Associate Program Manager, The Mitra Fellowship

Why do we exist? What do we do?

The quality of school education available to students from low-income communities across India is abysmal. Their chances of attending college or building a career are significantly lower than their high-income peers, condemning them to a life without voice or choice. iTeach was born in 2015 to challenge this status quo and create a level playing field for ALL children.

We run free and high-impact schools and an exceptional college-to-career program for the most disadvantaged students in Pune and Navi Mumbai. We are known for our world-class professional development, our result-oriented team culture, and our student-centric school design. Read more about us at www.iTeachSchools.org.

Responsibilities

The Mitra Fellowship is College to Career World's flagship program, contributing to its vision of an alumni-led movement of change. 25 young leaders, leading a group of 4300 alumni, is a one-of-a-kind, real, exciting youth-leadership fellowship which can ensure 4300 student-alumni get to their dream careers. Starting the fourth cohort in June 2026, the Mitras are the heart of C2C's program - connecting student-alumni to C2C and making C2C's programs reach student-alumni.

Mitras lead the Engagement piece for all 4300 alumni through sharing circles, sports matches, college catch-ups, reunions, hobby clubs, field trips, and much more. Keeping all alumni engaged forms the foundation on which other C2C programs, like careers and admission build on. Mitras are college-going youth who mentor their peers or juniors, lead a group of 120-150 student-alumni towards a strong college to career transition and ensure no student-alumni is left unattended. It is a paid 1-year fellowship, with 3 managers managing, coaching the Mitras towards being better connectors, facilitators, mentors, and executors.

The Program Manager is going to lead this team of 3 associates and over 25 Mitras. See the work of the C2C team in a brief video here!

Execute

• Drive incredible student-alumni engagement towards C2C's program offerings through creative outreach.
• Host various engagement programs with the right rigour and operations to build a strong pull in student-alumni.
• Monitor, draw trends and work on engagement highs and lows and student-alumni needs that come through the Mitras.
• Execute the day-to-day functioning and culture of the Mitra Cohort - their aspiration, performance and professionalism.

Coach and Manage

• Lead a group of three associates (performance management, coaching, and career guidance) and, through them, manage the various engagement programs and the fellowship.
• Mentor Mitras' career choices towards them choosing aspirational careers through this leadership experience.

Design and Strategise

• Designing an annual strategy that includes goals, priorities, and timelines for student-alumni engagement.
• Designing a robust Program Implementation Plan for every Unit that includes clear goals, structures for monitoring and evaluation, Mitras Scope and sequence of training, and Manager support.
• Design and execute through the team - diverse programs that cater for all categories of students.

As part of C2C's leadership team

• Work closely with careers, admissions and counselling support teams to ensure all alumni get the right support and all alumni's needs reach the program teams.
• Contribute to overall C2C's operations and culture by owning team-level programs and functioning.

Prerequisites

• Strong belief in the power that young people have and in the idea of youth-leadership.
• 3-4 years of full-time professional experience.
• Experience in managing and coaching small, high-performing teams to achieve ambitious outcomes.
• End-to-end project management experience (from vision setting to execution).
• Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups.
• Possesses skills which drive engagement: creativity, strong facilitation, and event management.

Compensation and Benefits: We take pride in offering competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with the candidate's education and work experience. The salary range for this position ranges from 7.5 -9.0 LPA (CTC), and we are dedicated to providing top-notch industry benefits. These benefits include PF, gratuity, medical insurance (up to 3 lakh PA), paid leaves, annual increments, and promotion opportunities.