Teach For Pakistan is a non-profit start-up committed to creating a powerful social movement for equity and excellence in education. We enable Pakistan’s best young talent to teach for two years in underserved communities, and drive systemic change in education throughout their lives. We envision the day when every child in Pakistan will participate in an education that nurtures them to become loving, thinking and engaged citizens.
The Training Institute
Teach For Pakistan will run a Training Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan for a period of six weeks. Through these six weeks, Teach For Pakistan’s newly recruited cohort of Fellows will come together for an intensive pre-service training program. The purpose of this Institute is to prepare Fellows to produce significant academic gains with their students and assume full-time teaching responsibilities starting August. Additionally, the Institute will prepare Fellows to start their leadership development and community mobilization journeys in their Fellowship. The Institute team will work closely with our local school partners so that new Fellows can start off with a high-quality placement school program in their respective communities.
The Role
This is an in-person contractual role for the duration of the Training Institute at Teach For Pakistan. The duration of this role is from 15th June to 15th August, 2023. Starting and ending dates can be modified on a case-by-case basis, but all interns will be required to commit to around 8 weeks of full-time work in Islamabad. The duty timings will be 7:00 am to 7:00 pm which may be exceeded to complete the assigned tasks as and when required. The working days will be from Monday till Saturday.
The Administration and Logistics department ensures smooth functioning of all Institute operations with respect to logistics and administration. Responsibilities for this role involve:
The Ideal Candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a high-stakes, fast-paced role in a start-up environment, seeks a learning experience and is deeply committed to social change.
S/he will have the following qualifications and skills:
Teach For Pakistan is a national non-profit organization committed to creating a powerful social movement for equity and excellence in education. We enable Pakistan’s best young talent to teach for two years in underserved communities, and drive systemic change in education throughout their lives. Teach For Pakistan envisions the day when every child in Pakistan will participate in an education that nurtures them to become loving, thinking and engaged. To that end, we are aiming to grow our movement aggressively over the coming years, and are looking for team members who will work passionately and rigorously to achieve this goal.