager, your role is to ensure that they have regular touchpoints with ISD, have spaces for peer support and collaboration and most importantly, ISD can help them in finding opportunities to strengthen their political work. This is very different from a placement cell of a college, as we see our participants as political entrepreneurs. Our role as an organization is to support them in anyway that they want us to, years after they have finished the program.

As an organisation ISD wants to build a strong team while ensuring team’s personal growth. At this point, we need someone who is ready to commit 4-5 years in this role, to build the institution.

In your role as Alumni Manager, you will work on:

Partnerships

● Build short and long term partnerships with political parties – local, regional, national

● Scope out progression of partnerships with relevant players in the field

● Map out a strategy of engaging with Independents and influential role models, who our alumni can work with

● Create multiple engagement opportunities for ISD programs and participants

● Maintain a national database of political opportunities and match them to relevant alumni

● Gather inputs and programmatic feedback from the field and contribute to overall org design

Facilitation and mentorship

● Hold sessions and facilitation alumni spaces for peer learning

● Conduct leadership and professional development sessions for alumni- virtual and physical

● Help alumni design their election campaigns

● Shadow field work of alumni to give them coaching, mentorship and ecosystem connects

● Develop a feedback system to gauge needs of wider alumni community and a tech platform for regular interactions

Qualifications and Skills:

● Masters degree

● 4-6 years of full-time professional experience

● Atleast 2 years of experience in building and strengthening groups and communities, and election strategy experience is a must

● Proficiency in database management and creation

● Political knowledge and interest in democratic processes strongly preferred

● Experience in small group and large group facilitation

● Strong communication skills in English & Hindi, one more Indian language will be an added benefit

● Attention to detail, process orientation and working in uncertainty

● Conscientious, disciplined, committed to rigour in all aspects of work

● Entrepreneurial, frugal with the ability to give and receive feedback

● Ability and willingness to work with people from across the political spectrum

Location: Based in New Delhi

Compensation: Remuneration will be based on competency and we will be building ISD together. Salary range for this role will be 7-8 lakhs per annum to begin with. We are hoping you grow with the organization, and we will revise salaries as we grow.

Application Process: To apply, please fill the form to help us get to know you better. Note that you will need a gmail id to apply.

If shortlisted, there will be pre-work, followed by two interviews, a day at the ISD office and space for co-creation. Write to contact@indianschoolofdemocracy.org if you have any questions.

Selection process can take up to 3-4 weeks to complete. Expected start date is December 2022 but we are flexible with that.