Teach For India

The Programme 

The Volunteer Project is a two-member team reporting to the Human Resources Director.  
This team leads an end-to-end program for volunteers to participate in our movement.  
You will be working directly with this team under the National HR vertical.  

The Volunteer Team designs and executes the end-to-end recruitment, placements, engagement, and experience for volunteers who apply to teach a small set of children in our classrooms. 

• Laptop required. 
• Time commitment: 6 to 7 hours daily, five days a week. 
• Volunteered with Teach for India in the past (preferred but not mandatory).
• Preferably based out of Mumbai.  

What You Will Do 

• Support volunteers by promptly resolving their queries and issues through email/WhatsApp communication channels.
• Reserve time for open spaces with applicants, volunteers.  
• Conduct hygiene checks on the program: review data through pre-built dashboards and identify issues. Communicate or handover escalations to relevant stakeholders for resolution.  
• Compile and share monthly reports on volunteer activities and progress. 
• Analyze volunteer data and prepare reports at regular intervals on program status and impact. 
• Matching Support: Help match volunteers with suitable assignments based on their skills and preferences.
• Address Fellow Requests: Review and process requests from fellows for additional support or adjustments to assignments.  

Required Skills and Abilities 

Knowledge and Technical Skills: 

• Basic Proficiency in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel.
• Advanced Proficiency in any data analysis software. 

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations: 

• Proficient in data analysis and reporting for operational insights. 
• Collaborative approach to streamline processes and achieve program goals. 
• Proven ability to set and meet ambitious operational targets. 
• Analytical mindset to generate actionable recommendations for program enhancement. 
• Attention to detail in operational execution and data interpretation. 
• Strong time management skills for efficient task handling….
• Passion for operational excellence and making a measurable social impact.  

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. Fourteen years into our journey we are a movement of 4600+ 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 ~38,000 low-income children on a different life path. Today, we have ~940 Fellows and are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem in India. 
 
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. 
 
About Us: 
 
Teach For India is a nationwide movement of leaders dedicated to providing an excellent education for all children.  
 
These include both Fellows, who committed two years to teaching low-income & under-resourced classrooms, as well as Staff teams, who bolster these efforts through strategic support & organizational direction.