Position: Senior Project Lead, EdTech

Location: Delhi

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. We are

driven by our mission to transform the school education system with a focus on improving

the learning outcomes of children, especially from low-income communities.

We believe that effective foundational learning is essential for better learning outcomes for

all children in school. Development of foundational literacy and numeracy skills by Class 3

can help children progress to higher levels of learning which is an essential building block

for creating equal access to opportunities needed for leading a better life.

In order to achieve this, we partner with individuals and social impact organizations to bring

innovative solutions in education, as well as work with the government to drive systemic

impact. We also collaborate with the ecosystem to leverage knowledge and create proven

tools around critical issues such as early learning, technology in education, classroom

instruction methods and governance.

Position Summary

One of the key areas of CSF’s work is EdTech (Education Technology). Under this thematic

area, we focus on how technology can be leveraged to improve the teaching-learning

experience within classrooms and at homes – through both student-focussed and teacher-
directed interventions. Our goal is to leverage technology to improve foundational learning

in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school.

We do this by funding the creation of public goods to improve the quality of the supply,

providing grants to build capacity of early-stage organizations that cater to the target

population, building evidence on the efficacy of different EdTech solutions to understand

what works and what doesn’t, through government test beds and by driving innovation

within government systems by reforming public policy advocacy and strengthening

government capacity to enable sustainable large-scale adoption.

The Senior Project Lead, EdTech will be responsible for managing large-scale projects

related to EdTech, including, providing close support to our network of grantee

organizations, building and managing relationships with EdTech startups and nonprofits for

furthering the cause of quality education for every child in India. The Senior Project Lead,

EdTech role directly reports to the Director, EdTech.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to

• Lead and support the growing portfolio of EdTech at CSF
• Closely support grantee organizations on their overall strategy, program rollout,

including, development of annual / quarterly goals, detailed budget planning,

supporting operations, implementation and ensuring timely reporting

• Identify innovative hypotheses based on current and future trends in EdTech and

build a pipeline of CSF partners

• Promote coordination and cross-learning among non-profits demonstrating best

practices in specific areas of education

• Management of all internal and external reporting and reviews for the EdTech team
• with the leadership, funders and Board members.

• Team management

education, public policy preferred)
At least 8-12 years of work experience in project management / management

consulting / grant management / building startups
Strong project management skills including an ability to be able to set priorities,

Desired Qualities

• Experience in the education/ Edtech sector would be preferred
  

Entrepreneurial spirit and ‘can-do’ attitude
Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork,

collaboration and resourcefulness are highly valued
Excellent leadership skills, including ability to manage multiple projects at a time

Compensation

Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend

upon the candidate’s experience levels.

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