Manager – Fellowship Cohort Building in Chennai | Bhumi | ₹8-9.5 LPA

Bhumi

Bhumi runs the Bhumi Fellowship, a learning and development journey for young people who want to commit to educational equity over the long term. Fellows are placed in government and low income schools in Chennai, where they work directly with children and with school teams to improve learning. The programme grows each year by finding, selecting and preparing new cohorts of fellows from colleges across the region. Getting the right people into that cohort is what decides how many children the fellowship reaches.

Role

You will own the recruitment and selection of the next Bhumi Fellowship cohort from start to finish. That means designing how Bhumi finds strong candidates, building the college, corporate and institutional relationships that bring them in, and running the selection process that decides who joins. You will lead a small team, set the targets with them, and use recruitment data to decide where to spend time and effort.

Responsibilities

• Build and run a recruitment and selection strategy to attract strong candidates for the Bhumi Fellowship, through internal and external partnerships
• Own strategy execution and meet recruitment targets every quarter and year
• Build and strengthen relationships with colleges, universities, corporates, and other relevant institutions
• Manage and coach team members to help them reach ambitious goals
• Use data to guide recruitment decisions and improve outcomes

Requirements

• Graduate or post graduate degree in any discipline.
• 3 to 5 years of work experience.
• At least 2 years of experience managing a team. This is essential.
• 1 to 2 years of sales, business development or promotional experience in the education segment, mainly with colleges.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Tamil.
• Ability to invest in stakeholders and build lasting partnerships.
• Comfort with data analysis and interpretation, and a good command of MS Excel.
• Willing to travel extensively.
• High emotional maturity when handling candidates, partners and team members.
• Resourceful team player who is also self driven.
• A forward looking thinker who seeks out opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Based in Chennai or willing to move there.
• Available to join immediately.
• Able to commit to a minimum of two years in the role.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the growth of a fellowship that supports thousands of children across schools
• Chance to build strong partnerships with colleges and institutions across cities
• Lead and grow a team in a high-impact, expanding program
• Competitive compensation based on profile

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