About the job Gender Expert - EdTech and AI (Part-Time Consultant)
Location: Remote (with some office visits)
Role: Part-time (20 hours per week)
Earliest Start Date: 20th February 2026
Length of Commitment: 12 months
About Central Square Foundation (CSF):
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 prioritized 4 critical areas of work:
Foundational Literacy & Numeracy (FLN)
EdTech
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Schools Governance
Read more about our work here: https://www.centralsquarefoundation.org/
About EdTech at CSF:
One of the key areas of CSF’s work is EdTech (Education Technology). Under this thematic area, we focus on how technology can be leveraged to improve the teaching-learning experience within classrooms and at homes through both student-focussed and teacher-directed interventions. Our goal is to leverage technology to improve foundational learning in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school.Since 2012, CSF has played a pivotal role in shaping India’s EdTech ecosystem by bridging demand and supply, backed by rigorous research. We drive impact by:
- Supporting EdTech organizations 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.
As we continue to explore how EdTech can be transformative for learning, innovating with technologies such as AI becomes key to our strategy going forward. As part of the EdTech team, you'll have the chance to chart the transformation of education for children through the most meaningful use of AI.
Read more about our work in EdTech here: https://www.centralsquarefoundation.org/edtech
About the Role: Gender Expert - EdTech/AI (Part Time Consultant)
The Gender Expert will support the gender-focused workstream under the AI Samarth initiative - CSF’s flagship AI Literacy program. Through this initiative, they will have the opportunity to contribute to empowering over 5 million students, teachers and parents, with the knowledge and practices to harness the potential of AI, with a strong emphasis on gender intentionality. In this role, they will conceptualise, design, and support high-impact, gender-focused initiatives; collaborate with diverse and influential stakeholders; and leverage emerging technologies to drive equitable learning outcomes at scale. The Gender Specialist will report to the Senior Project Lead, EdTech.
Read more about AI Samarth here: https://www.aisamarth.centralsquarefoundation.org/
Roles & Responsibilities:
The role will involve a mix of independent work and scheduled collaboration, with availability during core working hours as required for key meetings and reviews.
Provide strategic guidance to AI Samarth by reviewing and synthesising the latest global and national research, evidence, and literature on gender barriers, equity, and inclusion in EdTech and AI, with a specific focus on learners and educators from low-income and marginalised backgrounds towards making AI Samarth Program delivery gender intentional.
Bring a global comparative perspective, drawing on research, policy discourse, and on-ground experience across geographies to contextualise learnings for the Indian education system.
Review and provide expert inputs on all programme content, learning materials, and pedagogical approaches, including teacher training, student-facing resources, and capacity-building interventions, to strengthen gender sensitivity, intentionality, and contextual relevance.
Advise and support on programme design and delivery pathways, including target geographies, school types, and implementation models, to ensure gender-intentional outreach and mitigation of exclusion risks.
Guide the design, review, and interpretation of gender-intentional evaluation studies, ensuring methodological rigour and meaningful insights, and support the articulation and presentation of gender-centred findings to key funders and donors.
Strengthen AI Samarth’s engagement with the broader global and national gender ecosystem by facilitating connections with senior academics, researchers, practitioners, and institutions working at the intersection of gender, education, and technology.
Support and enable the creation of knowledge products and public goods for the ecosystem to adopt, particularly around gender-focused Responsible AI, AI literacy initiatives, among others.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
PhD/Master’s or equivalent degree (background in Gender Studies, Education, Development Studies, Economics, Sociology, Public Policy or Business, preferred).
At least 12+ years of work experience in gender-focused research and project management / management consulting.
Deep expertise in gender theory, female-focussed programmes, intersectionality, and power analysis, particularly in education and digital/AI contexts.
Proficiency in research design, evaluation frameworks, and gender-responsive methodologies.
Proven ability to translate complex research into policy-relevant insights, guidance notes, and frameworks for governments and civil society organisations.
Experience shaping or contributing to national or international policy discourse, committees, advisory groups, or expert panels.
Ability to work under minimal supervision and independently plan timelines, and meet deadlines across multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Desired Qualities:
Combines deep academic rigour in gender theory with a strong understanding of real-world education and EdTech programmes.
Brings an intersectional and power-aware lens, grounded in the lived realities of women and girls in low-income contexts.
Synthesises complex theoretical and field-based research into clear, actionable, and policy-relevant guidance for governments and civil society organisations.
Has an influential voice within national and global gender, education, and technology policy ecosystems.
Compensation:
Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience levels.
Apply:
Interested candidates can apply here. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to share relevant published work, research outputs, and other credentials demonstrating their expertise in this space.