Outschool’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning. In our fast-changing world, the traditional educational system struggles to meet the diverse and evolving needs of young learners. Outschool reimagines this system, offering flexible and engaging learning experiences as a supplement and alternative to traditional education. By connecting learners with a global community of teachers and peers through our online platform, we make learning personal, dynamic, and deeply human.
We've made significant strides since launching our marketplace of live online classes in 2017. Finding initial success with secular homeschoolers, we then expanded to enrichment learning to meet the needs of a wider audience, growing our business 16x since 2019. Post-pandemic, we have evolved our platform to power academic learning, incorporated AI, and have begun to grow our international community. We're proud to have served over 1.5M passionate learners with more than $100M in annual bookings.About The Role:
As part of the CX team, you'll handle escalated tickets from parents and teachers - the ones without an obvious answer, where you'll be making independent judgment calls without a playbook for every situation. You'll also occasionally handle Trust & Safety escalations, which can include sensitive content. We're looking for someone with strong investigative, decision-making, and writing skills who thrives on resolving complex, ambiguous issues in a fast-paced environment.
We prioritize candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area. That said, we are open to candidates outside the Bay Area based on experience and fit.
Core Responsibilities:
- Resolve escalated customer support tickets from parents and teachers, primarily via email
- Investigate ambiguous situations and make sound decisions under time pressure
- Handle occasional Trust & Safety escalations, which may involve sensitive content including reports related to minors, self-harm, or abuse
- Communicate outcomes clearly and with care, including when the answer isn't what the customer hoped for
- Share useful context and feedback from your ticket work with the broader CX team
Desired Experience & Skills:
- Strong written communication, especially for difficult or sensitive conversations
- Judgment under ambiguity: you can make a decision, explain your reasoning, and keep moving
- Able to engage with occasional heavy content without it derailing your work
- Comfortable working independently in a remote, fast-paced environment
Nice to Haves:
- Experience in K–12 education
- Startup experience
- Prior experience with escalated support tickets
- Prior exposure to Trust & Safety, content moderation, or other judgment-heavy work
Hours and Compensation:
- Outschool recruits across the U.S. and Canada. This role is anticipated to work 35-40 hours per week, with an anticipated hourly rate of $25.00.
Benefits:
- This is a contract role. As a contractor, benefits are not included; however, a full benefits package would be available if converted to a full-time employee.
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, and retirement plans
- Health: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Wellness: Annual wellness stipend, access to coaching & therapy, and pet wellness plans
- PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies
- Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and an office in San Francisco. Bay Area-based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup and internet to stay connected no matter where you are.
- Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes
- Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs
Outschool is an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience.
Skills Required
- Strong written communication, especially for difficult or sensitive conversations
- Judgment under ambiguity: make decisions, explain reasoning, and keep moving
- Able to engage with occasional heavy content (reports related to minors, self-harm, or abuse) without it derailing work
- Comfortable working independently in a remote, fast-paced environment
- Available to work 35-40 hours per week
- Experience handling escalated support tickets
- Prior exposure to Trust & Safety, content moderation, or other judgment-heavy work
- Experience in K-12 education
- Startup experience
- Bay Area location preferred (candidates outside Bay Area considered based on fit)
What We Do
Outschool is an online learning platform that empowers kids 3-18 to learn on their own terms with the widest variety of teachers, topics, and classes to suit any interest. We offer interactive, small-group classes via video that are fun and social, can be taken any time, and clubs that connect learners around their favorite topics. With Outschool, learners are free to pursue their interests, connect with others around shared passions, and build confidence through progress. Since 2015, we’ve partnered with vetted, diverse, expert teachers to give kids everywhere greater access to high-quality education. With Outschool, kids can go beyond the classroom to discover topics they love.
Why Work With Us
We exist to set learning free, to break through the barriers to education, increase access and give back control. For every kid pursuing any interest. For every parent seeking greater choice. For every teacher not satisfied with the status quo. We’re here to unleash the love of learning by reimagining what education can be.
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