Senior Program Manager

1 month ago

Chennai, India Teach For India Full time

Position Summary

Reporting to: City Director (CD)

Directly Managing: Program Staff

The Senior Program Manager coordinates and leads programmatic activity within a region, thus ensuring progress toward student outcomes, Fellow development, and citywide culture.

Please note - this role is designed for a Senior Manager level. However, given the complexity of this work, the hiring team will also evaluate candidates who meet the bar for the coach level. In case the role is staffed at a coach level, some responsibilities will vary.

Team Overview

Responsibilities

As a Senior Program Manager, 

Designs an annual strategy that includes goals, priorities, and timelines to advance progress and build a culture for the regional movement in partnership with City Director and City Leadership Team. Drives the vision of excellence for Student learning and Fellow leadership for the city aligned to our Leadership Development Journey (LDJ) framework. Designs a robust Program Implementation Plan every Unit that includes clear goals, structures for monitoring and evaluation, Fellow Scope and sequence of training, and Program Staff support using the Fellow Curriculum and city’s current reality. Coordinates suitable Fellow placements across Schools & Learning Circles (LCs), supports with upholding school expectations to create enabling learning conditions for Students and Fellows. Coordinates the multiple facets of programmatic activity, including student leadership, training with the Regional Training Lead, coaching and partnerships, to ensure coordinated implementation. Builds and maintains a strong culture aligned with regional strategy and organizational core values through consistent and frequent communication, holding space, and role-modeling. Works closely with the central Training and Impact Team - as well as Senior Managers from other regions - to share best practices and collectively inform a national approach towards Student, Fellow, and Staff development. Plays a key role in one of two Training Institutes and Program Manager Inductions/ Tracks through the year.

As a People Manager 

Building a robust pipeline of talent to lead the organization. Managing and coaching the team members to ambitious outcomes. Driving engagement, growth, and retention of team members. Engineering and overseeing a monitoring and evaluation system , coupled with strategic direction, to guide our abilities to continuously improve.

As a Senior Manager at Teach For India 

Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities. Driving internal alignment and support for Teach For India’s core Programs. Serving as an ambassador of Teach For India 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 with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building.

Additional Responsibilities

Knowledge and Technical Skills

Competencies and Abilities

Values and Mindsets

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

Bachelor’s Degree. A minimum of two years teaching experience in a low-income school with a strong track record of building academics, values, mindsets, and pathways to opportunity with students. A minimum of 2 year of an instructional leadership role, with strong results in Fellow growth, student growth, team culture, training effectiveness and school partner investment. Experience in managing teams of 5-7 people or more 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.

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations



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