Subject Expert (Maths) - CAE

Open 34d
Nature of employment: Full-time
Reporting to: Chief Academic Officer
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

About Peepul

Peepul is an education-focused non-profit organization committed to transforming India's education system and enabling every child to reach their full potential. We work closely with national, state, and local governments to strengthen government schools and education systems at scale. Currently, we partner with governments in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, impacting over 6.6 million students, 273,000+ teachers, and 2,400+ school leaders across 90,000+ government schools.


At Peepul, we collaborate with school systems to build the capacity of leaders, teachers, and institutions. We advocate policy improvements, support mentoring and monitoring mechanisms, and enhance student-teacher engagement in classrooms. Through our work, we have directly supported 5.94 million students, 254,000 teachers, and 1,644 school leaders across 88,711 schools in Madhya Pradesh, and 658,000 students, 19,000 teachers, and 821 school leaders across 1,500 schools in Delhi.


Our work has been recognized internationally, including receiving the Commonwealth Education Awards for Innovation and being featured in reports by respected organizations such as the United Nations and the Ministry of Education, Government of India. We are supported by leading Indian CSR partners and prominent international foundations that share our vision of ensuring excellent education for the most disadvantaged children.


Driven by our core values of impact, excellence, and leadership, we are a restless, resilient, and reflective organization. Our team of 200+ employees is passionate about creating lasting change and is rewarded competitively for their dedication. Join us in our mission to create a world where every child has equal access to high-quality education.

Learn more about our transformative work at http://peepulindia.org.


Center for Academic Excellence Overview

The Centre for Academic Excellence (CAE) is Peepul’s anchor for exceptional teaching and learning. As we scale across states and programmes, the CAE ensures that our academic vision, content, and delivery remain consistently high-quality and deeply aligned with what makes Peepul distinctive.

Functioning as home of Peepul’s academic thinking and innovation, the CAE drives clarity, coherence, and continuous improvement across the organisation. Led by Chief Academic Officer, the CAE brings together three core pillars:

  • A unified academic vision and strategy that guides all programmes

  • High-quality, consistent content design and delivery across geographies

  • Learning, research, and ongoing improvement powered by data and insights

CAE is closely connected to programmes so that solutions are rooted in ground reality, access to external subject experts, and evidence inputs from MEL. At its heart, the CAE exists to help every Peepul team work with greater clarity, confidence, and cohesion - safeguarding academic rigour as we grow.

About Role - Subject Expert – Mathematics (CAE)

Key Responsibilities

  • Research evidence-based maths pedagogy, concept progressions, and strategies for foundational and grade-level learning.

  • Design and review blended-learning content such as presentations, scripts, storyboards, assessments, teacher guides, and lesson plans.

  • Develop student-facing materials including problem banks, concept maps, practice sets, and PPTs.

  • Ensure content accuracy, conceptual clarity, and alignment with curriculum standards.

  • Use data and field insights to strengthen maths instructional practices and support course correction.

  • Draw on Peepul’s programme learnings to codify and transfer best practices into academic design.

  • Set up effective planning and management systems to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

  • Collaborate with programme teams, MEL, subject experts, and field teams for seamless implementation.

  • Build and maintain strong operational relationships with government partners.

  • Coordinate with external nonprofits and experts to leverage specialised maths expertise.

  • Support capacity building of government teams to ensure long-term sustainability
Qualifications and Role Requirements

Educational Background: A degree in Mathematics, Elementary Education, STEM Education, or a related field is preferred; a master's degree is an added advantage.

Work Experience: We value both professional and personal experience. Candidates with at least 6 years of demonstrated experience in designing or reviewing Math's learning resources, literacy materials, assessments, or teacher training content will be considered. Preference will be given to candidates who also have classroom teaching experience in mathematics at the elementary or middle-school level with a strong conceptual and pedagogical understanding of numeracy and math instruction.

Other Skills: Strong analytical, editing, writing and communication skills; ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders.

Language Proficiency: Strong English communication skills; working proficiency in Hindi preferred.