Content Creator, Biology (12 Months Fixed-Term)

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

Khan Academy is seeking an experienced and versatile science educator to serve as a Biology Content Creator. This is a fixed-term position with an expected term of 12 months. By offering high quality standards-aligned biology lessons for free, we hope to empower millions of students to take charge of their futures and improve their lives.

As a biology content creator, you will develop high-quality life science/biology learning materials for middle and high school classrooms. These materials will include hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises. You will leverage your deep content knowledge as a science educator and intuition for student needs to ensure the content you create is engaging, rigorous, accessible, and standards-aligned. You won’t be working in isolation; you’ll be working closely with other members of the content team.

Our team is made up of talented creators who make our videos, articles, practice questions, and hands-on activities. Today, our courses include nearly every math topic from K-14, science and humanities content covering middle school, high school, and early college, test prep for several national exams, and much more! In the years ahead, we want to double down on making our courses great in classrooms and help push online education to the next level.

What you’ll do:

• Work with the content team to expand our life science/biology offering by developing engaging hands-on activities, articles, and practice exercises.
• Leverage your subject matter expertise, classroom experience, and strong writing skills to develop rigorous and pedagogically sound life science/biology content on schedule.
• Design and develop 3D, NGSS-aligned middle school activities that prioritize the use of widely accessible materials.
• Apply knowledge of andragogy to design hands-on activity teacher guides to support educators in executing student activities.
• Design and develop new middle and high school standards-aligned articles and practice exercises.
• Learn and use our content management system to create publishable content. 
• Act as an editorial expert by reviewing the work of other content creators.
• Contribute to the long-term strategic direction of Khan Academy’s content efforts by improving upon our processes, sharing insights with other members of the team, and advocating for learners.

What you bring

• Proven ability to create high-impact learning content in your discipline (minimum of 2 years of professional content development experience in middle school life science or high school biology)
• Classroom teaching experience, strong intuition for how students like to learn, and insight into common misconceptions (minimum of 2 years of relevant teaching experience)
• Experience teaching or creating content for elementary (grades 3-5) life science/biology is a plus
• Experience and aptitude working with multiple standards sets (e.g. NGSS, state-specific science standards, etc.) to ensure coverage and alignment during content development
• Strong grounding in pedagogy and inclusive teaching practices, with the ability to design content that supports diverse learners, promotes equity, and reflects evidence-based instructional strategies
• Desire to teach at scale, designing educational content for a wide range of learners
• Impeccable writing skills, an energetic can-do attitude, and a knack for both giving and receiving feedback
• Meticulous attentio