Salary offered - 6-8 LPA

The prerequisite for this post is a fervent desire to change the face of Maths education in India.

Job Description:

Researching and understanding the Science of Learning by reading pedagogy related research work, analyzing EI's rich student response data, conducting student interviews and interacting with teachers to figure out how children think and learn. Fair component of data mining, data analysis in Excel is preferred. Optional: Some work in SQL programming

Using this research to build discerning questions and create interactive content like maths games, enrichment modules, etc to help children learn with understanding online. Optional: Coding the same in HTML5 by the person

Building notes that highlight misconceptions based on the data and insights, and providing tips to address the same. Think of creative ways to reduce and remove these misconceptions

Networking and collaborating with research institutes and scholars in India and globally to understand and implement their high-quality work

Publish papers in international education journals and presentations at TEDx type events

Do mini-projects from start to finish that aims to solve a big problem and allow for an - entrepreneurial- experience

Optional: Taking up special assignments - such as coding for partial solving, thinking of system architecture and improving the speed of the software by increasing efficiency through sophisticated algorithms

Desired Profile/Skills:

Academic brilliance in High School and college, being in the top 20% in your batch throughout

Interested in delving deep into Maths and how kids learn

Excited about creating learning and IT solutions that will impact children and transform education

Ability to do quick math

Penchant for research- ability to interpret research papers written on Math along with strong quantitative and qualitative research skills

Should enjoy working in a team and across teams (within the Mindspark Development team and the IT team)

Should enjoy healthy debates and arguments which are critical for insight development

Desired but not necessary: Ability to quickly and independently learn new technologies like HTML5 and sufficient experience in PHP, MySQL

Education:

Master's degree in any major or a PhD welcome from leading colleges and universities. Roles will be different based on education

Prior work experience in the education sector will be useful but not necessary

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