Project Lead

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 empower learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realise 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, allowing students to master key concepts at a pace that suits 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 English, Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Assamese, and Punjabi.

ABOUT THE INDIA SCHOOLS TEAM

In line with our focus on reaching the underserved, we partner with government school systems to improve student learning outcomes by enabling teachers and students to optimally utilise the tools and resources on the Khan Academy platform. From our government partnerships, we reached 2.1 million learners last year, partnering with 70,000+ schools across various states. Our goal is to expand our scale to reach over five million learners in three years. 

The Schools Team works in a lean and collaborative way with our government partners, developing strong implementation plans and providing support every step of the way. We learn and constantly iterate by gathering feedback and through data-backed insights and efficacy studies. With a small team, we have managed to reach 1 Lakh+ teachers and 2.1 million learners across various states. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

Khan Academy India is looking for an experienced and energetic Project Manager. You will play a vital role in helping government higher secondary schools in Andhra Pradesh adopt and use the Khan Academy platform.

This position is a unique opportunity to be part of a three-way project with UNICEF, the AP education department, and Khan Academy India. It is an exciting chance to see how Khan Academy and Khanmigo can directly build teacher skills on a large scale.

You will lead a team of training leads, manage project goals, and work closely with senior government officials. The ideal candidate will balance government relations with a deep knowledge of education. You will be directly responsible for designing and conducting capacity-building initiatives, ensuring training quality, and utilising field data to continuously improve program delivery. The lessons you learn here will help guide Khan Academy’s future work in AP and other states.

Fixed-Term Contract (Immediate Start – December 2027)

In this role, you would: 

• Provide field level insights and inputs to shape the design of the program and various aspects of it. Play a key role in the pre-survey and then the ongoing monthly Teacher Professional Development session design
• Support programme implementation: Work with the Samagra Shiksha, Andhra Pradesh and the state nodal officer to help support the implementation of the Khan Academy learning platform across government higher secondary schools in Andhra Pradesh.
• Take ownership of work streams and deliver on the pre-agreed goals
• Deliver and support in delivering training to education officials (Khan Academy program mentors/administrative cadre) and teachers regularly. 
• Follow up on training implementation and unearth insights and challenges to strengthen the program for all teachers continuously.
• Lead and manage teams: Oversee the end-to-end project management of the program, providing strategic direction, mentorship, and oversight to a team of Subject-Specific Training Leads.
• Manage relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with administration officials, which include nodal officers, state resource persons, district-level officers, teacher mentors and school stakeholders.
• Gather data-backed insights: Conduct school visits every month, monitor and assist the program teams throughout the implementation phase to make informed, data-driven decisions based on platform usage and training feedback.
• Manage knowledge effectively: Maintain comprehensive project documentation, such as manuals, logs, any issues and key decisions taken for improvements, etc. and keep key stakeholders (internal and external)  in the loop.
• Lead preparation of documents and presentations for donor reporting, as well as dissemination activities
• Build our learning muscle by analysing qualitative feedback from the state systems 
• Collaborate with the rest of the teams at Khan Academy India to ensure the 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 have:  

• Someone with 7-8 yrs of relevant work experience. Having worked with the government in Andhra Pradesh, preferably in the education department.
• Demonstrable experience in teacher training/capacity building, managing large projects and leading teams.
• Candidates with fluency in Telugu would be preferred. 
• Teaching experience in grades 11th & 12th is an added advantage 
• Someone with a strong collaborative mindset and an ability to build and maintain relationships with various stakeholders 
• Able to navigate through complex situations and ambiguity comfortably and make informed decisions aligned with the shared goals between partners and Khan Academy.
• Someone with strong organisational 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 Telugu.
• Comfortable working with data – you are skilled at working with large volumes of data, identifying trends, and drawing evidence-based conclusions. You are equally comfortable analysing 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.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

 

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team competitively

• Competitive salaries
• A fun, high-calibre team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant
• The ability to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education

 

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 or LinkedIn URL in the space provided below. 

TASK

• For the Schools Team, we believe that reaching all learners will require us to work closely with teachers - and build their capacity to leverage the tools and insights available on Khan Academy to better support their students.  With this in mind, we request that you complete the pre-work assignment 

• The assignment given below is required to be completed as part of the application process:
• Task - Situational Analysis
• The instructions for the assignment are in the given hyperlink.
• In case of sharing google drive, make sure you have enabled view access for anyone with the link. 

Applications without a pre-work assignment will not be considered. 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.