Typist

**Typist
- Tamil Team, Avanti Fellows**

**Position Summary**:
In the typist role, you are expected to work efficiently and accurately to turn provided information into legible documents. A key element of this role is maintaining confidentiality with sensitive information to protect the firm from information leaks. Success in this role is demonstrated by quickly and accurately encoding data, and promptly generating reports and other documentation.

**Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Generates written or computer-generated documents and reports
- Proofreads documents before submission
- Files records and copies of physical and digital documents
- Tracks hours rendered for specific tasks
- Provides transcripts of meetings and audio recordings
- Takes notes and memos during meetings
- Following all the rules and regulations of the company.

**Requirements**:

- Exceptional reading and listening comprehension abilities
- Outstanding typing skills
- Strong organization and time-management skills
- Detail-oriented
- Proficient in MS Office
- High school diploma or equivalent -Ability to meet deadlines.
- Excellent decision-making abilities.
- Ability to deal with stressful situations.
- Demonstrate ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Tamil and English Language
- Good numerical abilities.
- A keen eye for details.
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision.

**Salary Details**: Commensurate with experience

**Location**: Work from home

**"Avanti Fellows is committed to achieving a 50/50 gender balance in its staff.**

**About **_Avanti Fellows_:
Avanti runs one of India’s largest system-wide interventions for Math and Science learning in government schools. Avanti uses the power of blended-learning, technology, and peer-instruction to create programs that are able to deliver consistent outcomes in low-resource settings.

**Avanti’s JNV Program**:This program supports students at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Schools (JNVs) to prepare for high-stakes college entrance exams. Avanti sets up after-school programs in collaboration with school teachers that focus on additional test-prep for college entrance exams. Students going through the Avanti JNV program are twice as likely to be able to secure a position in professional colleges. In 2020, 60% of Avanti’s students qualified for the national engineering exam (JEE Main), compared to a national average of 34%.

**Avanti’s Sankalp Program**: Over the past 2 years, Avanti has been running a large system change project in Haryana. The project covers 160 intervention schools, where teachers were provided with technology and content to teach Mathematics and Science in Grade 9-12. In addition, Avanti monitors progress through a team of program managers and through the assistance of government officials.

**Avanti’s Ghar Pe School Program**: Last year, in the wake of COVID-19, Avanti coordinated a multi-state at-home learning intervention for government school students called GharPeSchool. In this program, Avanti prepared daily Math and Science lessons that were shared with teachers through the state’s education dept’s channel. This year, Avanti will continue this project in Haryana with an additional component of live classes and also expand this work to support secondary schools in the state of Delhi.

**Our Values**:
**Agility**

We are flexible. We keep it simple. When circumstances change, we respond quickly and effectively.

**Accountability**

We think and make decisions by asking ourselves, "What would I do if this was my organization?". We take full ownership of our actions and our results.

**Ambition**

We have the courage to set audacious goals for students' life outcomes.

**Impact for the Child**

Achieving meaningful life outcomes for students is at the center of what we do. We do this by seeing life through their perspective, working relentlessly to help them achieve progress and financial security.

**Learning Orientation**

We believe we can improve ourselves continuously. We learn by seeking feedback from students, teachers and other stakeholders, analyzing data and reflecting on our own experiences. We learn from our successes and failures. We reach out to others for help when needed.

**Job Type**: Regular / Permanent

**Salary**: ₹10,949.47 - ₹15,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Paid sick time
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus
- Shift allowance

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Tambaram West, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Typing (required)