About Us

At Teach For India, we’ve built a nationwide movement of leaders who are working relentlessly to end inequity in education. It’s been twelve years since we began this journey and today we have 900+ Fellows leading classrooms impacting 32,000 children across the country, Through our Fellowship, we infuse the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem and have a growing movement of 3400+ Alumni. Our Alumni work at all levels of the education system from teaching, teacher training, school leadership and community empowerment to education technology, policy, governance, media as well as in the private sector. Cumulatively, our Alumni have founded 150+ organisations in the social sector with 200 of them occupying senior leadership and CXO positions across organisations.

77% of our Alumni continue to work in the development sector impacting 33 million, or 1 in 10 children across India, thereby demonstrating their commitment to our vision - One Day All Children Will Attain An Excellent Education. Collectively, these numbers represent the immense potential of our model and the power of our broader community - a potential to catalyze a movement for education reform and redefine what’s possible for children from the most vulnerable backgrounds. Our work will only be complete once we have built a movement of leaders large enough to ensure that every child in India is receiving an excellent education.

On Staff, we pride ourselves as being a passionate, idealistic, mission-driven team of 200+ individuals who are committed to the pursuit of excellence and practicing the values that shape us as people.. We have been recognised by Great Places To Work and are an equal opportunities employer, providing compensation and benefits at the top of the nonprofit sector.

Position Summary

The Mission of the Development team is to build lifelong champions of the cause and to acquire financial support for the movement. As one of the most external-facing teams, we build high-impact sustainable partnerships and strong champions for the movement through various engagement avenues and immersions with our students, Fellows, Staff, and our Board. The Development team has repurposed fundraising efforts by building strategic partnerships, newer channels of giving, and strong teams and systems resilient to future threats.

The Manager, Partnerships and Engagement, Development will be a key leader of the team, building deep partnerships with existing donors and strategically cultivating lifelong champions for the movement. This role is significant for the Engagement team as the development sector comes to terms with the impact of COVID on CSR Funding over the next 3 years. We are seeking a high performing leader who possesses exceptional relationship-building skills, entrepreneurial spirit, a collaborative and effective approach to leading teams, and a deep personal belief in Teach For India’s vision and mission. He/she should also possess equal strength in operations as the backbone of any successful fundraising effort.

Team Overview

Teach For India embarks on a bold vision – by 2022-23, 5000 Fellow and Alumni, along with our children will be on the path to developing their own leadership and working towards educational equity in India. This ambitious growth needs to be supported by financial resources which the Development team will help secure in addition to building partnerships that go beyond providing only financial support to fuel this growth. 

Development is one of the critical backbones of the organizations as the organization is completely dependent on donations in its current form. The team raises funds from various sources -  Corporate CSR will continue to be our mainstay for the immediate and medium-term. We are also cultivating Foundations as medium-term priorities. 

Additionally, we are building our capacity in the Multilateral and Impact Investing space by engaging with organisations such as USAID, UNICEF, and the likes. Over the past year, we have also piloted two online campaigns, and are looking to continue with such campaigns on a yearly basis.

The opportunity - what’s in it for you?:

Being a team that works mostly with external stakeholders, our work takes us through a huge learning curve both professionally and personally on relationship management strategies and networking in the sector.  We work directly with the Senior Leadership of TFI and our partners are the finest in their respective sectors.

The skill sets - communication, building relationships, data analysis, and representation, comfort with systems like Salesforce, etc. - acquired in the role are transferable skills in any domain/sector or for higher education.

What Teach For India Can Offer You

1) A challenging yet flexible workplace in which every individual employee’s 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 while working with changemakers across the country.
4) Access to connections and resources from the global Teach For All network that includes partner organisations spanning over 50 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

Manager, Partnerships and Engagement will report directly to the Senior Manager (Engagement), Development and will be responsible for 100% renewals for a portfolio of existing funders and centrally manage the engagement plans and processes. Specific responsibilities include:

Relationship Manager for current partners:

• Building and maintaining relationships with existing donors - CSR, Foundations, and Individuals for renewals and growing grant/donation sizes.
• Deepen existing partnerships by ensuring high-quality reports, curating bespoke engagement, donor delight, and branding opportunities. 
• This role would require a deep understanding of the organization to articulate the need and challenges authentically to donors to build partnerships, catalytic to scaling TFI programs and initiatives.

 Donor cultivation and external publicity:

• Develop an engagement strategy grounded in a deep understanding of the interests and priorities of existing funders as well as of the interests and priorities of Teach For India.
• Drive engagement performance metrics and centrally manage all donor stewardship plans (including employee volunteering) that supports renewal efforts across all cities. 
• Supporting the Senior Manager and Vertical Head with board engagement and leveraging the leadership team to cultivate donor champions.
• Work closely with the Communications team to build and execute donor branding strategy. Develop inspiring communication collaterals and publicity materials for fundraising purposes.
• Plan and seamlessly execute donor immersions at various Teach For India events such as KER summit, regional conferences, Institute, and community, etc.

Build and sustain operational excellence, at scale:

• Maintaining up-to-date and accurate data on donors in our online CRM system (Salesforce) and driving rigorous usage across regions for renewal/upgrade projections and data-driven insights​​​​​​
• Adherence to MOU commitments, governance structures and policies like Child Protection Policy, field-trip policies, and educate the team and donors for compliance
• Ensure quality control in all donor-related systems and processes - Impact Reporting, Stewardship, Audits, Finance, Knowledge management, and due diligence

Additional Responsibilities

• Donor research to determine their giving capacity to target upgrades, foresee any potential risk of giving to reduce leakage in renewals.
• ​​​​​​Partner with other Vertical Heads and teams (e.g. Recruitment, Alumni, HR, Training & Impact) to stay abreast of all key programs and updates.
• Work with the Finance team for budgeting and to ensure reporting commitments are met.
• Work closely with the Senior Manager for planning and strategizing yearly fundraising goals and operations plan, team hiring and stepbacks.
• The Development team has a great culture of openness and collaboration where the Manager can add value by helping maintain that culture. You may have the opportunity to manage Associates in the Engagement team. 
• You may be required to help with the selection process of new Fellows.
• Volunteering in classrooms is highly recommended to keep in touch with why we do what we do

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• Graduate (in any stream) with 5+ years of full-time work experience preferably in client-facing (business development or fundraising) roles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Ability to develop content consistent with the Teach For India brand voice, style, and tone.
• Highly developed interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Growth-oriented mindset and a drive to develop self as well as to challenge and improve existing systems and approaches.
• Mastery over Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Maintain the team culture of openness and collaboration and the ability to inspire and motivate the team as a strong team leader.
• Strong project management
• Commitment to excellence, accuracy, attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Competencies:

• Previous experience working in the development/education sector. Sectoral exposure to corporates/foundations/worked with HNIs with fundraising experiences preferred
• Experience with having worked with CXOs/Senior Management stakeholders.

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