Project Associate (Odisha)

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup on a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything. 

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world class user experience to learners in India that is locally relevant and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that’s right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home and teacher directed learners in schools.  Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content  accessible in local languages. Khan Academy is already available in Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Punjabi.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Khan Academy India is looking for a passionate individual to join our growing Schools Team as a Program Associate (PA) to support our programme with the Odisha  government school system. The PA will be based in Odisha. In this role, you will be working with the Senior Program Lead and the Project Lead and will be responsible for driving the implementation of the Khan Academy programme in the state, in collaboration with the Odisha Education Department. You will also work closely with Khan Academy India’s Content team, Partner Operations, Teacher Professional Development, and Data and Efficacy teams to ensure high-quality implementation of our programme. 

Please note that this is a 12-months contract role.

Your key responsibilities will be to: 

• Support programme implementation: Support the implementation of the Khan Academy learning platform across the government schools.
• Manage relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with administration officials which include nodal officers, state resource persons, district-level officers, and block-level officers.
• Regularly conduct field visits(8-10/month) and conduct 10-15 calls with the middle layer to observe and understand the program implementation
• Manage knowledge effectively: Ensure that all state discussions are documented in a standard format and keep key stakeholders (internal and external)  in the loop.
• Build our learning muscle by analyzing qualitative feedback from the state systems 
• Collaborate with the rest of the teams at Khan Academy India to ensure timely and successful delivery of our program and services. 
• Provide any other support, as needed, for the programme.

ABOUT YOU

You would be a great fit for the role if you are:  

• Someone with 3-4 years of relevant work experience. Having been an educator or having worked with government schools in Odisha  is an added advantage.
• Fluent in Odia (spoken and written) -

• Someone with a strong collaborative mindset with an ability to build and maintain relationships with various stakeholders 
• Someone with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously.
• Someone with an excellent ability to document information from multiple sources and present it in a consumable format for others in English and Odia 
• Comfortable working with data – you are skilled at working with data, identifying trends, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. You are equally comfortable analyzing qualitative insights and adjusting partnership plans accordingly.
• A great communicator – you can address different audiences using audience-appropriate language to communicate clearly and efficiently in multiple formats, including email, written documents, digital presentations, and verbal conversations. 
• A quick learner – you immerse yourself in new problems and quickly get up to speed.
• Someone with an entrepreneurial mindset, including a high tolerance for ambiguity, a penchant for experimentation, and a bias toward action. 
• Willing to roll up your sleeves and help the team get work done as we grow.
• Passionate about education and have a strong desire to change the world for the better.
• Comfortable relocating to Odisha and working out of the government office.  

LEARN MORE

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• A glimpse of our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
• A glimpse of our content created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED8P8vchQJM
• Our Hinglish content in action: http://bit.ly/khanacademyyoutube 

HOW TO APPLY

• Attach your resume and a cover letter or Linkedin URL in the space provided below. 
• Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response in the space provided below.

TASKS

• Task 1 & 2

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