Lead Education Specialist - Maths

Lead Education Specialist - Maths (English Medium)

As an Education Fellow, you will play a vital role as a subject expert, responsible for quality assurance of questions and training expert, responsible for capacity building, learning and development, facilitation.

Key roles and responsibilities include:

- Build capacity in internal and external stakeholders on examination reform: Support teams through workshops on assessment architecture design and assessment item writing in various subjects

- Collaborate with internal teams (Content Development & Pedagogical Research, Board Reforms, Assessments, etc.) and partner organizations (assessment vendors, experts, etc.) to deliver a high-quality collaterals

- Manage regular engagement with key stakeholders for assessments and/or regulatory work

- Create, review and suggest questions on different question characteristics as defined by the state for the subjects assigned.

- Undertake question review exercise and create assessment tools.

- Ensure quality control of the questions and content.

- Working in coordination with team coordinator to deliver the required deliverables to State Assessment Cell.

Educational Qualifications and Experience Required :

- Bachelor's Degree/Master's Degree in in the selected subject.

- At least 5 years' experience in teaching/ content development for the selected subject.

- Candidates a Master's degree will be considered with 3 years' experience also.

- Good verbal communication skills in English. Candidates who can speak Tamil would be an added advantage.

- Candidates applying for Mathematics (Tamil-Medium) should have working proficiency and technical subject knowledge in Tamil.

Key Skills and Attitude :

For the roles, ideal candidates are those who:

- Are passionate about education reform and want their actions to have an impact on-ground.

- Are driven to learn and solve some of the most pressing problems in our education system.

- Are comfortable working a small-organization setting, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued.

- Are driven to excel in their work, showcasing a high level of innovation and perseverance.

- Have an entrepreneurial spirit and 'can-do' attitude.

- Value a T-shaped approach to work, with both breadth collaboration and innovation across disciplines and depth in specific areas of expertise.