Associate, Rct

New Delhi,

**Description**:
**Overview of the projects**
- Math Games:
Math Games is an innovative math curriculum grounded in decades of research on how young children learn and develop. The curriculum employs a simple yet engaging module comprising games to foster children's intuitive understanding of numbers and geometry.

Through these games, children develop number recognition, approximation, addition skills, and geometrical abilities, which are crucial for their cognitive development. This initiative is based on three fundamental principles:

- Early childhood experiences have the potential to shape lifelong abilities.
- Young children possess an innate grasp of non-symbolic mathematics, which, when nurtured effectively, can enhance their academic performance.
- Children in low-resource and low-literate settings often lack opportunities to develop their natural mathematical skills, and addressing this gap is critical.
- Randomised Control Trial Research Project:
A randomized control trial that would investigate the importance of the following:

- “Starting early” and working along the age continuum by providing appropriate developmental inputs from the pre-primary stage till the end of Grade 1
- Developing a “breadth of skills” as a foundation for learning, by focusing on a variety of key developmental domains to support children’s growth and development
- Integrating the role of mothers and mothers’ groups in strengthening the early childhood education model.

The project aims to adapt and rigorously evaluate a suite of "Math Games" designed for preschool-aged children to enhance their innate mathematical abilities and improve their performance in primary school mathematics.

**About the position**

The Research Associate will be primarily responsible for all aspects related to the project from data management to timely reporting. The role may additionally involve project management duties which include but are not limited to setting project timelines/milestones, coordinating closely with various teams in the organisation and/or external clients/donors, training enumerators, and working on the budget. The role is cross-functional and often dynamic and hence will provide the Associate with exposure to a wide spectrum of teams, government departments and other organisations in the sector.

Broad responsibilities:

- Planning, supervising, and conducting large-scale interventions with the team.
- Participating in field pilots, monitoring, and enumerator training as and when required.
- Coordinating and communicating with state-level officials to support the dissemination, synthesis, and scale-up of rigorous evidence-based programs.
- Drafting proposals, presentations, and reports.
- Supporting the scoping of new states for pitching and rolling out evidence-tested policies through mapping of state priorities.
- Regular reporting and communication
- the Senior Associate will be the primary organizational touchpoint for the donor and will be responsible for creating regular reports, articles, and presentations including creating appropriate visualizations for data presentation on the progress of the project and engaging in periodic conversations with the donor on program updates and future planning.
- Developing project timelines, budgets, and operational plans.
- Travel to rural locations in support of these activities.

**Functional details**:
Research

Program Management

**SDGs**:
**Salary range (Annual CTC)**:
**0 - 0**:
**Role Type**:
**entry level**:
**Job Type**:
**Full time**:
**Asked questions**:
What makes you a good fit for the role?

**REQUIRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE**:
2

**Notice Period**:
1 months

**Skills**:

- Program management,
- Research,
- Stakeholder management,

**EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION**:
Bachelor's degree

**Other Details**: