Job Description – Research Associate, Teacher Transformation Study,
RELI Project
Background of Organization:
Kalike is an associate organisation of Tata Trusts seeded in 2012. Kalike through its direct field engagement, strives to facilitate deep, large-scale, and long-term impact on the quality of life through the interventions in area of Early Childhood Development, Elementary Education, Skill development for Youths, Water and Sanitation, Agri-based Livelihood and Elderly Care. Besides facilitating interventions in partnership with the state governments and other NGOs/Institutions, Kalike plays a critical role in providing monitoring services and technical support to Trusts partners; incubating new innovations/strategies, acts as a knowledge hub and works towards scaling up programs for long-term impact.
Followed with this successful engagement, Kalike started expanding their services to neighbouring districts with ECE interventions and other districts like Kodagu as a response to the nature calamities. Kalike’s core strength lies in laisoning, collaborating and strengthen the Department efforts on the ground. Kalike works closely with the State & District Administration for effectively implementing the planned interventions.
Our multi-thematic and integrated model works to bring about sustainable change, moving the community towards holistic human development. With over a decade since our inception, our base of operations is steadily spreading across regions of Karnataka & Tamil Nadu.
About Robust Early Learning Initiative (RELI)
Early learning of children up to 8 years of age lays foundations for their future growth and learning. The importance of providing stimulating learning environment from early years has been widely recognized in research including high returns on investment for robust early learning.
Through this three-year RELI project, Kalike will support (a) the creation of the Early Learning Network of India (ELNI) comprising of professional organizations in the early learning domain; and (b) support partner organisations of Trusts with designing and implementing robust early learning programmes.
Kalike – An Associate Organisation of Tata Trusts is looking for an experienced professional to be part of the RELI project.
Subject Line : Application for the post of Research Associate, RELI Project
JOB DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, RELI PROJECT
Position: Research Associate, RELI Project
No. of Positions: 1
Reporting Officer: Project Lead - RELI
Location: Karnataka (with travel to Koppal dist. for the project)
Salary: Commensurate with experience and skill sets
Position Purpose:
The selected candidate will conduct early language and math research in classrooms on a part-time basis.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Carry out field visits in Koppal to conduct classroom research of school teachers
• Conduct teacher and principal interviews
• Observe Grade 1-3 Literacy and Numeracy govt school classroom practices
• Analyse and interpret observations and interviews
• Document activities in the form of reports, case studies, photographs and videos
• Plan, design, organize and conduct sessions in collaboration with the Project Lead to share insights with the Kalike Education team in Koppal
• Spend 3 non-consecutive months in a school year over a 3-year period on the project in Koppal
Essential Skills and Knowledge:
• Research experience, preferably with qualitative research
• Proficiency with spoken and written Kannada
• Academic and research writing skills for analyses, report and case study writing, etc.
• Facilitation skills to conduct debriefs and sessions with the team
Education Qualifications and Experience:
• Master’s degree (or pursuing Master’s) in Social Sciences or Education.
• Experience in working with Early Literacy or Numeracy classes is desirable.
Documents to submit:
Relevant, original writing sample:
e.g. research report/ classroom observation/ teacher interview/ case study, with findings and analyses
CV
Last Date to Apply: 30th April 2026
Submission of CV and Writing Sample: hr@kalike.org
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