Job Description

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Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad

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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. Fifteen years into our journey we are a movement of ~5000+ 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 ~33,500 low-income children on a different life path. Today, we have ~1000 Fellows and are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem in India. Over 16,000 Teach For India students have appeared for the 10th grade board examinations till date, with an impressive 95% pass rate across cities as of November 2024.


In 2022, we embarked 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.


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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.
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Position Summary

Reporting to:

Director, Fellowship Selection

Directly Managing:

Associate, Applicant Experience and Operations


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Team Overview

What skills and mindsets drive excellent teachers and how are these similar to or different from those that drive our greatest leaders? These are the questions that guide the work of the Fellowship Selection Team at Teach For India. The Fellowship Selection Team is charged with the responsibility of ensuring the best possible makeup of our cohort. We conduct research and analysis to design a selection model, which will lead us to efficiently identify those likely to be excellent teachers and impactful leaders. We design and run systems and processes that ensure efficient and accurate execution of this model across 8 cities in India. All this, by training and supporting over 200 Staff, Fellows, and Alumni to execute their roles as interviewers and reviewers. Outcomes are monitored and evaluated at each stage of our process to ensure all decisions are accurate and that every applicant has an experience that is fair, consistent and leaves them as advocates of our movement.


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Responsibilities

As Manager, Applicant Experience, you will be responsible for:

Setting strategy for the Applicant Experience sub-vertical in the Selection team (10%)

Setting a bold, ambitious and exciting vision for how the Applicant Experience sub-vertical can run and improve Researching to understand what are the most relevant systems in the world today that is relevant to our applicant pool Thought partnering with the Director, Fellowship Selection and Senior Manager, Fellowship Selection Operations and Implementation towards the broader vision for the selection team

Planning and executing all operations related to the application form and applicant experience during the cycle (35%)

Managing the

Golden Ticket initiative end-to-end

for high-potential applicants, including operations, stakeholder coordination, and enhanced sourcing Overseeing the

Admissions inbox operations

, managing applicant queries, training team members, updating templates, and improving chatbot effectiveness

Revamping applicant communications

by analysing feedback, ensuring consistent messaging across platforms, and coordinating with Tech and Communications teams Building

real-time monitoring systems and dashboards

to track outcome timelines, applicant behaviour, drop-offs, and selector performance

Analysing applicant feedback

to track EOY goals (NPS, experience ratings), conducting stepbacks, and implementing improvements Managing the

Application Form and Application Dashboard development

, collaborating with the Technology team on updates, and resolving technical issues throughout the cycle Leading or supporting

other operational projects and initiatives

that emerge during the selection cycle to enhance applicant experience and selection efficiency

Executing the Selection model (55%)

Reviewing applications and selecting at Assessment Centres while being a Point of Contact (PoC) for Staff and Alumni selectors/reviewers Providing applicants with an inspiring and fair experience at different stages of the selection process

Collaborating internally and externally towards achieving the Selection team's goals:

With the Senior Manager, Fellowship Selection Operations and Implementation and other team members to achieve the Selection team goals and vision

As a Manager at Teach For India, you will be responsible for:

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 key organizational areas such as

Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building.

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Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Graduate with 3+ years of experience; at least 1 year has been in a direct management position (we may consider exceptional applicants without direct management experience) End-to-end project management experience (vision setting to execution) Ability to manage multiple tasks (strong planning and prioritisation skills are essential) and stakeholders effectively and efficiently Excellent communication skills in English - written, verbal and interpersonal Strong critical thinking skills and problem solving mindset
?Note: We want to hear your unique voice and perspectives through the process, hence all applicants are expected to personally author statements of purpose/essays/pre-work components during the application process. Sole use of AI or Chat-GPT based tools may lead to disqualification from the process.