Job Opportunity for Government Relations Associate at iTeach School in Pune

Overview 

iTeach Schools runs free and high-impact secondary schools and a college-to-career program for the most disadvantaged students of Pune and PCMC. Like many Indian cities, both of these public education systems only go up to Grade VII, leading to the poorest students being unable to finish their schooling. In 2023, with a staff of 250 members across nine schools, we will serve 2800 students and 2000+ alumni – giving students a fighting chance at college, career, and citizenship. We aim to grow to 30 schools and 10,000 students over the next five years.

Responsibilities

 l: Stakeholder Engagement & Liasoning

• Identify, build and maintain relationships with all major school-related stakeholders – Administrative representatives: Municipal corporation, Education department, Zilla Parishad, State government, SSC board, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan etc. officials.
• Political representatives: Corporators, local leaders, community influencers.
• Be the communication channel and central point of contact between iTeach Schools and the stakeholders. 
• Focus on building the relationship of our school’s leaders, social workers, and admin associates with the stakeholders relevant to the school.
• Resolve issues between the government and iTeach Schools.
• Keep abreast of any government policies and procedures amendments and update the relevant stakeholders within and outside of iTeach Schools.

ll: Compliance & Systemic reform

• Obtain all necessary permissions and compliances for schools from relevant departments. 
• Work with schools to put systems in place via MIS, reporting, and data review in each school regularly.
• Work with School social workers to set up, train and manage the School Management Committee.
• Build advocacy at the government level by working with other NGOs in the city.
• Find and provide access to different scholarships and government benefits for out students.

Education and Competencies

• Required: Graduate or above, with a major in Social work
• Required: Minimum 2 years experience in the Social Sector. 
• Required: Proficiency in reading, writing, and typing in Marathi and English.
• Preferred: Prior experience of working with government
• Willing and able to travel within Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.

Location – Mumbai

Salary– Salary is decided based on the candidate’s education and work experience. Our usual compensation for this role lies between 3.12 Lakh Per Annum – 3.6 Lakh Per Annum. We also take pride in providing the best of industry benefits such as PF, Gratuity, Medical Insurance etc.