Associate, Pre Service Programs

Teach For India; Mumbai; Remote; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Teach For India’s Firki Associate, Pre Service Programs supports design, coordination, and delivery of preservice programmes for educators across India. The role involves managing partnerships, coordinating hybrid learning, and tracking programme data.

You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure high-quality course delivery, alumni engagement, and timely communications. Remote work with periodic travel within India is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline is required; education background is an advantage.
• One to three years of experience in programme coordination or education.
• Experience with course design or curriculum development is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with partner organisations to design and deliver hybrid learning programmes.
• Manage cohort planning, scheduling, and execution on the Firki portal.
• Track participation, completion, and satisfaction and share progress with partners.
• Identify and troubleshoot technical or operational issues affecting participants.
• Support alumni engagement and communication efforts.

Skills

Project management

English communication

MS Office & Google Workspace

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in any discipline

Tools

Articulate

Job description

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/Sr Manager, Pre Service Programs Firki

Location: Remote (with periodic travel as required)

Firki is the teacher education platform of Teach For India. It designs and delivers learning programmes for preservice and in-service educators, with the aim of building a stronger and more effective teacher education ecosystem in India. The Preservice team works with future teachers, teacher education institutions, and partner organisations to design programmes, courses, and engagement opportunities that prepare educators for the classroom.

This role may require occasional travel within India for partner meetings, workshops, or events. Some work outside standard hours may be required during peak programme delivery periods, such as cohort launches or course rework cycles.

Team Overview

The Associate, Pre Service Programs will support the design, coordination, and delivery of Firki's preservice programmes. This includes managing partnerships with organisations and colleges, coordinating hybrid learning programmes, designing courses for delivery across multiple platforms, supporting alumni engagement, and contributing to outreach and communication efforts. The role requires close coordination with internal teams, external partners, and program participants, along with consistent tracking and reporting of programme data.

Responsibilities

As a Associate, Pre Service Programs, you will work on:

• Coordinate with partner organisations to design and deliver hybrid learning programmes combining self‑paced modules with live sessions.
• Manage cohort planning, scheduling, and execution on the Firki portal.
• Track participation, completion, and satisfaction data across cohorts and share regular progress updates with partners.
• Identify and troubleshoot technical or operational issues that affect the participant experience.

Course Design

• Design and develop courses each year for preservice and new educators, delivered across multiple platforms including WhatsApp-based formats and Articulate.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts and internal reviewers through the design and revision process.
• Support the planning and execution of course launch events and related communication.

Workshops and Partnerships

• Support the design and delivery of educator workshops, including topic selection, speaker coordination, and logistics.
• Manage ongoing partnerships with colleges and organisations offering Firki courses to their students or staff.

Alumni Engagement

• Support the team with alumni engagement initiatives designed at a team level

Build More Leaders (BML) Programme: Firki Future Teacher Program

• Support the design and delivery of the FiFTeaP program, including session planning, resource curation, and facilitation of select sessions.
• Coordinate communication with participants through the programme cycle, including onboarding, reminders, and query resolution.
• Manage relationships with facilitators and speakers for assigned sessions.
• Track applications, completions, and feedback, and prepare programme reports.

Social Media and Communication

• Support the Communications team in creating promotion content by sourcing materials from participants
• Maintain a content calendar in coordination with other teams to ensure consistent and timely posting.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support city-level events and alumni initiatives as needed, including coordination with the City team.
• Participate in ongoing learning opportunities to strengthen role‑relevant skills and knowledge.

Knowledge and Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of e-learning authoring tools such as Articulate, or willingness to learn.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple programmes and deadlines at once.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, including partner organisations and institutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Working proficiency in MS Office and Google Workspace; comfort working with data for tracking and reporting.
• Attention to detail and consistency in maintaining programme records and documentation.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to work across teams and functions.

Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline; a background in education is an advantage.
• One to three years of experience in programme coordination, teacher education, or a related field.
• Experience with course design or curriculum development is preferred but not required.

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.