Senior Project Lead - EdTech

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 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 and is an essential building block in a childs life.

We are driven by our mission to enable the school education system to adopt solutions that are scalable, sustainable and effective, so that all children get equal access to opportunities needed for leading a better life. CSF has prioritised 4 critical areas of work: Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN); EdTech; Early Childhood Education (ECE); and Schools Governance.

Read more about our work here: https://www.centralsquarefoundation.org.

About EdTech at CSF

CSFs EdTech initiative focuses on leveraging technology to enhance teaching and learning, both in classrooms and at home, through student-focused and teacher-directed interventions. Our goal is to improve foundational learning in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school using evidence-based, scalable technology solutions.

Since 2012, CSF has played a pivotal role in shaping Indias EdTech ecosystem by bridging demand and supply, backed by rigorous research. We drive impact by:

• Supporting EdTech organisations to build contextually relevant, pedagogically sound products for low-income learners.
• Generating evidence on what works, how it works, and how to scale effective EdTech interventions.
• Partnering with governments to implement EdTech solutions and influence policy.
• Funding public goods to drive innovation and strengthen the ecosystem.

In the last five years, CSF has collaborated with 15+ EdTech organisations, 11+ state governments, and leading academic institutions, reaching 2.5 million learners across India.

Position summary

As part of the EdTech team at CSF, you'll have the opportunity to drive the transformation of education for children in India by leveraging the most meaningful use of technology in education. Youll conceptualise, design, and lead high-impact initiatives, collaborate with influential stakeholders, and harness frontier technologies to revolutionise learning at scale.

The Senior Project Lead, EdTech will be responsible for designing and managing large-scale projects including, providing strategic support to our network of grantee organizations, building and managing relationships with EdTech ecosystem partners 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:

• Support the growing portfolio of EdTech at CSF with a special focus on the use of AI in Education
• Support the development of strategic plans for the team by identifying key trends in EdTech, synthesising insights, and designing initiatives that drive meaningful impact.
• Manage end-to-end programme implementation/evaluations for portfolio partners including leading overall strategy, program design and roll out
• Identify innovative hypotheses based on current and future trends in EdTech and build a pipeline of potential solutions for generating evidence
• Promote collaboration and cross-learning among ecosystem partners 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

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Masters or equivalent degree required (background in business, economics, education, public policy preferred)
• At least 10 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, plan timelines and meet deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to build and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in growing and managing teams
• Strong written, verbal communication skills and presentation skills

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 candidates experience levels.

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