Consultant, Program Manager Job in Teach To Lead

Consultant, Program Manager

Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad

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 Program Manager Consultant role will be a full-time contractual position for a period of 3-4 months (January - April 2021). Program Managers play a critical role in the continuous support and development of Fellows across cities. They serve as managers and coaches for a group of 16-18 Fellows towards creating individuals who drive excellence in the classroom and a deep sense of clarity and conviction in the long-term movement. Program Managers support Fellows through training, facilitating spaces for collaboration, regular classroom observation, continuous feedback and coaching cycles. As the first point-of-contact between Fellows and the organization, they are also responsible for cultivating a strong and productive ecosystem in the city and a positive team culture across their team and the larger city cohort.

Team Overview

Teach For India Chennai is currently in its ninth year of operations in the School Year 2020-21, bringing alive Teach For Indias vision and mission in the city and region at large. The Chennai Operations Team focuses on enabling a community that creates strong talent pipelines for an excellent education through the Teach For India Fellowship. The teams work will focus on both Fellows and Alumni leading on student impact, both at school and system levels. You will be part of a passionate, caring, committed team of 87 Fellows, 15 Staff Members and 175 Alumni who work closely with one another and along with other local partners towards maximizing opportunities and outcomes for children in education and related areas.

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

The Program Manager plays the critical role of developing our Fellows as teachers and leaders thus ensuring a developmental journey for our Fellows as well as quality education in classrooms. In order to enable that, she/he will focus on the following areas.

Primary Responsibilities

Performance Management and Coaching (Individual and Group Coaching)

• Managing a group of approximately 16-18 Year 1 and Year 2 Fellows to achieve ambitious outcomes in their classrooms:

• Design and facilitate on-going learning experiences, both at an individual and group level (e.g Learning Circles, Coaching Conversations) that allow Fellows to connect all aspects of the Leadership Development Framework towards being ambassadors of the movement
• Collect, analyze and respond accurately and effectively to group-wide data sets and evidence to understand underlying causes and design appropriate support
• Build a focus on personal transformation, collective action, and educational equity by facilitating individual leadership conversations and connecting Fellows to learning opportunities within the City ecosystem for their development as teachers and leaders

Building a strong City Culture

• Build and execute a robust culture strategy for the Fellow team that is focused on three commitments
• Facilitate and enable shared learning, support and strong self and peer accountability within the Learning Circle and School Teams
• Clarify and reinforce adherence to organisational and school policies, practices and procedures within their Learning Circles

Fellow Skill Building

• Build capacity in Fellows to use a wide range of data (qualitative and quantitative) to set, refine and analyze progress towards goals, evaluate and increase the effectiveness
• Lead, motivate and hold Fellows accountable to creating opportunities towards developing interpersonal, communication and professional skills

Additional Responsibilities

Knowledge and Technical Skills

Competencies and Abilities

Values and Mindsets

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• Bachelors degree
• 2-year Teach For India Fellowship experience & 1+ year(s) of work experience as a Program Manager in the Education space
• Willingness to work remotely and be available for in-person meetings as and when the local Government announces relaxations with respect to the lockdown

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• Strong pedagogical practice in alignment to our Student Vision and the TAL Framework
• Demonstrate emotional maturity, trust, effective relationship-building and teamwork with adults in order to achieve results
• Clear, confident, and engaging communication
• Strong reasoning, problem-solving skills including analysing data to respond to the needs of Fellows through the Fellowship
• Ability to establish and manage a community of Fellows towards achieving collective and personal goals
• Strong desire to learn new things and grow professionally
• Making informed, timely decisions and using sound judgment to prioritize actions
• Inspiring committed and positive action toward individual and organizational goals