Associate, Talent Acquisition Job in Teach To Lead

Associate, Talent Acquisition

Mumbai, Delhi

About Us

At Teach For India, we build a nationwide movement of leaders who work relentlessly to end educational inequity. Ten years into our journey we have 900 Fellows who grow as leaders while teaching 32,000 low-income children and a growing movement of 3400 Alumni who work at all levels of the education system. We are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem. Over the next 3 years, we aim to keep growing this talent pipeline, supporting our Alumni to have even greater impact and innovating constantly to get closer to our vision. Our work will only be done when we have built a movement of leaders 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. Were committed to learning towards excellence in our roles and equally to practicing the values that shape us as people. We are an equal opportunities employer and provide compensation and benefits which are at the top of the NGO sector.

Position Summary

The Associate, Talent Attraction plays a pivotal role not just in attracting highly mission-driven, competent and diverse talent, to meet Teach For India's immediate hiring needs but also for building the foundation such that Teach For India can continue to do so in the future. The Associate operationalizes the plan to build an enduring staff brand for Teach For India and plays a key role in building enduring partnerships with various external institutions and stakeholders. The Talent Associate also provides support to prospective staff and helps them to be better prepared for the start of their staff journey. The Associate aims to do all of the above with decisions rooted in data analysis.

Team Overview

Currently, Teach For India has ~ 300 staff members and the Human Resources team is responsible for hiring, developing and engaging this diverse, multi-talented and very passionate pool of people. However, that is just the tip of the iceberg as the team engages with people who may or may not even have heard about Teach For India and plants seeds therein. The team also aims to ensure that any staff members journey does not end with moving on from Teach For India, but that they continue to be lifelong champions for the movement even as Staff Alumni. Poised as we are at this inflection point, knocking on the doors of Phase 3 (the next 5-year phase, in Teach For Indias journey), there are exciting and challenging times ahead for Teach For India and for the Human Resources team!

What Teach For India Can Offer You

1) A challenging yet flexible workplace in which every individual employees staff journey is tracked for excellence and leadership development.
2) A work environment in which employees holistic well-being is a core priority, enabling people to be their best selves.
3) 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.
4) Access to connections and resources from the global Teach For All network that includes partner organisations spanning 56 countries across 6 continents.
5) Remuneration that is competitive with Indian NGO pay scales and a benefits package that includes extensive medical insurance and maternity coverage for both parents

Responsibilities

Partner in Applicants Journey

• Ensure that applications are reviewed and applicants responded to within prescribed timelines
• Conduct interviews and also ensure interviews are conducted by others (within and outside the team) with an objective to minimize Turn Around Time (TAT)
• Conduct and/or ensure reference checks are conducted effectively and within prescribed timelines
• Assist in creating and implementing a seamless process to offer making and onboarding
• Ensure receipt and maintenance of all relevant documentation for new hires

• Design and implement branding and outreach strategy and yearly calendar to ensure Teach For Indias presence on relevant platforms across the country
• Build a database of staff members, alumni, other stakeholders to be ambassadors of Teach For India at various platforms
• Build a strong database of hiring channels for staff and internship positions across platforms
• Assist in developing and maintaining effective relationships with search firms, educational institutions, Alumni and other potential recruitment sources
• Assist in building and maintaining a strong presence on social media

• Lead Teach For Indias Internship programme by building strategies for internship sources across channels, developing a strong process backbone and projects for delivering string intern experiences
• Increase visibility across campuses nationally and globally, build and maintain relationships therein
• Represent Teach For India in internship forums and platforms
• Build and internally brand the internship programme as a great source of talent for staff roles

• Create a framework for the generation of regular hiring-related reports
• Formulate hypotheses and conduct regular data analysis
• Loopback feedback and inputs to relevant stakeholders in the hiring process
• Assist in creation and modification of Job Descriptions and Interview Guides aligned with these insights
• Assist in creating more objective and data-backed structures for team projections and similar exercises

Additional Responsibilities

• Support in other HR and organizational projects (as required)

Knowledge and Technical Skills

Competencies and Abilities

Values and Mindsets

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• 1+ years of work experience
• Graduate/Post Graduate degree in any discipline
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent data analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• Experience in the field of outreach, branding, sourcing and partnership management
• Experience as an HR business partner for teams
• Reporting and advanced analytics
• In-depth knowledge of platforms such as LinkedIn
• Public speaking and training experience