Data Driven Governance and Policy

SUMMARY

WadhwaniAI is supporting MoE in the following domains:

AI product development: Developing products that leverage AI to improve delivery of educational services. 

Our efforts are focused around:Creating tools for improving UX of eLearning platforms

Data driven governance: Augmenting MoE’s governance capabilities by setting up data-pipelines and BI practices that can enable effective governance

Policy & Programmatic support: This entails supporting the MoE (DoHE)’s programmatic and policy initiatives through research and analysis (evidence-based support for programmatic and policy decisions, drafting and reviewing speeches/concept notes/MoUs) and operational assistance (drafting concept notes, managing events, etc.)

 

Location - Delhi

 

ABOUT US  -  https://www.wadhwaniai.org/

Wadhwani AI is a nonprofit institute building and deploying applied AI solutions to solve critical issues in public health, agriculture, education, and urban development in underserved communities in the global south. We collaborate with governments, social sector organizations, academic and research institutions, and domain experts to identify real-world problems, and develop practical AI solutions to tackle these issues with the aim of making a substantial positive impact.

 

We have over 30+ AI projects supported by leading philanthropies such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID and Google.org. With a team of over 200 professionals, our expertise encompasses AI/ML research and innovation, software engineering, domain knowledge, design and user research.

 

In the Press:

• Our Founder Donors are among the Top 100 AI Influencers

• G20 India’s Presidency: AI Healthcare, Agriculture, & Education Solutions Showcased Globally. 

• Unlocking the potentials of AI in Public Health 

• Wadhwani AI Takes an Impact-First Approach to Applying Artificial Intelligence - data.org

• Winner of the H&M Foundation Global Change Award 2022

• Sole Indian Winners of the 2019 Google AI Impact Challenge, and the first in the Asia Pacific to host Google Fellows

 

Cultures page of Wadhwani AI - https://www.wadhwaniai.org/culture/

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The ideal candidate would be conversant in quantitative research methods as well as government stakeholder management. 

The candidate will support both the “data driven governance” and “programmatic support” teams by:

• Analyzing data generated by various programmatic units of the MoE to identify actionable insights to facilitate effective governance

• Analyze programmatic data to uncover historical trends and forecast key metrics to guide programmatic interventions

• Evaluate MoE’s programmatic and policy interventions to identify measures for maximizing on ground impact

• Provide operational support to the MoE leadership (e.g. drafting policy and programmatic interventions, creating concept notes and presentations when required)

 

REQUIREMENTS

• 4-5 years of experience in a similar role

• Data analysis & interpretations to generate policy insights 

• Policy review and analysis for higher education in India

• Program design and framework development

• M&E framework and indicator development

• Clear communication skiils (spoken and written)

• Evidence-based advocacy

 

We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourage qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity, and disability. If you have any questions, please email us at careers@wadhwaniai.org.

 

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Last updated on Jul 10, 2024