Open Positions – Alohomora Education Foundation

Apply by 20th Feb 23

Alohomora Education Foundation has made it its mission to enable young people from underserved communities to make interest and strength aligned career choices. With our flagship framework CareerShala, we are leading the design of Delhi government’s Desh Ke Mentor initiative, and support the design and implementation of the Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum – taking our program to 4+ lakh students across 1024 schools of Delhi government. Our latest partnership is with the District Administration of Jhajjar to build Pratibha Manthan, a career exploration program for 20,000 students of Jhajjar.

Alohomora Education Foundation has started on an ambitious journey to mainstream the need and process of career exploration for young people. We are building the ecosystem for every child to pursue their career of choice. We are poised to grow exponentially in the next three years to enable 1 million young people to make informed career decisions.

1. Sr. Associate- Communications

The role: We believe that the right communication is the engine of our growth, and holds immense potential to increase our impact. As AEF’s communications associate, you would be taking Alohomora’s story and mission to the world with an aim to popularize our CareerShala framework, maximize outreach, build networks, and raise funds – with an aim to get more people and supporters to connect with Alohomora’s mission and work. You will
also be assisting the team in creating material and resources or students, teachers, and other stakeholders we work with. This role is critical to take our vision to lakhs of young people across India and garner support for our mission. You will work with the founders and the Fundraising Manager to execute our advocacy and fundraising efforts.

Broad areas of responsibility:
1. Designing and managing Alohomora’s Communication strategy

a. Plan and articulate overall communication strategy and yearly goals with the organization’s leadership in consultation with our advisors and communications experts

2. Communication Management

a. Capture and share compelling stories of change and voices from our key stakeholders on various platforms including social media, website etc. This can be done through coordinating with program staff, direct interactions
and/or observing and organizing events. Share 5-7 stories per month on social media channels like LinkedIn and Instagram

b. Design quarterly newsletters and share with our community of donors, mentors, panelists etc to keep them updated about our progress

c. Support founders in developing communication materials to donors like pitches, concept notes, grant proposals, one pager etc.

d. Conceptualize and organize 1 event per quarter to build thought leadership and influence key stakeholders like educators, parents and donors

e. Keep our social media – primarily Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter – active with regular posts and shares. Create and share photo series, infographics, short videos, etc. about our work

f. Bring visibility to individual team member’s contributions. Eg. Starting a blog by our team members to capture our experiences and nuances of program design & execution

g. Stay updated with events and panels in the development sector where Alohomora can meaningfully participate

3. Internal communication and knowledge management
a. Maintain a systematic repository of videos and other digital content for dissemination to various stakeholders and 1 million students over next few years

b. Work with team members to record monthly progress and goal achievement

c. Support founders in keeping all team members updated about our progress at an org level and aligned with our mission

d. Support team in designing outreach/program materials as per their need

e. Collaborate with fundraising manager to design material and run campaigns

The opportunity – What’s in it for you?

• Be part of a young, dynamic team’s audacious vision to empower India’s youth
• Bring your ideas into action in a work environment that values purpose and invests in your personal and professional growth
• Own the communications strategy for a young organization, exploring your own creativity and building your communication management skills

Compensation: Rs 4.2-6L per annum, commensurate with skill and experience

Preferred education and experience
1. Graduate/post graduate in any stream, preferably development communication, mass communication, marketing, design, education, social sciences

2. 0.5-3 years of work experience in relevant fields. Prior experience in communications, marketing, content creation, journalism or public relations is an added bonus

3. Experience with design tools like Canva / Adobe PhotoShop / Adobe Illustrator

Mindsets and skills
1. Willing to commit at least 2 years to build our comms foundation

2. Ability to organize, prioritize, track, and manage a variety of tasks to deliver results. Good at multitasking and simultaneously managing multiple projects

3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to contextualize content, mode and style of communication according to the target audience

4. Basic understanding of social media & user groups, data analysis, including social media analytics to monitor and evaluate engagement across social media channels

Location: Delhi. You will be expected to be in the Alohomora office 3-4 times a week.

To apply: Please fill in this form by 20th February 2023. In case of any queries, please write
to parinita@alohomora.org.

2. Organisational Development- Sr. Associate

Alohomora Education Foundation has started on an ambitious journey to mainstream the need and process of career exploration for young people. We are building the ecosystem for every child to pursue their career of choice and will be reaching 65k+ students this year via our various programs. We are a team of 23 passionate individuals with diverse skills and experiences and will be growing at a fast pace over the next two years. The person in this role will be the backbone ensuring our organisational communication, processes, and
people are ready for rapid scaling.

