Ground Zero
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/groundzerocommunity
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Industries: Non-profit Organizations, Research Services, and Primary and Secondary Education
Job details:
Role: Senior Manager Research [Education] Delhi
Experience: 8-12 Years
Salary: Up to 20-23 LPA
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Role Overview:
We are looking for a Research Director / Senior Manager to lead our research agenda on practice-based learning. We aim to demystify what works, why it works, and how to implement it at scale in real classrooms and homes. This is a senior role with high ownership, responsible for shaping research questions, ensuring rigour, and translating evidence into practical programme and policy insights.
Key Responsibilities
1. Research Strategy & Leadership
- Define and own the organisation's multi-year research agenda on student practice and learning outcomes.
- Prioritise research questions that are both academically rigorous and operationally useful.
2. Study Design & Execution
- Design and oversee research studies (secondary and primary surveys, quasi-experimental studies, action research).
- Ensure high standards of methodology, data quality, and research practices.
- Work closely with implementation teams to embed research into live programmes.
3. Analysis & Insight Generation
- Lead data analysis and interpretation of findings.
- Move beyond "results" to generate clear insights on why something worked or didn't.
- Synthesise secondary research, global literature, and field evidence.
4. Translation to Practice
- Convert research findings into actionable recommendations for classrooms, schools, NGOs, and government systems.
- Support product and programme teams to improve design based on evidence.
5. External Engagement
- Build our credibility as a serious evidence-generating organisation.
- Represent the organisation with research partners, funders, universities, and policymakers.
- Manage collaborations with external researchers and institutions.
Requirements:
Required
- 6+ years of experience (negotiable) in education research, economics, public policy, or related fields.
- Strong grounding in research design, quantitative analysis, and evaluation methods.
- Experience leading end-to-end research projects (not just analysis).
- Ability to work closely with field teams and messy real-world data.
- Clear, structured thinking and strong written communication.
Preferred
- Prior exposure to RCTs or large-scale education evaluations.
- Familiarity with implementation research or improvement science.
- Experience engaging with funders or government stakeholders
More details: https://groundzero.community/
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