Strategy & Impact Manager Job in Mumbai at Teach For India

Teach for India is hiring for the role of Manager, strategy and Impact!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Designing and independently managing short-term multi-stakeholder projects for a variety of client teams aimed at organizational development.
• Designing surveys, collecting and analyzing data, and designing data dashboards.
• Creating compelling decks and reports to document problem statements, study approaches, research, insights, and recommendations.
• Conducting research, literature reviews, and benchmarking exercises to draw from the best practices in strategic planning, monitoring, change management and organizational development.
• Designing and executing capacity-building workshops for staff and Leadership Team members.
• Supporting strategic review processes by helping review/revisit cities’ and specific national priorities by participating in step-backs.
• Researching and preparing background material for organizational improvement exercises and external presentations in forums such as conferences.
• Identifying relevant education landscape trends and synthesizing them for the Senior Leadership Team to support their decision-making.
• Supporting in active cultivation and maintenance of relationships with internal and external partners/stakeholders. These would include national and city donors, other external stakeholders and organizations, graduate schools and universities, and City Champions.
• Engaging in brainstorming sessions with the team to identify problems and hypothesize causes and solutions.
• Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities.
• Serving 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.
• Supporting key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, and Movement Building.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from any stream
• 2-3 years of work experience, with at least 2 years in management consulting or complex project management
• Strong project management skills and ability to take complete ownership of projects
• Strong data and analytical skills (excellent Excel skills, data/evidence gathering, analysis and interpretation, hypotheses framing and validation) and research capabilities
• Excellent PowerPoint skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Rigour and attention to detail
• Time management, ability to keep calm during pressure situations
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders
• Result-driven and outcome-focused approach
• Adaptable and flexible in working style, comfortable with ambiguity