SPM - RMEAL

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About the Organization

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 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.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager, RMEAL will serve as a critical enabler for all the team functions, and support the peers and senior members in operationalizing the team strategy. The person’s time will be mainly split between Edtech and School Governance portfolio of the RMEAL vertical, along with some portion of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) work. The key responsibilities are as follows:

Job Responsibilities

• Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Assessments:
• Identifying and devising appropriate research designs - spanning quantitative, qualitative, process, and action research - taking into account the research objectives, as well as how to operationalize the research.
• Conceptualize and design monitoring frameworks (including tools and processes) that can be adopted by CSF verticals, partner organisations, and government bodies.
• Contributing to the execution of rigorous quantitative and qualitative evaluations to understand the impact of our programs on improving student learning and other pathways to change. Working on evaluation activities including devising Theories of Change, undertaking tool development, training for and management of data collection, and mixed-methods data analysis.
• Collaborate closely with central and state teams to strategize and execute student learning assessments, ensuring alignment with learning goals and standards.
• Oversee the quality and rigor of all aspects of assessments, from item creation to methodology.
• Undertake Data Analysis and Assimilation: Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, secondary research, synthesis of findings and insights, and report writing.
• Manage all aspects of the project independently, with the light supervision of a senior project manager.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum requirement of Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields, including economics, statistics public/education policy or any related field with coursework on quantitative methods of research. A relevant Master’s degree would be preferable.
• 4-6 years of relevant professional experience in Assessment /M&E / public policy research and analysis at an impact development consulting firm, think-tank, or implementing agency. Strong technical skills in quantitative research methods and data analysis, along with knowledge of social science statistics/econometrics are a must.
• Experience and fluency working with either Stata or R. Must be comfortable with Microsoft and Google Suite (MS Excel/PowerPoint, Google Sheets/Slides)
• Ability to understand complex research/data to draw actionable inference
• A working understanding of experimental and quasi-experimental research designs (such as RCTs and Differences in Difference methodologies) is needed.
• A working understanding of Assessments, item creation and integrating assessments with teaching, monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent people and project delivery skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects at a time and maturity to influence multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Must be willing to learn on the job and have demonstrable experience in learning new methodologies relevant to the work.
• Ability to work independently and proactively
• Prior understanding of and experience in education policy-making, and education-related studies especially in India, will be an advantage.

Desired Qualities

• A strong expertise and experience in experimental and quasi-experimental research designs will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge and experience in qualitative methodologies (such as thematic coding) and prior experience in educational assessments, (psychometrics/Item Response Theory) will be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of data collection software (SurveyCTO, Tangerine, COBO) and qualitative software (NVivo, Dedoose) will be an advantage.
• 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 and travel to project locations

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