About us: Alohomora Education Foundation has made it its mission to enable young people from underserved communities to make interest and strength aligned career choices. Our flagship career exploration framework – CareerShala – is integrated across 3 intervention models, working directly with students as well as systemic players such as teachers and state/ district education departments..

1. CareerShala Learning Lab: We train and manage youth leaders from underserved communities to facilitate CareerShala with school students via partnerships with NGOs, government schools, and after school centres. We work with ~500 students every year and have a dedicated alumni support team to connect students to post-school opportunities.

2. Desh Ke Mentor: We are leading program design and implementation of the new Delhi government initiative called Desh ke Mentor – a large scale volunteer mentoring program for young professionals to mentor 9-12th grade students from underserved communities enrolled in government schools across Delhi. This program aims to mobilize 50k+ mentors impacting 3L+ students.

3. Pratibha Manthan: Our latest partnership is with the District Education Department of Jhajjar, Haryana where we are building the capacity of teachers across 177 schools to conduct a career exploration curriculum for all 10-12th grade students. This program will reach 13000 students this year.

The role: Alohomora aims to be a high performing organisation characterised by a strong organisational culture, clearly defined strategies for the team’s development, and structured processes for individual, team and organisation-wide strategic and operational growth. We have grown from a small team of 5 to 25+ people in full time, part time and remote roles within the last 3 years. In this role, you will be working closely with the founders to strengthen our people’s policies and processes, and manage the organisation’s branding and communications to set us up for rapid growth. You will have a Communications Manager/Associate report to you.

This role is for you if you are

• A people’s person – Love for fostering and maintaining relationships with others
• Invested in org mission – Truly invested in being part of social change, with a desire to play a role in making the team flourish and grow.
• Flexible and solution-oriented – Ability to understand team’s needs and work out the best solutions

Broad areas of responsibility:
1. Creating OD&L strategy
a. In consultation with the founders, our advisors and external experts (if needed), create a holistic long term organisational development strategy tailored to Alohomora’s needs

b. Develop (or redesign) and implement necessary policies such as POSH, compensation and reimbursement policy, EPF, norms for field roles and remote roles, etc.

c. Create a people strategy including org structure, expected competencies of team members and positions

2. Talent management

a. Devise a structured recurring internship and volunteering program for short-term associations with students/volunteers

b. Manage end-to-end hiring with the founders – drafting JDs, outreach in relevant networks and platforms, sorting applications and interviews, onboarding and orientation of new team members

c. Support in team reviews, feedback and performance evaluations

d. Identify opportunities for learning and development aligning with the roles and responsibilities of team members

3. Communications

a. Identify and track organisational outreach channels and networks Alohomora can be a part of, for greatest visibility and industry presence

b. Manage external communications and networking

c. Ensure Alohomora’s social media is demonstrating thought leadership and generating interest for our work to enable strong talent pipeline, fundraising and partnerships

4. Building org culture

a. Maintain a team engagements calendar that nurtures a mission driven culture, enables purposeful conversations, and fosters intra-team exchange of ideas and support

b. Organise and facilitate team events (Teachers’ Day, Children’s Day, etc.)

c. Facilitate internal team communication in line with overall culture

5. Administrative support and management

a. Work with our admin staff to track and manage team activity (such as leaves, reimbursements) on Keka (our HR management software) and maintaining assets (laptops, phones etc)

b. Support with ensuring team experience in the office space is joyful, healthy and productive

Compensation: Rs 4.2-7.2 L per annum, commensurate with skill and experience. We are happy to modify the responsibilities to suit a Sr. Associate or a manager level.

Location: Delhi. This role would require presence in Alohomora office 3-4 times a week. Preferred education and experience

1. Graduate/post graduate in any stream, preferably specialising in human resources, org development, business management, talent management, social sciences

2. 0.5-4 years of work experience in relevant fields. Prior experience in HR, business development, talent management, organisational development is an added bonus.

3. We would be happy to consider anyone looking to get back to work after a mid-career break.

Mindsets and skills

1. Passionate about bringing social change.
2. Willing to commit at least 2 years to build our org development foundation
3. Ability to organise, prioritise, track, and manage a variety of tasks to deliver results. Good at multitasking and simultaneously managing multiple projects
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

To apply: Please fill in this form by 20th February 2023. In case of any queries, please write to parinita@alohomora.org .