The TuitionE
Website:
thetuitione.com
Job details:
Company: TheTuitionE
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Employment Type: Full-time, Work from Office
Experience: 8–12 years
Salary: ₹30,000–₹40,000 per month, depending on experience and suitability
About TheTuitionE
TheTuitionE is an online tutoring platform focused on connecting students with qualified teachers to deliver personalised, high-quality learning experiences. We are looking for an experienced Academic Manager to build, develop and manage our teacher network while ensuring consistent academic quality and student satisfaction.
Role Overview
The Academic Manager will lead teacher recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, performance management and academic quality assurance. The ideal candidate will have strong academic knowledge, excellent people-management skills and a proven ability to identify, recruit and develop high-quality teachers across multiple school curricula.
This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who can build effective academic processes and scale a reliable teacher network.
Key Responsibilities1. Teacher Recruitment and Selection
- Develop and execute a structured teacher recruitment strategy to meet the company's growing academic requirements.
- Source qualified teachers for Mathematics, Science, English and other school subjects.
- Recruit teachers experienced in CBSE, ICSE/ISC, IGCSE and other relevant curricula.
- Build a strong pipeline of qualified and available teachers.
- Conduct screening interviews, subject-knowledge assessments and demo-class evaluations.
- Verify academic qualifications, teaching experience and relevant professional references.
- Maintain a database of approved teachers, subject expertise, curriculum experience, availability and expected remuneration.
2. Teacher Onboarding and Development
- Design and implement a structured teacher onboarding programme.
- Train teachers on online teaching methodologies, lesson planning, student engagement and effective use of digital teaching tools.
- Conduct regular teacher training sessions and professional development workshops.
- Develop teaching standards, guidelines and best-practice documentation.
- Coach teachers to improve their classroom delivery and student learning outcomes.
3. Academic Quality Assurance
- Establish a consistent framework for evaluating teacher quality and teaching effectiveness.
- Monitor demo classes, teaching sessions, student feedback and academic performance indicators.
- Conduct periodic teacher performance reviews and implement improvement plans.
- Address teacher-related academic complaints and support corrective action.
- Ensure curriculum alignment and consistent academic standards across subjects and grade levels.
4. Teacher Management and Retention
- Maintain a reliable pool of active and backup teachers to meet student demand.
- Monitor teacher availability, allocation, attendance and responsiveness.
- