Program Intern

About the Role

Intern · On-campus field recording

The Program Intern runs the Delhi NCR field recording operation on the ground, finding speakers, organizing recording sessions, ensuring audio usability, and keeping targets on track. This is a hands-on, on-ground internship requiring daily in-person fieldwork across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan the recording schedule, including campus permissions, venues, timings, and contributor confirmation.
• Recruit and onboard contributors by finding native speakers of required languages and demographics, explaining tasks, obtaining consent, and verifying eligibility.
• Run recording sessions on campus, managing quiet room setup, devices, recording app, contributor briefing, and addressing on-site issues.
• Check recording quality daily for clear audio, correct content, and complete metadata, flagging and redoing rejected recordings.
• Track daily progress against targets for hours recorded, speakers covered, and accepted recordings, raising gaps early.
• Manage contributor payouts and records, ensuring attendance, consent forms, and payout records are accurate.
• Coordinate with the team by reporting daily to the programme lead, passing quality feedback, and sending weekly status updates.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Based in Delhi NCR and able to travel daily for fieldwork.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in any discipline; management, social work, linguistics, communication, or similar is a plus.
• Fluent in Hindi and English.
• Organised and detail-oriented.
• Comfortable with Excel or Google Sheets.
• Comfortable using a smartphone app and recording devices.
• Able to commit to the full internship duration with flexibility for field hours.

Qualifications

• Comfortable approaching students and faculty, explaining tasks clearly and building trust quickly.
• Knowing another Indian language (Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Maithili, Bengali or similar) is a strong plus.
• Experience in field surveys, events, campus ambassador programmes, data collection, or operations is good to have.
• Interest in AI, speech, or language technology is good to have.
• Own two-wheeler or comfort with Delhi NCR public transport is good to have.