Training Coordinator - Odisha

Khan Academy India; Khordha; Hybrid; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Khan Academy India seeks a Training Coordinator to design and deliver capacity-building initiatives for teachers, mentors, and administrators under government programs in Odisha.

The role leads a team of master trainers fluent in Odia, conducts field visits across the state, and uses data-driven insights to improve training effectiveness and adoption of the Khan Academy learning platform.

Remote-work friendly with travel up to 50% and a focus on scalable educational impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and delivering training programs for teachers and education stakeholders, ideally in a government setting.
• Fluency in Odia and English (reading, writing, speaking) is mandatory.
• Willingness to travel across the state up to 50% of the time.
• Prior teaching experience is preferred but not mandatory.
• A passion for education with ability to work across teams and strong communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with tolerance for ambiguity and bias toward action.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver synchronous and asynchronous capacity-building initiatives for partner programs.
• Manage a team of master trainers with fluency in Odia and co-facilitate high-quality training sessions.
• Regular field visits to schools and district offices to understand challenges and drive adoption of Khan Academy.
• Use data-informed decisions to improve training efficiency and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Teacher Professional Development to strengthen the framework.
• Coordinate with departments for training approval and execution.
• Support KA state team and state nodal officers for implementation in Odisha.
• Provide additional support as needed for the programme.

Skills

Fluent Odia & English

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Data-informed decision making

Willingness to travel

Job description

Bhubaneswar, India | Posted on 22/10/2026

Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup 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 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. Khan Academy is already available in Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi 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 reached 2.1 million learners last year, partnering with 70,000+ schools across various states. Our goal is to expand our scale to reach over five million learners in three years.

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. With a small team, we have managed to reach 1 Lakh+ teachers and 2.1 million learners across various states.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of our government programs, we support teachers and teacher mentors through training sessions, resources, webinars, and by enabling peer-to-peer sharing. The Schools Team is looking to bring an on-board Training Coordinator to design and deliver professional development initiatives for teachers, teacher mentors, and administrators as part of the team’s work with different government partners.

This is a twelve-month contract-based role.

In this role, you would:

Design and deliver synchronous and asynchronous modes of capacity-building initiatives for the partner programs

Manage a team of master trainers with fluency in Odia language and co-facilitate high-quality training sessions

Regularly conduct field visits to schools, district offices (3-4 per month) to understand field level challenges, and generate insights to increase adoption and deepen usage of Khan Academy

Use data-informed decisions to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the training sessions conducted by the Khan Academy India team

Work closely with Teacher Professional Development team to strengthen the existing teacher professional development framework, aligned with the team’s overall goals

Coordination with the concerned departments for training program approval including getting the circulars/letters issued, working with the department for ensuring training execution etc.

Work with KA state team and the state nodal officers to help support the implementation of the Khan Academy learning platform across government schools in Odisha

Provide any other support, as needed, for the programme.

Requirements

You would be a great fit for the role if you have:

5+ years of experience including 3+ years working on designing & delivering effective training programs for teachers and other education stakeholders, ideally in a government setting

Fluency in Odia and English (reading, writing, and speaking) is mandatory

Willingness to travel across the state to conduct training or schools visits, up to 50% of the time

Prior teaching experience is preferred but not mandatory

A passion for education and a desire to change the world

A proven ability to work across teams with superior communication skills

An entrepreneurial mindset, including a high tolerance for ambiguity, a penchant for experimentation, and a bias toward action

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

A fun, high-calibre team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant

The ability to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education

Remote work friendly, i.e. option to work from home; flexible schedules