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Organization Description Shooting Stars Foundation (SSF) (www.shooting-stars-foundation.org) (US and India non profit) focuses on expanding access to higher education for learners who face financial and social barriers. .

- Role: Founders Office Senior Associate
- Location: Chennai
- Hybrid Opportunity: (Twice a week Work from Office - Nungambakkam)
- Timing- 10 AM-4 PM, 7-10 PM (Occasional weekends during events)
- Type: Full Time (40 hours a week)
- Remuneration – 30,000-40,000 per month (Full time)

“Founder’s Office Senior Associate”

This a flexible, high-impact early-stage role that acts as a force-multiplier for the CEO / Founder. It is much more than an Executive Assistant to the CEO , taking up various initiatives of the CEO and free founders to focus on vision and fundraising.

Core responsibilities

- Serve as a Executive Associate to Founder with various aspects of the Founders role
- Run Multifaceted projects with typical KPIs and OKRs
- Prepare 30/60/90 day plans and execute
- Extremely passionate with Reports and Dashboards and run the entire org with metrics
- Anticipate needs, surface risks early, and close loops without being asked twice.
- Jump into whatever else the business requires — research, light analysis, vendor outreach, event production, travel planning, or operational cleanup.
- Some sample projects may be
- One top donor wants to implement a STEM Program in a local school – analyze and execute the project




- Establish a clear training plan and program for the 75 Nursing scholars we have – end to end
- Create a proposal and model for a Nursing Skilling Program we are thinking about
- We are starting a Process Re-engineering / Systems Implementation Project- be a core member of the team
- Follow up on a partner proposal to support sponsored scholars and push to close
- Ideate and push for a Placement Project for Final Year Scholars
- Run an online Donor event / STEM Program event with enough background
- Research in LinkedIn focused manner to get 5 Advisory Board Members to SSF India

What’s your skills / profile ?

- 3–5 years experience (consulting, finance, product, operations) or exceptional founders/entrepreneurs.
- Highly generalist with robust bias for action.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; concise brief-writing and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical ability: comfort with numbers, A/B logic, basic SQL or spreadsheets.
- Project management discipline: ownership of outcomes, can lead cross-functional teams without formal authority.
- Comfort in ambiguity and rapid context-switching.
- Positive , Optimistic, Steady under pressure
- AI-fluent: you use tools daily to move faster on research,



drafting, organization, and problem-solving.
- Discreet, reliable, and professional. You will see sensitive information and handle it accordingly.

What to expect day‑to‑day

- No two days the same: a mix of deep analytical work, cross functional projects, tactical execution and firefighting
- Frequent context switching between operations, hiring, partner/donor outreach, and CSR fundraising.

Why this position ?

- Ownership: Roles with clear, measurable projects and decision authority.
- Founder will provide candid feedback for growth
- Learning exposure: access to product, metrics, fundraising, hiring, and scholar / donor / board/ various stakeholder interactions.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Business, Management, Development Studies, or related field.
- 2-3 plus years of experience in relevant fields
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments, Open to rapid change and able to learn new things quickly.
- Demonstrates effectiveness influencing individuals and teams without explicit authority.
- Recognizes complexity and assesses risks and alternatives in light of competing requirements and incomplete knowledge.
- Own a laptop or system at home with internet connection - Online work / Telephone work etc
- Work 7 PM to 10 PM every day online (included in the 40 hours per week with occasional weekend hours needed )

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📌 Founders Office Senior Associate (India)
🏢 Shooting Stars Foundation
📍 India