Website Labhya Foundation
Job Title
Associate to the Founders’ Office
Job Level
0-3 years of prior work experience
Type
Full-time
Reporting to
Founders
Gross compensation
Starting at Rs. 4.00 lakhs per annum (The final amount will be decided mutually during the recruitment process and as per experience)
Location
Based in Delhi, the role will entail significant travel depending on projects.
Desired start date
ASAP
Process to apply
Please fill out the google form mentioned below
https://forms.gle/16wbnxCEm6uNX2JD6
Labhya Foundation: Vision and Goals
Labhya Foundation is an India-based nonprofit that enables children from vulnerable backgrounds with the necessary skills to cope with poverty & become effective learners through Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Labhya is a young, dynamic and agile organisation that partners with Indian State Governments to co-create and ensure the implementation of SEL programs at scale. We are one of India’s fastest-growing nonprofits dedicated to co-create programs that will impact 30 Million vulnerable children by 2030. Currently, Labhya has partnered with the Governments of Delhi, Uttarakhand and Tripura to co-create and ensure the implementation of programs that impact 2.4 Million children across 20,000 government schools in India daily. Our programs, namely the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ and ‘Anandam Patyacharya’ have been recognised internationally and are the world’s largest SEL based programs.
Associate to the Founders’ Office: How will you enable us?
The Associate to the Founders’ Office will be responsible for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of our founders in order to maximise the impact of that cluster towards our organisational goals.
What are the responsibilities of an Associate to the Founders’ Office?
*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority.
● Support the Founders in Business Planning, Budgeting decision and Relationship Management
● Assisting Founders in expansion plan and help them monitor the same
● Tracking progress of any new initiatives and present business
● Supporting Founders in budgeting, donor communications by preparing presentations and financial statements
● Researching on the current trends / business models in the developmental sector
● Helping prepare for meetings and accurately recording minutes from meetings
● Preparing and analysing required data and reports
● Preparing drafts of grant proposals and applications
● Coordinate with all department heads for the tasks given by the founders and for the work reports
● In charge for all the periodic communications from the Founders’ office
● Ensure for the timely relevant escalations
● Managing the Founders’ priorities and time through effective calendaring, curating external opportunities to speak and advocate, time analysis and constant progress updates
● Managing agenda, scheduling and coordination and travel plans for events, meetings and conversations for the Founders
● Researching and synthesising (through documentation and decks) in preparation for meetings, conferences and presentations
● Composing first drafts of written and verbal communication to various stakeholders, many of which will be highly sensitive and confidential
● Owning the detailed, timely follow up for all the Founders’ engagements including pulling learnings, trends and patterns
● Assisting in putting together large amounts of data for decision making for the Founders
ATTITUDE: GETTING WORK DONE
You are the right person if you
● Have impeccable work ethic
● Have strong interpersonal and planning skills
● Are someone who enjoys building relationships with people
● Are someone who is extremely authentic and will be able to clearly demonstrate or articulate how they function
● Are someone who is friendly and pleasant yet holds others accountable
● Are someone who thinks big yet acts in a focussed manner
Long story short, your sole responsibility is to ensure that work gets done. Further, you will be supporting and strategizing big picture things with the founders. We invite you to build something great together.
Growth Trajectory
The associate will be exposed to the following exclusive opportunities through their role:
● Leadership coaching by founders
● Exposure to international dignitaries and world leaders
● Exposure and access to Labhya’s board members and supporters
● Access to long-term business development and growth plans
● Letter of Recommendation (if required) by the founders
● Support with college admission applications (if required)
Further, once the Associate has met solid outcomes in their role, they will take on a variety of short term projects to expand their knowledge and understanding of our work and the sector while having a direct impact on our organisational goals
Compensation
Remuneration will be based on competency, and we will be building Labhya together. The salary range for this role will be 4.00 lakhs per annum, to begin with. The final amount will be decided mutually during the recruitment process. We are offering to work together on something that has never been done before. We are hoping you grow with the organisation through skill-building, exposure, growth pathways, and networks.
Current Team
Our team consists of professionals, educators, SEL experts, and entrepreneurs from prestigious institutions like Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA, Azim Premji University, and Delhi University.
At Labhya, we support and foster an environment where questions are always encouraged and collaboration is recognized. We are a home for you if you want to help build something that will enable millions of children to become lifelong learners through systems-level change. You’d also be able to develop your skills and profile by working with an accomplished leadership team and being a part of very rapid growth.
Further, Labhya’s values are:
● An agile and supportive team that is driven by a problem solving and feedback-driven attitude
● Focusing on the well-being of children and trusting their potential
● Working processes that enable efficiency, constant growth and innovation
● SEL Programs that are driven by proximity and expertise
● Creating systemic and sustainable change in public education systems through partnership
Process to apply
To apply, please fill the form below.
Please note, no application will be considered without the details requested in the above form.
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