Consultant, Fundraising & Donor Engagement, InnovatED

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

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: Manager, TFIx Fundraising and Communications

Duration: Please note that this is a full-time Consultant contractual role, from October 2026 to March 2027.

We are seeking a relationship-driven, detail-oriented Consultant (Manager) to strengthen the fundraising capability of our InnovatED Entrepreneurs. In this role, you will support donor engagement and pitch events, build Entrepreneurs fundraising capacity, open access to new funding opportunities, and keep our fundraising pipeline data accurate and decision-ready.

Team Overview

InnovatED is Teach For India's incubation program. We support alumni-led early-stage social entrepreneurs working to build impactful, scalable solutions for underserved students.

Our program is guided by six core principles:

Equity: Prioritizing solutions for children from marginalized socioeconomic and regional backgrounds.
Holistic Development: Supporting students across three growth areas: Leading Self (agency and goal-mastery), Leading Others (empathy and collaboration), and Leading India (understanding systemic challenges and driving solutions).
Evidence-Based Practice: Using data and research to evaluate, refine, and scale impact.
Innovation & Adaptability: Encouraging creative, adaptable approaches to evolving educational challenges.
Ecosystem Collaboration: Partnering with educators, local communities, funders, and policymakers for shared impact.
Long-Term Sustainability: Building financially resilient, scalable models that deliver lasting systemic change.

Responsibilities

1) Contextualised Fundraising Support for InnovatED Entrepreneurs (40%)

Provide 1:1 coaching tailored to early-stage Entrepreneurs fundraising needs, challenges, and goals.
Translate common space learnings into context-specific fundraising strategies and actions.
Coach Entrepreneurs through fundraising decisions, approaches, and next steps.
Strengthen fundraising materials and work products through targeted feedback and iteration.

2) Donor Engagement & Fundraising Events (30%)

Lead planning and execution of donor engagement and pitch events to increase Entrepreneurs access and exposure to potential funders.
Create high-quality, funder-facing invites, briefs, pitches, and event collateral that clearly communicate opportunities to engage with and support Entrepreneurs.
Own coordination across funders, Entrepreneurs, speakers, vendors, and other stakeholders for seamless event execution.
Develop differentiated donor engagement and stewardship approaches for Entrepreneurs at varying stages.

3) Upskilling Entrepreneurs on Fundraising Capabilities (20%)

Lead fundraising webinars, workshops, and common learning spaces for InnovatED Entrepreneurs.
Track participation, learning, and application of key fundraising concepts.
Facilitate relevant connections with funders, mentors, and ecosystem stakeholders.
Review proposals, concept notes, pitches, and other fundraising work products to strengthen funder-readiness.

4) Fundraising Pipeline, Acquisitions & Data Management (10%)

Build donor landscapes, prospect databases, and funding opportunity pipelines across Entrepreneurs and geographies.
Drive prospect prioritisation, outreach strategies, introductions, and donor acquisition.
Track fundraising goals, targets, gaps, donor conversations, commitments, and stewardship touchpoints.
Analyse pipeline and engagement data to inform prioritisation, decision-making, and follow-through.

Additional Responsibilities

As a Consultant at Teach For India, you will:

Contribute to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities.
Serve as an ambassador of the Teach For India brand and an advocate for our work and for educational equity in our country through both internal and external communication after committing time in our classrooms to understand our work more deeply.
Support with key organisational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, and Movement Building.

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

2+ years of relevant experience in fundraising, program management, education, social impact, or a related field, with experience working in an external-facing role.
Strong fundraising and communication skills, including the ability to develop proposals, concept notes, donor-facing materials, reports, and compelling impact narratives.
Experience working with and supporting diverse stakeholders, with strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with Entrepreneurs, donors, mentors, and internal teams.
Strong coaching, facilitation, and capacity-building skills, with experience designing or facilitating learning sessions and providing constructive feedback to strengthen others work.
Strong analytical, project management, and organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate data/pipelines, and work with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
Comfort working across diverse organisational and geographic contexts, including rural, tribal, and marginalised-urban contexts, and willingness to travel frequently to in-person events, site visits, and fundraising engagements as required to support Entrepreneurs.
Alignment with Teach For India's mission and values, with high levels of ownership, integrity, accountability, curiosity, and commitment to excellence; prior Teach For India Fellowship experience preferred.

Note:We want to hear your unique voice and perspectives through the process, hence all applicants are expected to personally author statements of purpose/essays in the application form. Sole use of AI or Chat-GPT based tools may lead to disqualification from the process.