Manager, Human Resources

Working at Teach For India

Teach For India is on a journey to reach an India free of poverty and filled with love by ending educational inequity in our country. Fifteen years into our journey we are a movement of 5000+ Alumni working at all levels of the education system, who are reaching 1 in 10 children across the country. These Alumni have graduated from our two-year Fellowship Program where they taught in under-resourced classrooms to put 33,500 low-income children on a different life path.

Today, we have 1000 Fellows and are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem in India. Over 16,000 Teach For India students have appeared for the 10th grade board examinations till date, with an impressive 95% pass rate across cities as of November 2024.

In 2022, we embarked on  Phase 4 , our fourth strategic phase. We have a bold and ambitious ten-year journey ahead of us that aims to  grow 50,000 leaders , who will  work collectively , and  with love , to  transform the lives of 1 in 10 low-income children in our regions , through an  education that unleashes the potential of self, others and India .

In this decade, five key priorities will lead us to this vision.
Strengthen  our core Fellowship to build strong teacher leaders who provide an excellent and equitable education to our children and continue to do so beyond the Fellowship
Scale  our impact by strategically introducing additional Fellowships as alternative pathways for leadership development
Match  the Alumni of our programs at an intersection of their interests and the needs of the system and our children
Advocate  for key issues that impact educational equity, and engage 3.5% of the population in the movement for educational equity
Act  collectively with our Alumni to learn about and address key issues in our regions.

Our work will only be completed when we have built a movement of leaders that is 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. We're committed to learning and excellence in our roles, and to being deeply rooted in our core values.
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.

Position Summary:

Reporting to:  City Director
Directly managing:  Associate, HR and Admin Officer

Team Overview:
The Chennai City Operations team is in its thirteenth year of operations. We currently have 10 Staff and 69 Fellows in 26 schools directly impacting 70 classrooms; with nearly 400 Alumni who have graduated the Fellowship. The team works towards furthering Teach For India's short-term theory of change in Bangalore and the surrounding regions by getting committed individuals to dedicate 2 years to help us achieve our vision of 'One Day all children will attain an excellent education'.

The team also works towards creating committed and connected stakeholders to further Teach For India's mission of building a movement of leaders to eliminate educational inequity.

Responsibilities:
As the Manager, Human Resources you will work on:
Finding our people by:
Working with the City Director on team restructuring, workforce and succession planning.
Cultivating pools of external and internal applicants for roles within the city (volunteers, Staff roles and interns) through the year.
Engaging with candidates in the pipeline and executing our hiring process.
Executing Teach For India's Volunteer Program in the city in accordance with national guidelines.
Developing our people by:
Designing, in collaboration with the Managers, a 3-month onboarding and induction plan and 3-month probationary goal sheet for the new hires along with succession plans for tenured members.
Managing performance from goal setting to probation to mid-year and end of year evaluations by facilitating clarity around purpose and process.
Identifying the learning needs of the City Operations team and creating/sourcing the relevant learning opportunities for the same.
Creating a culture of high performance by supporting those who are unable to meet goals and studying patterns of those exceeding expectations.
Executing the Fellow…