Partnerships Associate
Associate Level
Bachelor Degree
1 Position
Full-time
Bangkok, Thailand
Associate level
Bachelor Degree
1 Position
Full-time
Bangkok, Thailand
Teach For Thailand (TFT) is an independent charity with a mission to address educational inequity in Thailand by enlisting our nation’s future leaders to teach in high-need schools. We believe in the value of giving back, inspiring others, and using our knowledge to make a real impact to better the lives of the future generations. At Teach For Thailand we aim to create an equitable education system with the placement of great teachers in high need schools who are committed to improve educational attainment, raise aspiration, and expand educational opportunity for all children. Over time, with insights gained in the classrooms we are committed to drive the impact of our network of alumni to become lifelong leaders in education and across all sectors who work to ensure excellent education for all.
Teach For Thailand is a partner in the Teach For All (www.teachforall.org) network. Teach For All is a network of 61 social enterprises pursuing specific theories of change to end educational inequity in their respective countries.
Our Story
At the core of Teach For Thailand’s unique model is our ability to inspire Thailand’s best talents to join the movement and become lifelong champions of educational inequity. The Talent Acquisition Team takes a unique approach in identifying, cultivating, and selecting Thailand’s future leaders to join our flagship Fellowship Program – the 2-year leadership development program for our country’s most promising young leaders. In 2023, the team will recruit 100 to 200 participants (“fellows”) to join the 10th cohort of the Fellowship program.
Since its inception, the Scale Team has started to establish Teach For Thailand as a popular employer of choice among top Thai graduates. As one of the most creative recruiters on campus, we have generated buzz around the program, leading to successful recruitment seasons as well as a significant number of social media followers (around 60,000+).
Scale Team is responsible for recruitment and selection process, matriculation, placement and recruitment marketing strategies, the Scale Team has numbers of full-time members and student volunteers (“campus leaders”) from top domestic universities as well as US- and UK-based universities.
The Senior Talent Acquisition Associate will need to grow significantly while continuing to innovate our recruitment and selection approaches and help to support TFT to be one of the preferred employer upon their graduation.
The Role : Partnerships Associate
To achieve our mission, TFT is looking to recruit an Associate who will play a key role in supporting the actions, strategies and systems undergirding Teach For Thailand’s cultivation of this deep and dynamic donor pipeline. His/her duties will range from account management, research and meeting, preparation and partnership engagement to execute expansive partnerships. A make it happen and can do attitude, disciplined work habits, and attention to detail will be keys to success in this role. The Associate will report directly to the Team Manager.
Outcomes and Responsibilities:
This position will play a key role in building a strong base of supporters for Teach For Thailand’s efforts by co-owning at least 30 accounts along with the functional head and CEO to increase and accelerate our efforts to build a constituency of champions and raise THB 60m annually. We hope to increase by annual target by 10% to 20% by:
- Maintaining 90% renewal rate of current donors annually
- Growing corporate and foundation donors by bringing in at least 5 new donors annually
- Building an active pipeline of at least 10 prospects for future growth
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Account Management & Partnership Engagement Support
- Act as the primary point of contact for assigned accounts.
- Escalate, track and resolve key account issues
- Deliver and execute partnerships strategy in order to support securing necessary resources (financial and in-kind) for the organization to execute the program
- Engage current partners through different levers in a creative and systematic way with the results such as inviting and takings donors to our events
- Engage and inspire prospects and advocates of Teach For Thailand in order to build lasting relationships in both short and long term
- Process cash receipt forms for pledges and gifts in a timely manner
- Maintaining systems that allow the team to understand our progress and track critical tasks
- Draft donor-related communications, such as thank you letters, email correspondence, donor’s reports and donor histories for network partnerr
Research and Meeting Preparation
- Conduct in-depth analysis of new and existing donors to inform strategy for influencing, motivating and inspiring donors to contribute to our work
- Create strategic meeting briefs with appropriate objectives, asks, angles and donor history that anticipate potential questions from funders and proposed potential responses
- Prepare high-level landscape analysis research to build Teach For Thailand’s fundraising pipeline, identifying alignment between our work and donor interests and recommending concrete next steps for the managers
Requirements:
- Welcome to a new graduate with bachelor’s degree
- Professional work experience in business development, or related field would be beneficial
- Comfortable in a target driven environment
- Good to excellent writing skill in Thai and English
- Good interpersonal communication skills
- Detail-oriented, organized and ability to prioritize multiple priorities to deliver results within deadline
Skills/Knowledge/Mindset:
- A deep commitment to education equity – a belief that all children can succeed regardless of their background
- A learning orientation – curious mind and eagerness to learn and do new things
- Ability to build and maintain high stake relationships
- Strong service-minded, analytical and result-oriented skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and the Internet
- Good command of English and Thai fluency is mandatory (written and spoken)
- Possess a “can-do attitude”
- Thai fluency is mandatory (written and spoken) and good command of English
- Embodiment of Teach For Thailand’s core values: Mission Comes First, Grow Together, Sense of Possibility, Act Like an Owner
To Apply
To join us as a team member, apart from being well qualified, you need to believe as strongly as we do in our mission and vision to ensure the success of our organization.
Please send your resume and a one-page cover letter to careers@teachforthailand.org with the subject line of the position you are applying for. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
TeachFor Thailand Foundation
People & Culture Team
7th floor , Athakavi Building 2
Sukhumvit26 Road
KlongToey, Bangkok 10110
