Position: Intern - EdTech Advisory for States

Location: Delhi

Duration: 6 months extendable upto 1 year

One of India’s biggest challenges is providing quality education to its 240 million children. The scale and complexity of education in India demands that the brightest talent engage in finding solutions.

At Central Square Foundation, we seek to achieve transformational standards of educational excellence for children in disadvantaged communities in India. We support exceptional social entrepreneurs with powerful ideas, undertake application-oriented research, provide a platform for sharing of innovation, and collaborate with other stakeholders in the ecosystem to find policy solutions - all towards enabling sustained change in India’s educational system.

CSF’s team members combine a deep commitment to education with operational excellence. We are a young organization with a dynamic entrepreneurial environment, dedicated to achieving significant and sustained reforms in the Indian education system.

Position Summary

The internship on EdTech Advisory for States is a six-month (extendable to one year) consulting assignment with CSF during which a strategic approach to adoption and implementation of appropriate Edtech solutions by states has to be developed and evangelized with a set of state governments with the objective of getting one or more states to finally agree to partly or fully this approach. The intern will be expected to analyze available public data, work with states to garner relevant information (remotely), develop appropriate collateral for informing and influencing states. The intern directly reports to the Project Leader.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:

● Analyze publicly available data, information and provide relevant insights for the project

● Gather additional information on education and Edtech in states

● Assist in finalizing a communication outreach effort and help in creating collateral for the same

● Participate in problem-solving discussion within CSF, with states and with Edtech companies Required Qualifications,

Skills and Abilities:

● Bachelor's or equivalent degree required

● 1-2 years’ work experience preferred

● Strong written & verbal communication skills

● Excellent data analysis and presentation skills Desired Qualities

● Entrepreneurial spirit and ‘can-do’ attitude

● Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued

● Highly motivated to work for impact at scale

Compensation :The intern will be paid a stipend for the relevant period.