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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

We are looking for an exceptional storyteller and communication strategist to take the reins of select regional platforms, online fundraising, PR and Partnerships at Teach For India. This individual plays a critical role in Teach For India’s regional brand-building efforts, thereby impacting the overall visibility of our work and our collective impact. They will support the National Communications team by gathering and disseminating impactful stories to important stakeholders: prospective Teach For India Fellows, our Alumni community, Students and Donors. From attending local internal events, creating posting calendars, preparing detailed monthly analysis and curating newsletters, to building brand narratives through meaningful partnerships, content, advocacy and PR, in this role, you will get to project manage a 360-degree communication experience. You’ll get to work closely with our City Directors and Program Team, along with the National Development, Recruitment and Alumni teams. You’d enjoy this role if you have a detail-oriented approach to storytelling, are a creative individual who can hold multiple perspectives, a keen project manager with a deep understanding of the development sector and fundraising and an avid user of digital media.

Responsibilities

Manager Communications will report directly to Senior Manager, Digital Communications and will be responsible for maintaining the presence of Teach For India regional brands through inspiring social media content, newsletters and innovations and strategically building regional brand narratives for selected cities.

Strengthen Regional Communications

Plan and execute the regional communication strategy to achieve goals to increase brand visibility on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Medium, Newsletters) for 4 cities
This responsibility will include, but will not be limited to – curating and writing stories of Fellows, Students, Alumni and Donors, planning monthly content calendars, and executing campaigns that increase brand awareness for goals listed below and reporting and documenting monthly digital media analytics
Curation and execution of Teach For India’s monthly regional newsletter and maintaining a readership of 2000+
Plan, execute and analyze periodic campaigns to increase social media brand equity
Build relationships with influencers and celebrities to drive engagement and advocacy and traffic on our digital media
Cultivate connections with the regional board and other potential donors through brand-aligned communication
Identify innovative formats to tell the stories of the key stakeholders
Extend learning support to other verticals and Innovation Cell
Attend City-specific events, both to cover the stories at them and to take key stakeholders (donors, media)
Build relationships with local media and pitch apt stories to ensure that our regional impact and narrative are captured in the press
Identify, source, and support the execution of local partnerships for Fellows, Students, Alumni (speaking engagements, awards, content creator interactions etc)

Plan and deliver high-quality events coverage

Execute effective social media campaigns for Teach For India regional events
Support respective POCs with coverage of selected regional events
Identify, create and engage donors in external and internal spaces

Work closely with the Senior Manager and Director in these areas –

Deliver insightful reporting to Leadership Team
Develop online fundraising campaigns and end to end execution
Work with the Development and Communications team to develop strategies for email, search, display, paid social and other digital marketing channels to support online fundraising. Manage the cost-effective and timely execution of digital fundraising campaigns and optimization projects from beginning to end
Support the design and collateral needs of online fundraising campaigns and donor engagement amplification
Develop Friends of Teach For India’s website and maintain a pipeline of fresh content and designs for timely updates
Support Teach For India’s PR efforts by curating regional stories and regional teams in identifying powerful stories that would resonate with media

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Graduate/Postgraduate in any field
3+ years of relevant work experience in communication roles
Excellent communication – written and verbal
Ability to develop content consistent with the Teach For India brand voice, style, and tone
Strong in the people quadrant with highly developed interpersonal and relationship building skills
Entrepreneurial attitude can work independently, with an ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment
Strong organizational skills, project management and reporting and analytics skills with a focus on excellence and accuracy
Some experience in digital fundraising
Understanding of Hootsuite, Awario, Mention and other social media listening tools

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