STIR Relationships Manager, New Delhi, India

STIR Relationships Manager, New Delhi, India
Over the last decade, substantial progress has been made across the developing
world in improving access to education. Yet such improvements in access and
resources have not been matched with an equivalent increase in education quality and
outcomes. In India, 60% of second year children are unable to read a simple
paragraph, and 70% cannot perform simple mathematical tasks such as long division.
STIR is based on the belief that the most effective method of change is to build on
what the best teachers and schools are already doing. We’re creating a new
mechanism for collating the best ‘micro-innovations’ in education taking place in
classrooms globally. And by rigorously assessing their impact on learning and
attainment we aim to replicate and scale-up the most effective micro-innovations
across the developing world.
We’re now looking to recruit a Relationship Manager to join our team in Delhi.
You'll play a lead role in creating and managing a portfolio of micro-innovations
that, if scaled effectively, have the potential to make a positive impact on literacy
and numeracy on a global level.
You will have excellent skills in innovation management and stakeholder
engagement; experience in building relationships with senior policymakers, NGO
leaders and business leaders; and, crucially, you believe in the possibility of giving
all children an excellent education. We have three main goals in bringing this person
on to our team:
1. Enable STIR Fellows & Schools to succeed
STIR Fellows (teacher innovators) and Schools are working very hard to educate
India’s future. But they are also challenging the status quo and re-defining how
students learn and we want to help them develop and share their ideas globally.
2. Building & Managing Relationships
Our success is tied with the success of our Fellows and Schools and most importantly
of the students. The role of the Relationship Manager is pivotal in building
relationships with our corporate, non-profit and policy partners to create a path of
least resistance for the innovations to scale.
We also want our Relationship Managers to identify the most appropriate scale-up
partners for the STIR micro-innovations and work with the STIR Programme
Managers, as well as our schools and teachers, to successfully scale their ideas and
impact both national and global education policy.
3. Become the backbone of STIR in India
We’re a rapidly growing organization with ambitions to transform the education
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landscape for the world’s poorest children. Overcoming the challenges in reaching our
goals will require building an entrepreneurial movement that learns from the
challenges as well as the successes and you’ll be the building blocks of this movement
in India.
STIR’s ability to successfully share and scale the most innovative teaching practices in
the world will hinge on creating an organization that people feel proud to be part of,
and we want you to help us create something that we can all be proud of!
The Relationship Manager will be responsible for building our partnerships with
corporate, non-profit and policy partners in order to take the ideas identified to
scale, and will be pivotal in all interaction between STIR and our partners. For the
first year we expect to screen over 300 applicants and recruit 25 Fellows from
Delhi to participate in the programme. In the second year we expect to select the
best 10 micro-innovations and take them to scale in partnership with corporate,
non-profit and policy partners.
The Ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in either the non-profit
or corporate sectors and a strong demonstrated interest in the education sector
either through their work or as a volunteer and clear experience in managing
change or developing a portfolio of innovations
 
Required Skills & Experience
- Experience of leading projects especially experience of taking an idea from
inception to completion
- Experience of working with external partners and senior management
- Experience of overseeing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience managing change and supporting others to do so
- Experience working with a large range of stakeholders from different sectors and
backgrounds and accessing external support and resources
- Experience mentoring and managing people and helping them to develop as
leaders
- Able to understand the factors that will enable change in a variety of contexts
- Sensitive to the different level of support people need and able to provide the
necessary support
- Data driven - make decisions based on numbers and information available
- Detail oriented - attention to detail is very important
 
Personal Qualities
- Strong commitment to excellent education for all and a belief in teachers and
school leaders as innovators
- Need to be highly presentable and personable especially as you create close links
with corporates, non-profits and policy makers
- Demonstrate maturity and the ability to lead
- Humility as you work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and
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- Resilience in the face of the challenges of impacting public education in India
- Creative – especially in terms of motivating people and finding ways to overcome
the challenges of working in the public sector
- Confident in wide variety of social settings
- Flexible and comfortable in a start-up environment
 
Specific Responsibilities
1. You’ll work very closely with Programme Managers and our partners to help them
take ideas from the classroom to a wider audience
2. To connect Fellows and Programme Managers with resources and develop
individualized solutions to their challenges in scaling their ideas
3. Build and manage relationships with all partners
4. Identify suitable partners for each innovation and plan and recruit resources to
enable successful scaling of the ideas
5. To design and conduct ongoing workshops to build Fellows’ skills
6. To actively cultivate a network of partners
7. Create appropriate marketing material and strategy to publicise the programme
and the micro-innovations of our Fellows to partners
 
Application Process

• In a cover letter please share with us why you are interested in Education in

general and STIR specifically and why you think you’re suitable for the role?

• Please also answer the following questions in 400 words or less:
•  What would you do with Rs. 1 Lakh to impact education in India?

Talk through what you see as one key area that you’ll focus on, why
you think so, and how you’d spend the money.

• A teacher has been highly successful using virtual money as a tool to

teach basic arithmetic operations to students – identify the most
appropriate partner that would enable this idea to scale most
widely and also state the resources and steps you’ll take to ensure
this method is used across all schools in Delhi.

• Please also send a copy of your CV and details for two referees to

ssingh@stireducation.org
For more information about STIR and our mission please visit
www.stireducation.org