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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

The Director, TFIx will be responsible for leading a strategy and a 7-12 member team to achieve a critical proportion of Teach For India’s north star goal by developing 10,000 leaders over the next 10 years through the incubation of at least 100 education entrepreneurs.

Team Overview

TFIx is a critical vertical within the Teach For India organizational structure that enables the expansion of our mission and impact into India’s most marginalized and vulnerable populations and the very last mile. Its mission is to develop leaders who will transform education by reaching children in every corner of India. To enable the same, TFIx delivers a robust 3-part incubation and entrepreneurship program to cohorts of leaders on an annual basis.

The program, grown over 5+ years, has expanded to reach over 2 lakh children, across 25 Fellowship programs, through 42 education entrepreneurs and leaders, and 3500+ active Fellows. The program adopts a range of learning methods from immersive learning circles and site visits, to online and peer learning, individual mentorship, module-style skill development, and real-life application and program delivery.

In the coming phase of TFIx, there will be a critical focus on stability, innovation, and partnership for existing programs, and geographic scale into untapped and high-need regions in India. TFIx will operate under the guidance of the Senior Director of Movement Building at Teach For India, and have a wide network of collaborators such as Teach For India’s Training & Impact, Communications, Development & Fundraising, Alumni Impact, Human Resources, Kids Education Revolution, Firki and Fellowship Recruitment Teams.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities will involve strategy & vision, program design and delivery, team and stakeholder management, as follows –

Managing and growing the TFIx brand, networking and outreach
Managing critical TFIx donor relationships
Overseeing the design, innovation, growth, recruitment, and delivery of the TFIx 3-stage training and incubation program from ed equity entrepreneurs
Creating a vision and strategy for TFIx
Analyzing and applying data and insight into program improvement, decisions and adaptations
Launching, sustaining and scaling fellowship programs that have been incubated via TFIx and its entrepreneur cohorts
Mentoring TFIx Fellows; i.e. entrepreneurs hoping to serve marginalized communities and populations; to grow as leaders, to stabilize and establish their programs within 3 years of launch, and to build key competencies like strategic thinking, vision of excellence, people management, goal setting, process excellence, fundraising, government engagement, etc.
Driving a strong partnerships lens across the TFIx community, to strengthen engagement between the entrepreneur partner network, with funders, with local and state government, with other NGOs/CSOs, with training and capacity building partners, TFI Board of Advisors etc.
Finding meaningful synergy and collaboration between TFIx programs and Teach For India’s flagship 2-year fellowship
Collaborate strategically and impactfully with the Teach For India community, especially the leadership and senior leadership teams, for key areas of work such as recruitment, brand building, strategic decision making, people development, expansion, sustainability, mission adherence, training and impact, learning and development, etc.
Providing strategic guidance and coaching to a team of 7-12 impact and excellence-driven individuals; including stabilizing and retaining the team and setting team culture.

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

7+ years of work experience
Education qualification up till an undergraduate degree
Strong written and verbal skills, including experience with presentations and story-telling
Strong facilitation skills
Ability to effectively engage with multiple audiences, internal teams, external stakeholders (ex. Donors, government, partners), and entrepreneurs/social impact leaders
Ability to execute in an entrepreneurial, resource-restricted environment
Strong time management and project management skills to be able to lead multiple time-bound projects simultaneously
Demonstrated ability to manage and grow a team to results, i.e. past experience and success in team management and leadership
Analytical mindset and comfort with engaging with data, trends and insights

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Past experience (at least 2 years) in the education sector/ecosystem in India
Past engagement or immersion in the Teach For India network
Exposure to or experience working in rural markets and rural contexts
Relevant experience in designing and delivering leadership development programs

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