Position Summary
Reporting to: Shaheen Mistri (CEO)
Responsibilities
As Executive Assistant to the CEO (Manager):
Managing the CEO's time through scheduling and day-to-day functions:
- Arranging all meetings
- Ensuring the CEO has the required research, materials, and information for meetings
- Drafting and responding to emails related to the CEO's work
- Ensuring follow-up of meetings is undertaken, as required
- Making travel arrangements
- Managing and filing correspondence as required
- Serving as a personal representative internally and externally
- Ensuring that the CEO's professional and personal commitments are met
Supporting and strengthening the CEO's Progress to goals:
- Maintain a system of supporting, tracking, and analyzing the CEO's goals daily, quarterly, and annually.
- Prepare presentations, and preparation material for the CEO's internal and external commitments, always holding a lens of innovation and excellence.
- Working closely with the Chief of Staff on the Board, Senior Leadership and Leadership engagement and events
- Support the Senior Leadership with projects which are a high priority for the CEO, including
- Drafting and monitoring the annual budget for the Senior Leadership
- Supporting with research, project management, documentation, etc. for any ongoing projects
- Data and Knowledge Management for the the CEO
- Managing data for decision-making across functions and maintaining a knowledge management system for the CEO
- Upskilling to support the CEO in any functional pieces, as required
Managing the CEO's Social Media Accounts and Public Relations
- Managing the CEO's Social media across all channels to amplify the impact of Teach For India's work through trackable and achievable goals in collaboration with the Communications Team
- Managing the preparation required for the PR and social media pieces in collaboration with the Communications Team
Participate in/anchor various tasks and projects to support the CEO
As a Manager at Teach For India:
- 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, Movement Building
Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations
- 3-5 years of professional work experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in driving operations in high-pressure, goal-driven environments
- Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups
- Experiences and examples of having taken the initiative in the past
- Previous experience in teaching/education would be an added advantage (not mandatory)
- Commitment to Teach For India's core values, vision, and mission
