Project Associate - Maharashtra

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit 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 now serve over 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, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, Odia, 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 utilize the tools and resources on the Khan Academy platform. From our government partnerships, we have reached over 8.4 million learners, partnering with 22,000+ schools across various states. Our goal is to continue expanding our scale and deepen impact across partner states. The Schools Team works in a lean and collaborative way with our government partners, developing strong implementation plans and providing support at every step of the way. We learn and constantly iterate by gathering feedback and through data-backed insights and efficacy studies. ABOUT THE ROLE Khan Academy India is looking for a passionate individual to join our growing Schools Team as a Project Associate consultant to support our programme with the government school system in Maharashtra . The role will be based in Pune . In this role, you will be working with the Program Lead and will be responsible for driving the implementation of the Khan Academy programme in the state, in collaboration with the Department of School Education, Maharashtra. 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. This is a twelve-month contract-based role. Your key responsibilities will be to: Support programme implementation: Work with the Program Lead to help support the implementation of the Khan Academy learning platform across government schools in Maharashtra. Take ownership of work streams and deliver on the pre-agreed goals. Deliver and support in executing training to education officials (Khan Academy program mentors/administrative cadre) and teachers on a regular basis. Follow up on training implementation and unearth insights and challenges to strengthen the program for all teachers continuously. Create engaging resources that support effective implementation on the ground. Regularly conduct field visits (3–4/week) and have regular touchpoints with the officers and teachers to generate insights from the schools that will help the Khan Academy team identify strategic levers to increase adoption and deepen usage of Khan Academy. Communication with stakeholders: Set up communication channels and drive creative communication strategies for teachers, principals, and other officers to share programmatic goals and updates. Create high-quality nudges that will drive action and clarity for teachers and schools. Manage relationships: Build and mainta