Job Opportunity for Academic Consultant – Numeracy at Central Square Foundation in Gandhinagar

Team: State Reform Team 

Role: Academic Consultant – Numeracy (Gujarati) 

Required work experience: 2-5 years of relevant experience

Location: Gandhinagar

Duration: 2 years

About Central Square Foundation (CSF)

Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working with the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. CSF has a mission focus on ensuring high-quality foundational learning for all children in India. To achieve this, we partner with individuals and social impact organizations to bring innovative solutions in education to build the capacity of the government to drive systemic impact. To know more about us and our work, visit www.centralsquarefoundation.org.

About the State Reform Team

The State Reform Team (SRT) at CSF works with State Education Departments to reform education by implementing large-scale system-led projects with the goal of improving student learning outcomes. It along with its partners is currently supporting various states such Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Haryana to design and implement their state FLN (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy) Missions as part of the national NIPUN Bharat Mission. This includes building effective classroom pedagogy and strengthening governance enablers that are critical for the reform.

Position Summary

CSF is recruiting for the position of Academic Consultant – Numeracy (Gujarati), based in Gandhinagar to support the state reform team in developing and rolling out a holistic foundational learning programme. This role will cater specifically to academic workstreams such as creating Teaching Learning Materials, Teacher (and Academic Cadre) Capacity Building, Mentoring and Coaching, Assessments and Classroom Observations and will require day-to-day interaction and working with government officials in the state government. 

Key Responsibilities

● Develop work products, documents, and outputs related to academic workstreams in consultation with the internal CSF teams (such as Classroom Instruction Practice and Assessments team) and academic partners 

○ Teaching-Learning Materials and Instructional Design: Support the state in designing quality curricular and instructional materials, or enhancing existing materials – such as academic calendar, learning outcome framework, teacher guides, lesson plans, student worksheets. 

○ Assessments: Support the state in developing an assessment framework for early grades, including system assessment and school-based assessment (formative and summative assessments)

○ Continuous Teacher Professional Development: Provide support to the state for conducting training needs assessment, situational analysis, design of high-quality teacher training modules, trainer capacity building, training monitoring, and feedback 

○ Mentoring: Design and integrate an on-site support program for teachers informed by evidence collected through the classroom observation process 

● Support the PMU in continuous program monitoring and course correction during the implementation of academic workstreams 

● Knowledge management and documentation of the implementation of work 

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities 

● Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university is required; a Master’s degree preferred in education, development studies, and social sciences 

● 2 to 5 years of post-qualification work experience, preferably in the education sector 

● Preference for candidates displaying work experience in academic areas of education in foundational years such as classroom teaching, curriculum, instructional design, etc. 

● Keen interest in the Development/Education sector 

● Fluent in English with excellent reading and writing skills

● Fluent in Gujarati (Reading, writing and speaking), ability to proofread documents, make presentations in Gujarati and interact with govt. officials 

● Strong growth and learning mindset 

● Excellent writing and oral communication skills 

Additional Details 

● Start Date: As soon as possible 

● Compensation: Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels. 

How to Apply 

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Central Square Foundation is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.