Job Description

Reporting to: City Director, Ahmedabad The Government Relations (GR) Manager, will be a part of the Regional Partnerships Vertical, leading Teach for India\xe2\x80\x99s (TFI) initiatives with the government towards a sustainable systemic impact on educational equity within the region. The role involves working closely with government stakeholders at all levels, social organizations in the region as well as working with Fellows and students within our TFI intervention schools , to create the necessary conditions for students to receive an excellent education.

Responsibilities

• Create long and short term strategies with M&E and sustainability parameters in accordance with the national strategy and the regional vision.
• Build and sustain relationships with key stakeholders in the local government, state government, NGOs and other political & community leaders to influence policy, systems and processes that will create enabling conditions for educational and social equity
• Lead the creation of opportunities for systemic impact in the region through internship/career opportunities in the government for our Fellows and Alumni, and special projects to work with representatives of the government, to expand impact beyond Teach For India schools and classrooms, towards all children achieving an excellent education
• Foster champions of the movement and our impact model among government stakeholders and partners to influence impact and integrate progressive strategy into the current ecosystem
• Design, promote and execute spaces/projects for collective action beyond Teach For India schools towards excellent education for all children, between key stakeholders in the educational landscape

• Contribute to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities
• Serve 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
• Support with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• 2-5 years of professional experience
• Experience in driving operations in high pressure, goal driven environments
• Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups
• Experiences and examples of having taken initiative in the past
• Previous experience in teaching/education would be an added advantage (not mandatory)