Job Opportunity for Project Manager, Assessments at Central Square Foundation in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

## Project Manager, Assessments

**About Central Square Foundation:**

Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation (CSF) is a non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to ensuring quality school education for all children in India. Our mission is to transform the school education system with a focus on improving children’s learning outcomes, especially in low-income communities. Learn more about CSF on our website: [link to CSF website]

**About the Schools Governance Team:**

The Schools Governance team at Central Square Foundation envisions a school education system that is accountable and transparent about its learning outcomes. We aim to measure and publicize the achievement of learning outcomes in public and private schools, and to establish a State Schools Standards Authority based on these outcomes.

**Position Summary:**

We are seeking a Project Manager, Assessments based out of Udaipur, Rajasthan, to build the state’s SCERT’s capacity in developing high-quality competency-based census assessments (CCA). This role will involve strengthening their processes for creating questions, blueprints and sample papers for primary and upper primary grade levels, and supporting the development of the state’s curriculum framework.  The position requires effective coordination with other bodies of the state’s education department (the Directorate, the Board, etc.) and reports to the Project Lead of the state CSF team.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Conduct capacity-building workshops for the Assessment Cell of Rajasthan’s SCERT.

* Establish and manage project management processes and guidelines.

* Conduct relevant preliminary research as needed.

* Train personnel on using basic technology to improve their creation and review processes.

* Curate and/or develop technology for various program workstreams.

* Develop and manage strong relationships with government stakeholders at the state and district levels.

* Collaborate with expert teams at CSF to contextualize work for the state.

* Manage knowledge and document the implementation of work in the state.

**Required Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:**

* Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university; a Master’s degree in education, development studies, public policy, or social sciences is preferred.

* 1.5 to 4 years of work experience, preferably in the education sector, demonstrating knowledge of curriculum development, assessment, and/or content creation.

* Keen interest in the development/education sector.

* Fluent in English and Hindi with excellent reading and writing skills. Preference will be given to candidates who know the local language well.

* Experience in handling large data and analysis (using spreadsheets or SQL) is preferred.

* Past experience working with state and district-level governance and institutional structures is preferred.

* Knowledge and experience working on project management, large-scale program implementation with multiple delivery tracks, research, and monitoring.

* Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

**Job Location:** Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

**Experience Required:** 1.5 to 4 years