Senior Associate, Global Institute for Transforming Education

Remote locations: Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand,

Position Summary

In 2024, Teach For All will launch the Global Institute for Transforming Education. By enabling cross-border learning and sharing among education practitioners, we will catalyze a global shift toward teaching and learning that supports holistic student leadership development.

The Global Institute for Transforming Education will foster collective, cross-cultural learning about how to develop all students—in particular those in the most marginalized communities—as leaders of a more just, equitable, and sustainable future. We will connect, challenge, and inspire a diverse network of classroom, school, and system leaders around the world through its three complementary components: an Academy offering online courses and workshops, a Research Lab supporting practitioner research, and a Resource Hub that makes emerging insights and resources accessible to all.

To help advance Teach For All’s 25-year vision and intended outcomes via this Global Institute and its Academy, we are seeking an Senior Associate to support the leadership team of the Academy with a range of administrative aspects of hosting virtual learning experiences for participants from all around the world. The person in this role will help ensure that logistical systems are well organized and implemented–all in service of ensuring participants have a smooth experience with the Academy. This person will look forward to tackling a wide and ever-changing scope of scheduling inputs, conflicts and updates on a daily basis. It is essential that this person holds a sincere belief in Teach For All’s mission and vision, and approaches their work with energy and conviction as a result.

About the Team

The Senior Associate will report to the Deputy Director of the Global Institute and work most closely with the leadership teams of the Global Institute and its Academy, supporting both Academy and Institute-wide efforts.

As the Academy’s Senior Associate, you will engage in the following and/or similar activities:

• Co-design and implement registration and selection systems that build cohorts of co-learners for courses and workshops
• Help schedule courses and workshops, design the course catalog, set up zoom links, navigate timezones, etc to ensure participants have smooth access to their learning experiences
• Set up and manage systems to track attendance, inform credentials tracking, pay faculty, etc.
• Support the Global Institute’s annual in-person convening of transformational classroom, school and system leaders
• Copy-edit key documents and resources
• Manage and coordinate contractor (including language interpreters) paperwork and payment
• Upload resources to our Learning and Insights Hub
• Manage tracking against team budget; process reimbursements, requests for payment from external vendors, and monthly expense reports
• Co-create and manage internal and cross-team systems that enable the Academy leadership team to collaborate effectively with other key internal and external stakeholders
• Provide additional ad hoc administrative support that includes but is not limited to: contract processing, booking travel and hotels, sending thank you gifts, working with IT on technology issues, printing and mailing documents, trouble shooting video conference calls, coordinating mailings, maintaining listservs and contact information documents, ordering office supplies,etc.

As the ideal candidate, you will bring:

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic virtual work environment - managing a high volume of e-mail and other requests along with multiple streams of work, independently prioritize tasks, juggle competing priorities swiftly, and work effectively across a globally dispersed team environment
• Full proficiency in both English and either Mandarin, Japanese or Tagalog
• Proficiency in Zoom, Google Drive, and Microsoft Suite applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, and conducting online research for travel booking required)
• Experience supporting a senior staff member or team in a similar capacity strongly preferred
• Demonstrates self-motivated proactivity, excellent judgment, creative problem solving, and strong critical thinking skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and excellent organizational ability
• Strong copy-editing skills (in English)
• Excellent, proactive communication skills and a comfort engaging with diverse stakeholders, ranging from our own internal staff to high-stakes external audiences
• Consistently exhibits thoughtfulness, compassion, and generosity of spirit to internal and external stakeholders while driving towards results
• Experience with ways of working that center diversity, equity, and inclusiveness, and fosters the leadership of all staff members
• Exemplifies Teach For All’s core values and a commitment to Teach For All’s mission:

1. Reflects a sense of possibility in mindset and vision
2. Believes in the value of being locally rooted and globally informed
3. Drives toward constant learning and improvement
4. Convinced of the necessity of diversity and inclusiveness in our work
5. Believes in the interdependence between us and our partners in solving this global problem

Additional desirable skills/experiences (not required):

• International experience
• Familiarity with the Teach For All network and Teaching As Collective Leadership
• Proficiency in Mandarin and/or Japanese (in addition to English)

What Teach For All Offers:

• Commitment to cultivating a culture in which all staff members feel they belong, are valued for their contributions, and have an impact on our organization’s progress
• Professional and personal development experiences and ample opportunities to make a positive impact on the work of Teach For All and beyond
• Comprehensive benefits package designed for your well-being and work-life needs
• All roles are 100% remote; in some locations we offer the option for in-office collaborations
• Generous time off and flexible work arrangements
• And much more!

Application Instructions

If this opportunity sounds like the next best step in your career, please submit your resume or curriculum vitae (CV) and a one-page letter of motivation (in English) directly online. Your letter should summarize motivations for your application and how your skills and experience align with the terms of this opportunity. We look forward to learning about you and your passion for ensuring educational opportunity for all!

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 21, 2024

Work authorization

Please note, this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. All candidates must possess permanent local work authorization/permit in order to be considered.

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on country of hire and prior work experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Travel and Hours

All work is delivered virtually. Travel is expected to comprise 10-20% of the work in this role . Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role.

About Teach For All

Teach For All supports and connects a global network of independent organizations working around the world to ensure that every child has access to an equitable and excellent education. Each organization in the network, conceived and launched by a local entrepreneur, enlists its nation’s most promising leaders to teach in high-need areas for two years, and, in the long-term, drive systemic changes from within and outside of the education sector.

Teach For All is catalyzing an international movement to expand educational opportunity. At the center of this network, Teach For All plays a unique role: it helps local organizations overcome common challenges by providing direct support services and serving as a hub for the exchange of best practices. In addition to delivering support to local organizations, Teach For All maximizes local impact on educational need by directly connecting the teaching participants and alumni of its international network programs through conferences and online forums.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicity, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.

In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness with respect to two dimensions in particular: we prioritize diversity of geography because this can help us quickly understand and connect with the diverse cultures and geographies of the world. We also prioritize increasing the representation and inclusiveness of team members who themselves have experienced the inequities we’re working to address by nature of sharing the background (e.g. economic, racial and ethnic, religious) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.

Apply at: https://teachforall.org/jobs-and-graduate-programs/jobs?gh_jid=5898764003