Consultant, Operations (Careers)

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.

1. 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
2. Scale our impact by strategically introducing additional Fellowships as alternative pathways for leadership development
3. Match the Alumni of our programs at an intersection of their interests and the needs of the system and our children
4. Advocate for key issues that impact educational equity, and engage 3.5% of the population in the movement for educational equity
5. 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: Senior Manager, Careers

Please note that this is a part-time Consultant contractual role till 30th April 2026.

Every year, hundreds of members from the Teach For India Fellowship community graduate and transition into our Alumni movement ready to take on careers across the Education and Development sector primarily, with a smaller group moving into the Research, Policy or Private sector. Over the years, we've realized that there is high demand in the sector for talent and Teach For India Fellows and Alumni fill this crucial gap of driven, passionate individuals willing to solve India's complex problems. Teach For India Alumni bring immensely valuable skills of planning, resourcefulness along with a deep passion, an understanding of grass-root realities, an entrepreneurial spirit combined with strong teaching and communication skills.

Drive the end-to-end operational execution of flagship Careers projects, including placements for graduating Cohort, Internships, and related platforms, ensuring smooth coordination across Fellows, employers, and internal teams.

Team Overview:

The Careers team is currently in its 3rd year of operations and together with 7 team members works with Fellows, Alumni, Employers and Student Alumni towards infusing talent in the education and larger development sector. Towards our ten year vision, the Careers team at Teach For India will create more opportunities for our programs leaders to embark and sustain career journeys that enable them to work towards educational equity while also fulfilling their personal aspirations.

Responsibilities:

As a Consultant, Operations (Careers)

1. Career Fair Execution

• Drive planning, outreach, and execution of Career Fair, ensuring streamlined Fellow and employer participation.
• Liaise with platform and data teams to coordinate logistics, troubleshoot issues, and track performance.

2. Data & Tracking

• Maintain central dashboards and trackers for employer participation, Fellow applications, and offers.
• Generate short progress dashboards and post-event reports for internal use.

3. Employer & Platform Coordination

• Support partner-facing events
• Ensure integrated communication and data alignment across various platforms.

4. Internships

• Manage outreach, matching, documentation, and reporting for internship opportunities.
• Collect and summarise employer and participant feedback to inform continuous improvement.

5. Communication

• Manage communication flows for Fellows and employers related to Career Fair, internships, and platform engagement.

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations:

• Strong project management skills with experience handling multiple stakeholders.
• Proficient in data tracking and documentation (Google Sheets, Airtable, Salesforce).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable synthesising large datasets.
• TFI Fellow/Alumni or prior experience in the social impact sector preferred.