Senior Associate, Partner Engagement - Teach For India

Position Summary

Teach For All (TFAll) is looking for a highly organized, responsible, skilled communicator to play a vital role in maximizing the partner engagement of Teach For India (TFI) with the Teach For All global network and to support our Middle East Africa South Asia (MEASA) regional team.  As the Senior Associate for Partner Engagement, Teach For India you will manage the network’s requests for information and resource exchanges with TFI, facilitate and host network peer visitors to TFI offices and events, and you will manage all data, reports, and communication that TFI has with the global TFAll network. You will build relationships and foster strong connections, manage projects, and communicate frequently with both TFI and partner staff.   Your work will focus on ensuring the regional team are providing high impact support for TFI and sharing out more widely what Teach For India has to contribute to the network.

Outcomes

An effective Senior Associate will:

• Maximize the Director, Regional Partner Engagement- MEASA’s time and impact with Teach For India and ensure that senior level engagement and support from Teach For All and other network partners is leveraged and delivered in a way that accelerates Teach for India’s impact.
• Help drive increased satisfaction results as measured on the network’s bi-annual survey
• Monitor the extent to which our support leads partners to be more effective in achieving their goals
• Build key relationships with key Teach For India staff to identify their needs, codify their best practices, and continue to deepen their investment in the value of the global network 

Responsibilities

The Senior Associate acts as:

• The “go to person” for Teach For India - 60%
• Supports the Director planning out support for our India partner through planning and analysis, cross team execution and evaluation.  
• Fields all requests for resources, knowledge, connections and data sharing between TFI and the rest of the global network.
• Regularly manages projects to facilitate TFI’s engagement with our global network- events hosted by TFI and other exchanges to India
• Lead on hosting and planning of all visits from our network partner staff to meet with TFI staff and observe TFI participants/ambassadors in action at schools
• Work with the Conference Support team to provide input on conference planning for events held in India
• Provides strong coordination of activities and contacts so that maximum contribution is achieved for both the network and TFI in a timely resourceful way

• A knowledge guru on Teach For India and for Teach For India- 20%
• Responds to partner requests for information about TFI and proactively shares pre-agreed information they know will be helpful
• Analyzes data and report trends and works with TFI to collect relevant data
• Support Teach For India’s contribution to network impact indicators, which measures the extent to which our support leads partners to be more effective in achieving their goals’
• Co creates and maintains systems for information capture and sharing within our team and with our partners
• Proactively highlights best practice and learning from the network which could be used to continuously improve practice at TFI
• A regional connector – 10%
• Builds strong connections to key local staff at TFI and Teach For All staff
• Helps identify potential connections between TFI and other partners in the network
• Identifies and creates avenues through while partners can stay in touch with TFI
• Collaborates with others on the team to achieve results
• A regional culture builder – 10%
• Makes sure Teach For India feel informed and communication is strong going in and coming out of the partner organization
• Supports analysis of team data on organizational strength
• Plans culture-building activities and celebrations on the team

The Senior Associate will report to the Director of Regional Partner Engagement, and will work closely with other members of the regional and Partner Engagement teams.

Requirements:

• BA degree
• 2 to 4 years of work experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and the Internet
• Prior experience as a teacher in one of Teach For All’s network partners useful
• International experience, particularly in India and the MEASA region preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to build relationships and communicate in a way that is sensitive to cultural and ideological diversity
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and build systems to increase efficiency
• Proactive, independent, and responsible, even when confronted with ambiguity and shifting realities
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to analyze data and solve complex problems
• Deeply committed to the mission, vision and values of Teach For All
• English fluency required.  Fluency in other regional languages is preferred, but not required

Work AuthorizationCandidates for this position must possess Indian work authorization in order to be considered. Travel and Hours Some travel expected, roughly 5%, mostly on the ground within India and potentially in the MENASA region to provide direct support to partner organizations, but also some travel out-of-region to attend team conferences. Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role.

Compensation Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.  Apply now Please submit your resume and a one-page cover letter directly online.

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About Teach For All

A GLOBAL PROBLEM…

Around the world, 250 million children lack the skills necessary to read, write, or perform basic mathematics.  In rich and poor countries alike, where children are born often determines the quality of their education, and, ultimately, their future opportunities. This educational inequity is a multi-faceted and systemic global problem that affects us all—perpetuating poverty, dividing societies, and weakening economies. 

…CALLS FOR A GLOBAL APPROACH

A world of expanding educational opportunity and decreasing disparities is a more prosperous, peaceful, and sustainable world where more children are able to fulfill their true potential.

Launched in 2007, Teach For All is a global network of over 30 independent, locally led and funded partner organizations with a shared vision for expanded educational opportunity in their countries. Each organization recruits and develops diverse individuals from a range of academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high need classrooms and to work throughout their lives, both within and outside of education, in pursuit of expanded opportunity for children.

SOLUTIONS ARE SHAREABLE

Because there is so much to learn across borders, Teach For All takes a global approach. While each context is unique, similarities in the nature of educational inequity from place to place lead to shareable solutions. As partner organizations and their teachers and alumni learn from each other and innovate, their impact is accelerated at the national and global levels.

Teach For All works to accelerate partners’ progress and increase their impact by providing direct support, facilitating connections across the network, accessing global resources for the benefit of the whole, and fostering the leadership development of staff, teachers, and alumni.

Together, Teach For All programs around the world are working to ensure that one day, all children—everywhere—can attain an excellent education.