Job Title Lead Educational Specialist, Impact Assessments

Team and Division Assessments, Ei Shiksha

Reporting To Manager
Location Agartala

Work with Educational Initiatives

About the Assessments Team

Founded in 2001, Educational Initiatives Private Limited (EI), is South Asia’s leading assessment research and
educational technology organization, motivated by the vision of creating “a world where children everywhere are
learning with understanding”. Our goal is to reach a multitude of children across different strata of society,
irrespective of the kind of education they are receiving today or the curriculum they are following. With our focus
on educational research, assessments, pedagogy-based personalized adaptive learning (PAL), and a Science of
Learning (SoL) repository of data and techniques to help children learn better, we continue to strive to leverage
the twin levers of cutting-edge educational research and a technology-based solutions approach to revolutionize
how children in the K-12 education space learn.

The Assessments team is in charge of creating and delivering high-quality assessments, capacity building and
technical enhancement programs as part of Ei Shiksha, a vertical of Ei that exclusively works with low-income or
government schools. It takes Ei's expertise in assessments, educational research, and technology-based
personalized adaptive learning and builds solutions/programmes/products contextualised for the B-o-P settings.
This is done in collaboration with state governments, international grantmakers, corporate foundations, and
NGOs.

Over the past two decades, EI has undertaken over 80+ projects with 50+ government and civil society partners
(16+ languages, 40+ detailed studies published) across geographies, and socio-linguistic backgrounds in India and
abroad, for more than 10 million students across different grades. EI has offices in Bangalore and Ahmedabad in
India, with 350+ staff members specializing in different aspects of assessments, technology, training and project
management. The top executives at EI serve/have served as advisors on boards of several educational committees
for the State and Central Government of India.

We have worked on several large-scale systems change projects in India with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Gujarat
Secondary Education Board (GSEB), SCERT Haryana, Bihar Education Project Council, SSA Tamil Nadu, Municipal
Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh government agencies and the
countries of Maldives and Bhutan. Our work has been funded by UNICEF, the World Bank, the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department for International Development (DfID) - UK, The
Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE), MacArthur Foundation,
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF), Hewlett Foundation, McKinsey, Harvard University and the University of
Newcastle.

The People

Our success at EI is propelled by our exceptional staff. With 300+ professionals, we blend deep pedagogical and
assessment expertise with hands-on experience in schools, government systems, leading educational
organizations, and academic institutions. Our team features HBS, IIM, and IIT alumni, PhD and Masters holders
spanning Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities, as well as experienced educators, curriculum developers, and
teacher trainers. Specialized internal teams focus on test development, data science, educational research,
psychometrics, personalized learning, and IT advancement.

For the roles, ideal candidates are those who

∙ Are passionate about education reform and want their actions to have an impact on-ground.
∙ Are driven to learn and solve some of the most pressing problems in our education system.
∙ Graduated (in any stream/discipline) from top-tier colleges in India or abroad.
∙ Have worked in similar roles.
∙ Are comfortable working in a small-organization setting where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly
valued.
∙ Are driven to excel in their work, showcasing a high level of innovation and perseverance.
∙ Have an entrepreneurial spirit and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
∙ Value a T-shaped work approach, valuing collaboration and innovation across disciplines while also
cultivating deep expertise in specific areas.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Own and manage modules within Impact Evaluation projects
a. Take full ownership of individual project modules, meticulously break down workstreams and
ensure high outcome orientation.
b. Understand the project requirements and coordinate with internal teams as well as external
partners (State, Assessment Vendors, Experts and NGOs) to deliver the required project outputs.
c. Work with the team to design processes and procedures to achieve the required outputs including
but not limited to program design, analysis requirements, and stakeholder dependencies.
d. Support the team in developing strategic roadmaps, implementation plans as well as risk mitigation
plans.
e. Support in the development of high-quality tools as would be required for the projects such as
research design, data collection tools, analysis frameworks, reports and other collaterals.
f. Set up and maintain project management processes and guidelines.
g. Develop and manage strong working relationships with clients to ensure the required buy-in,
inputs, permissions and resources are made available.
h. Maintain thorough documentation of the project including but not limited to processes, collaterals
and reflections.
i. Conduct/support various project-related activities like evaluator training/post-analysis workshops.
j. Support/perform data analysis to unearth insights as required by the project.
2. Organizational Development
a. Expand the scope of projects by high-quality dissemination through articles, blogs, and research
paper summaries.
b. Support in activities to build and strengthen internal expertise around pedagogy and impact
evaluation.
Qualifications and Experience
1. Graduate/postgraduate in any field, with a proven track record of designing and implementing rigorous
research methodologies for impact evaluation.
2. An academic background in research methodologies, statistics, and data analysis.
3. 2-4 years of experience, preferably some of it in the education or development sector.
 4. Demonstrated experience in conducting impact evaluations, ideally in education.
5. Proven track record of designing and implementing rigorous research methodologies for impact
evaluation.
6. Proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, using tools like statistical software and data
management systems.
7. Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and coordinating projects with diverse
stakeholders.
8. Practical experience conducting fieldwork, data collection, and interacting with target populations.
9. Prior publications, conference presentations, or contributions to the field of impact evaluation are
advantageous.
Required Skills
1. Strong grasp of education, instruction, assessments, and India's educational scenario.
2. Effective verbal and written communication skills and stakeholder management skills.
3. The ability to learn fast, and grasp Educational Initiatives’ model and business.
4. Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to communicate technical details with
individuals from diverse backgrounds effectively.
5. Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills as well as a problem-solving attitude.
6. Familiarity with Excel to analyse medium to complex-level data.
7. Willingness to travel to various remote locations.
Compensation
Remuneration will be competitive with the Indian development sector pay scales and will depend upon the
candidate’s skills and experience levels.
Application Process

Apply in the given link with your:

1. CV
2. A brief Cover Letter introducing yourself and what makes you a strong fit for the job.