Website Central Square Foundation (CSF)
About Central Square Foundation (CSF)
Founded in 2012, Central Square Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working to ensure quality school education for all children in India. CSF has a mission focused 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 learn more about us and our work, visit www.centralsquarefoundation.org.
About the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Learning team
CSF’s endeavour is to transform the school education system in India and advance children’s learning outcomes, especially for those from vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds. The RMEL practice undertakes a range of research and M&E activities to understand the ‘what works’ and ‘why it works’ elements of driving systems improvement and impact. Intending to generate evidence to strengthen education programs and policy, the team provides technical support to other CSF verticals and oversight on third-party research studies.
CSF’s Research and M&E team is deeply engaged, advised, and mentored by renowned experts like Luis Crouch (Chief Technical Officer, RTI International), Ben Piper (Sr. Director, RTI International), Karthik Muralidharan (Chair, JPAL S.Asia), Asiya Kazmi (Global Education Policy Lead, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation). The Project Manager will join a high-caliber leadership team with collective experience working in both corporate and development sector organizations like BCG, IFMR, J-PAL, IGC, NITI Aayog, and National Skill Development Corporation.
Position Summary
The Project Associate, RMEL will serve as a critical enabler for all the team functions, and support the peers and senior members in operationalizing the team strategy. The key responsibilities are as follows:
Roles & Responsibilities
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Support the Team in Research Design: Spanning quantitative, qualitative, process, and action research – taking into account the research objectives
- Undertake Research Execution: Including the development of tools, survey training, and execution and management of data collection
- Data Analysis and Assimilation: Quantitative data analysis, secondary research, synthesis of findings and insights, and report writing
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum requirement of Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields, including economics, public/education policy, or any related field. A relevant Master’s degree would be an advantage
- 0-2 years of relevant professional experience in quantitative data analysis and data management in public policy research and analysis at an impact development consulting firm, think-tank, or implementing agency. Prior understanding of and experience in education-related studies especially in India, will be an advantage.
- Strong skills in quantitative data analysis, along with knowledge of statistics/econometrics
- Experience working with quantitative data analysis software like Stata / R. Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is preferred
- Ability to understand complex research / data to draw actionable inference
Desired Qualities
- Strong action-bias, influencing & and communication skills – the ability to synthesize technical insights into actionable steps
- Passion for making a scaled impact in education and belief in the possibility of foundational learning for all children
- Willingness to adapt to the dynamic nature of work, manage multiple projects at a time, and travel to project locations
Compensation
- Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels.
To apply for this job please visit tcf.keka.com.
