Job Description :

Strategic Communications Manager

Position Summary :

The incumbent will oversee the execution of a comprehensive annual strategic communications plan to increase the visibility of our work. This is to ensure our outcomes are understood by key stakeholders, policy makers and partner governments.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

- Support the team in organizing key events, lead the development and design of appropriate messaging and collaterals aimed at raising awareness and enhancing visibility of our work.

- Collaborate with the program teams to amplify our initiatives with impactful communications that will resonate with partners worldwide.

- Serve as a project leader for any PR related activities and nurture relationships with media outlets.

An ideal candidate qualifications :

- Graduate with at least 8-12 years of strategic communications experience with demonstrated experience in creating impactful collateral.

- Manage communications around high-level convening events, roundtables, workshops, and virtual events, as needed to facilitate strategic engagement, participation, awareness building and build partnerships.

- Lead the dissemination of research pieces, blogs, infographics and other communications products through appropriate channels and/or events. Manage the co-creation of student stories, voices from the field, videos on strategic initiatives and other communications materials.

- Oversee successful relaunch of all website designs on budget and on time. Create compelling content for search engine optimization for website and social media visibility boost.

- Experienced in email marketing, digital campaigns and social media visibility.

- Bright, intelligent & upbeat individual who would love the excitement of a fast-paced environment and be able to work with minimal supervision and is biased towards action.

- Succinct verbal and written communications skills. Considered an expert in MS Office and presentations. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects is important.

The incumbent would gain access to :

- An empathetic, highly informed and supportive team/leadership.

- Flexible remote working environment with calendar/agenda autonomy.

- One of the country's best leave policies.

- A safe, non-discriminatory work environment with employees well-being as our priority.

Salary : Details would be discussed during 1-1 interactions.

Location : India based fully remote with periodic domestic travel.

Registered Address : A-2/73, Second Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi - 110029

www.avantifellows.org

Reporting structure : They will report into the Director of Fundraising and Communications and work very closely with the co-CEOs. There will also be extensive cross-functional interaction for content. A communications specialist will also report into the Strategic Communications Manager.

Application : Please share your resume via this Application Form. Ideal resume would be a one pager and only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

About Avanti Fellows :

- Avanti Fellows is a 14 year-old not-for-profit organization founded by IIT Bombay Alum, Akshay Saxena. Avanti's mission is to help students lift themselves & their families out of poverty in a single generation through access to quality careers in STEM. Avanti works with large government school systems (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti) to create system-wide test-preparation programs for national entrance exams for engineering, medical and other technical education in STEM.

- Avanti's programs serve over 30,000 high-school students (Grades 9-12), across 20 states and 6 union territories. More than 50% of Avanti's students are girls. Once enrolled, students receive rigorous academic tutoring for 12-20 hours per week in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. In addition to academic tutoring, our programs focus on career guidance and building critical life skills like agency and self-efficacy. We run additional programming for Girl students that focuses on overcoming gender-stereotypes and increasing participation in STEM careers (specially technical courses).

Organizational Culture :

Avanti Fellows has a team of just over 300+ professionals. The leadership team has a 50:50 gender split with professionals from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. In addition, the organization offers a plethora of personal and professional development opportunities, including participation in international events in the education space and connecting with experts in the industry.

Our Values :

- Agility We are flexible. We keep it simple. When circumstances change, we respond quickly and effectively.

- Accountability We think and make decisions by asking ourselves, "What would I do if this was my organization?". We take full ownership of our actions and our results.

- Ambition We have the courage to set audacious goals for students' life outcomes.

- Impact for the Child Achieving meaningful life outcomes for students is at the center of what we do. We do this by seeing life through their perspective, working relentlessly to help them achieve progress and financial security.

- Learning Orientation We believe we can improve ourselves continuously. We learn by seeking feedback from students, teachers and other stakeholders, analyzing data and reflecting on our own experiences. We learn from our successes and failures. We reach out to others for help when needed.