Project Manager

Consultant Engagement Description: Project Manager

Location: Pune, or Mumbai
Context & Project Description
Generative AI holds immense potential to transform teaching and learning experiences. Globally, the
last two years have seen the emergence of new education use cases and Edtech solutions being
powered by this frontier technology. While these developments present exciting opportunities, these
solutions need to be validated, piloted, and tested before they are deployed in real-world use cases.
One of the promising use cases that has emerged is that of AI-powered personalised tutoring.
Central Square Foundation, in collaboration with Khan Academy India, will implement a pilot of
‘Khanmigo’ in the affordable private school segment in India. ‘Khanmigo’, Khan Academy’s
AI-powered teaching and learning solution, provides personalised tutoring to students and a host of
teaching and classroom management tools to teachers. The objective of this pilot is to develop
insights on a suitable and stable model of engagement for students and teachers, and gain insights
on product contextualisation needs for deployment of AI-powered solutions in low income contexts in
India over the 2025-26 school year.
About Central Square Foundation
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 child's 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.
About Khan Academy India
Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup on a mission to provide a free, world-class
education for anyone, anywhere. Khan Academy already reaches millions of students every month
and is growing rapidly. Khan Academy is building a library of world-class instructional and practice
resources that empower learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable
calculus, it wants to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything.
Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world-class user experience that is locally relevant to learners
in India and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Their learning system is
mastery-based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that is right for them before
moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, they are now
serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps, and YouTube channels. These
learners include both independent learners accessing the platform at home and teacher-directed
learners in schools. Their focus is to reach the underserved by making content accessible in local

languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is available in Hinglish,
Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Marathi, Punjabi, and Kannada.
About the Role
[Please note that this role is a 12-month contract based role]
Central Square Foundation is looking for an experienced and energetic Project Manager who will
play a critical role in driving adoption of its latest AI tool as part of its unique pilot with affordable
private schools. The person will be responsible for owning and iterating the project design and
manage end-to-end execution across all participating schools by leading a team of Project
Associates, building & maintaining relationships with all critical stakeholders (school principals, field
officers, and leadership), ensuring relevant data & insights are captured from the field to improve
implementation continuously, undertake capacity building initiatives of teachers & students directly
and with help from capacity development team, support M&E activities of monitoring team and other
project requirements.
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in understanding the implementation of an EdTech
program and/or an AI tool adoption program and gaining an understanding of the role of AI in
education while honing their project management & leadership skills.
In this role you will:
● Support the adoption of the Khan Academy’s AI tool, Khanmigo, in the pilot schools
○ Ensure school visits to support teachers and students, problem solve, and understand
the way Khanmigo is being used by teachers and students
○ Help resolve any challenges being encountered, and any other support needed by
them, the implementation team, and other stakeholders

● Manage end-to-end project management of the pilot and a team of Project Associates
● Monitor the program data throughout the implementation period to inform decisions in
implementation and facilitate decision-making with all stakeholders
● Design & conduct training sessions, as needed, for the pilot school teachers
● Design & conduct training sessions, as needed, for students during school visit
● Maintain comprehensive project documentation, such as manuals, logs, any issues and key
decisions taken for improvements, etc.
● Lead preparation of documents and presentations for donor reporting as well as
dissemination activities
● Collaborate with other teams and partner/donor organisation to ensure timely and successful
delivery of our program and services.
● Any other task as assigned related to this project
About You
You are someone with:
● At least 5 years of work experience is strongly preferred
● Having been an educator or experience working with government schools in Maharashtra is
strongly preferred

● Demonstrable experience in managing projects and leading teams would be strongly
preferred
● Fluent in Hindi (spoken) and Marathi (spoken and written) is strongly preferred
● A great communicator – you can address different audiences using audience-appropriate
language to communicate clearly and efficiently in multiple formats, including email, written
documents, digital presentations, and verbal conversations
● Someone with an entrepreneurial mindset, including a high tolerance for ambiguity, a
penchant for experimentation, and a bias toward action
● Someone with an excellent ability to document information from multiple sources and
present it in a consumable format for others in English
● Someone with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage
various tasks simultaneously
Compensation
Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the
candidate's experience levels.
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