Job Opportunity for Manager, Public Relations at Teach for India in Multiple Locations

Working at Teach For India

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 Public Relations and Content Manager plays a critical role in Teach For India’s branding and advocacy efforts, thereby, impacting the overall visibility of our work and our collective impact in a big way. They will support the Marketing and Communications team by sourcing, creating and disseminating impactful stories to 3 important stakeholders: prospective Teach For India Fellows, our Alumni community and our Donors. This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys both content generation as well as the amplification of that content to a wider audience – a storyteller who can combine visuals and writing in a powerful way, while also building and nurturing relationships both with an internal and external network. Together, the Public Relations and Content Manager will help us narrate the impact of Teach For India over the past decade authentically in the press and online.

The position will also entail managing the national PR agency, both operationally and from a content point of view. Additional responsibilities will include gathering stories from a massive network of changemakers and diversifying them into a myriad of forms – long form, articles, op-eds, recruitment presentations, donor reports, social media pieces, as well as curating and marketing the periodic Teach For India #somegoodnews property. Occasional support with digital events will be required. 

Responsibilities For Public Relations and Content Manager: 

• Source, write, curate and disseminate Teach For India content. This will be across 7 cities, servicing the needs of Fellowship Recruitment, and Alumni Leadership. 
• Write stories for digital and print. 
• Oversee PR campaigns from creative brief to implementation and delivery.
• Analyse PR and Media outcomes and interpret and report data.
• Manage the National PR Agency both operationally and from a content PoV. 
• Developing senior press relationships and managing contacts with key commentators, industry spokespeople and sector influencers.
• Identify advocacy partnerships and opportunities relevant to the brand, key stakeholders and leadership team. 
• Responsible for Senior Leadership advocacy. 
• Support the National Communications team on-ground at events.  

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• A bachelor’s degree in English, marketing, communication, or journalism.
• 4+ years of work experience in PR, communications, journalism or similar relevant field.
• Proficiency in creating, editing, and promoting written, visual, and digital content.  
• Excellent writing skills – Ability to develop content consistent with the Teach For India brand voice, style and tone.
• Ability to inspire and build partnerships with media – print and online, other NGOs, Alumni organisations, global organisations (Girl Rising, UNICEF, Teach For All, etc).

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• Proven track record designing and executing successful public relations campaigns.
• Proficiency in creating, editing, and promoting written, visual, and digital content.  
• Understanding of the top media channels in the industry, which content and approaches work on each, and why. 
• Ability to manage a set of goals involving diverse contributors and content types.