Math content Creator Freelance (Grades 11-12), India

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced nonprofit on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We 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 are 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 and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is already available in Assamese, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, and Punjabi.

ABOUT THE INDIA CONTENT  TEAM
Our content team in India includes content creators who make thousands of awesome videos, articles, and practice questions aligned with the Indian curriculum to help both teachers and students. We are actively working on content localization in other regional languages as well, which means the content we co-create reaches a wider number (both nationally and globally), thereby quintupling the impact.

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 localized content in action: http://bit.ly/khanacademyyoutube 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Math content creator to support our efforts of creating syllabus-aligned videos and practice questions primarily aligned for grades 11-12th. This will be a freelance position where you will be given an initial onboarding on our content principles and then you will be paid per video created and per question created. 

Important: We are looking for folks who love to spark an interest in their subject, ignite curiosity, and provide conceptual understanding.

In this role, you would: 

• Create videos and exercises for Khan Academy.
• Continuously iterate and improve content based on feedback received.

ABOUT YOU

You would be a great fit for the role if

• You have a combined 4+ years of experience in teaching and creating educational content for NCERT or State Board Math. Impeccable communication skills are non-negotiable. 

• You are a quick learner: We are looking for fast learners who can always support 11-12th Math content  creation whenever necessary. 

• You have the ability to timebox effortlessly.  As a small team, our greatest strength is the ability to pace up whenever needed by timeboxing on content. This requires us to have the ‘shipping beats perfection’ mindset. 
• You don’t need to be managed: We lead with context, not control. We expect you to be proactive and ask clarifying questions, provide status updates, loop in your manager when things aren't going your way, etc. 
• You are passionate about education and have a strong desire to change the world for the better.

Note: This role is open only to Indian citizens living in India.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team like a for-profit.

• Competitive salaries.
• Remote-friendly workplace; Flexible schedules 
• Fun virtual events

HOW TO APPLY

• Attach your resume or Linkedin URL in the space provided below. 
• Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response (google Docs/pdf/etc.) in the space provided below. (For the videos, upload them on google drive/YouTube and share the link in the doc)