Freelance Teaching and Learning Expert - AI Trainer

Mindrift; Pretoria; Remote; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Mindrift as a freelance AI Tutor and influence how AI understands and teaches technical subjects. You will work remotely, creating educational prompts and defining evaluation criteria while leveraging your expertise in STEM. This opportunity fits well around your primary professional commitments, providing a chance to enhance your portfolio with advanced AI projects.

Benefits

Flexible, part-time schedule

Work on advanced AI projects

Gain valuable experience for your portfolio

Qualifications

• 3+ years of teaching experience at schools or universities.
• Understanding of learning styles and student abilities.
• Ability to work with complex guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Create educational prompts for AI in math, science, and related subjects.
• Evaluate AI-generated content against scoring criteria.
• Review and correct AI outputs based on expertise.

Skills

Pedagogical strategies

Different learning styles

Subject matter expertise

Advanced English (C1)

Education

Master's degree or PhD in STEM

Job description

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI.

What We Do

The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.

About The Role

GenAI models are evolving rapidly, and one of our goals is to help them master subject-specific reasoning and support high-quality learning experiences. By joining our platform as an AI Tutor, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that focus on improving how AI understands, explains, and teaches technical and scientific subjects.

Although every project is unique, you might typically:

• Creating educational prompts that challenge AI's understanding in math, science, computer science, and related subjects
• Defining clear and structured scoring criteria to evaluate the accuracy and quality of AI-generated educational content
• Reviewing and correcting AI outputs based on your subject-matter expertise and teaching experience
  
  

How To Get Started

Apply to this post, qualify, and start contributing to meaningful projects tailored to your expertise - on your own schedule. Whether it's designing learning prompts or fine-tuning model explanations, your work will directly shape how AI supports better learning for everyone.

Requirements

• You have a Master's degree or PhD in the STEM-related areas are preferred
• You have at least 3 years of professional experience teaching academic subjects (e.g. Math, History, Literature, etc.) at schools, universities, through tutoring, bootcamps, or online platforms
• Strong understanding of pedagogical strategies, different learning styles, and varying levels of student ability
• Your level of English is advanced (C1) or above
• You are ready to learn new methods, able to switch between tasks and topics quickly and sometimes work with challenging, complex guidelines
• Our freelance role is fully remote so, you just need a laptop, internet connection, time available and enthusiasm to take on a challenge
  
  

Benefits

Why this freelance opportunity might be a great fit for you?

• Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise