Associate-Strategy and Impact at Teach For India [Multiple Locations]:Apply Now!

About the Team

The Strategy and Impact team is the internal consulting arm at Teach For India – a key thought partner for the CEO, and an advisor and implementation partner for the Vertical Heads and City Directors who lead various teams and constitute the ‘Leadership Team’. It is a team that strives to bring unique and unbiased perspectives into organizational performance by working on a diverse set of projects across multiple functions. 

About the Role

• As Associate, Strategy & Impact, you will support projects critical to Teach For India both strategically and operationally.
• You will address challenges that the organization as a whole or any of our 22 vertical teams and cities are facing.
• Work across a diverse portfolio of projects – designing the org-wide survey and analysing the data to bring out key insights for the organization or for specific verticals, conducting primary research and benchmarking studies, using key insights from data or research to create strategic recommendations for different verticals, putting together reports and presentations, and building the capacity of other teams.
• Collaborate with all verticals and cities at TFI across a range of different projects and will be instrumental in building consensus among a diverse range of stakeholders for complex projects.
• You will also play a key role in maintaining the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) infrastructure, processes and practices in the organisation to help Teach For India measure progress towards its goals.  
• On any typical project, the role requires an ability to project manage, balance multiple timelines, generate and analyze data, coordinate and brainstorm with internal and external teams, draw insights and make recommendations. 

Position Summary

• Reporting to: Senior Manager, Strategy & Impact
• Team Size: 4 people

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Responsibilities

As an Associate on the Strategy & Impact team

• Supporting the design and execution of multiple projects end-to-end for a variety of projects aimed at organizational development – e.g. quarterly reporting, research projects with Teach For All and university partners
• Conducting recurring cross-regional surveys for different stakeholders and analysis and dissemination of results– eg. surveys to understand Fellow Engagement, Post-Fellowship plans and clarity, and to gather feedback from School Leaders
• Analyzing datasets to uncover insights – e.g. unpacking trends around Fellow Attrition numbers, Alumni data; providing on-demand analytical support to other teams
• Creating compelling documents to communicate progress, insights and recommendations – e.g. presentations to Leadership Team members on insights from Fellow surveys, fortnightly updates to the Senior Leadership Team
• Conducting primary research, literature reviews, and benchmarking exercises to draw from the best practices in strategic planning, monitoring, change management and organizational development.
• Supporting the designing and execution of capacity building workshops for staff and Leadership Team members
• Engaging in brainstorming sessions with the team to identify problems and hypothesize causes and solutions.

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• Bachelor’s Degree from any stream
• 0-2 years of professional work experience
• Strong project management skills 
• Excellent working knowledge of Google Sheets and Google Slides or Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Data analysis and interpretation skills 
• Strong research capabilities and ability to synthesize research and insights well in written reports or presentations

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• Experience in management consulting or project management
• Verbal and written communication
• Highly organised; has attention to detail
• Result-driven and outcome focused-approach
• Adaptable and flexible in working style, comfortable with ambiguity
• Willingness to learn and grow

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.

How to Apply