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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

Reporting to: Chief of Staff

We have 5 Senior Directors working across our regional and national teams. The Executive Assistant will be supporting one of the two groups:

National: 3 Senior Directors who work across 4-5 teams each including Fundraising, Technology, HR, Recruitment, Government Relations, etc.
Regions: 2 Senior Directors responsible for the execution and scaling of our Fellowship Program while facilitating collective learning and action in our Alumni community within and beyond our eight regions.

The EA to the SDs will play a crucial role in setting the Senior Directors up for success by assisting them in efficient and strategic functioning and decision making. They will be responsible for goals across two big buckets:

As an Executive Assistant to the Senior Director

Managing the SDs’ priorities and time through effective calendaring; owning the detailed and timely follow up for all the SDs’ engagements; time analysis and constant progress updates
Managing agenda, scheduling and coordination and travel plans for events, meetings and conversations for the SDs
Curating external opportunities to speak and advocate, composing first drafts of written and verbal communication to various stakeholders, many of which will be highly sensitive and confidential
Once the EA 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 organizational goals

As an Assistant at Teach For India

Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities
Serving as an ambassador of the Teach For India brand and an advocate for our work and for educational equity in our country through both internal and external communication after committing time in our classrooms to understand our work more deeply
Supporting with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Graduate in any field
0-3 years of professional experience
Experience of having planned and executed complex projects with multiple priorities in a college or work setting
Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups
Experiences of having taken initiative in the past
Previous experience in teaching/education would be an added advantage (not mandatory)

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