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Lead Careers for Alumni

  • Company

    Teach For India

  • Location

    Mumbai Pune Delhi Chennai Hyderabad Bengaluru

  • Employment Type

    Full-Time

  • Functional Category

    Programme Management & Implementation

  • Experience

    4 - 6 years

  • Date Posted

    19-Jun-2025

About Teach For India

Teach For India is a nationwide movement of leaders dedicated to providing an excellent education for all children. These include both Fellows, who commit two years to teaching low-income & under-resourced classrooms, as well as Staff teams, who bolster these efforts through strategic support & organizational direction.

Overview of the Role

The Lead Careers will play a key role in identifying Alumni needs designing transformative learning experiences launching new partnerships and supporting the professional growth of leaders across our Alumni network. They will work closely with regions to ensure regional vision alignment aid cross-functional collaboration and to drive outcomes for the Regional Roadmap.

Job Description

- As Lead Careers For Alumni you will be responsible for:

Acting as a thought partner to the Director Careers and to select Vertical Heads on strategy annual goals new initiatives etc. and hold a birds’ eye view of the cities to leverage economies of scale where possible.
Designing an ecosystem of differentiated support for Alumni to grow in their roles & scale their impact on children. (differentiated by the role as well as career stage - early mid-career senior etc).
Coaching and supporting Fellowship Alumni in finding roles at the cross-section of their interests and our children’s needs.
Working with Lead Partnerships and Platform Careers to identify key roles in the sector and match them to our Alumni who would be good fits for the role.
Supporting Senior Regional Partnerships Managers and Network Learning & Collaboration Managers across 8 cities to better leverage Alumni databases to further their talent goals.
Building partnerships with various organisations that serve our Alumni’s career needs.
Planning creative campaigns podcasts newsletters reports microsites etc. to make our initiatives and impact visible.

- As a People Manager you will be responsible for:

Building a robust pipeline of talent to lead the organization.
Managing and coaching the team to ambitious outcomes.
Driving engagement growth and retention of team members.
Engineering and overseeing a monitoring and evaluation system coupled with strategic direction to guide our abilities to continuously improve.

- As a Coach at Teach For India you will be responsible for:

Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities.
Driving internal alignment and support for Teach For India’s core Programs.
Serving as an ambassador of Teach For India 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 with key organizational areas such as Recruitment Selection Fundraising Volunteering Movement Building.

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Skill

- Experience of managing and coaching small high-performing teams to achieving ambitious outcomes.
- End-to-end project management experience (from vision setting to execution).
- Experience of having built strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and having influenced others without authority.
- Ability to work independently and make strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience of having created deep meaningful learning experiences and resources for adults through strong design thinking capabilities keeping in mind both dynamic and diverse needs of individuals.

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s in a related field.

Experience

4-6 years of full-time professional experience in the employability or development/education sector.

Company Policies

Leave Policies

Paid Time Off

Healthcare & Wellness

Insurance

Flexible Work Option

Flexible Hours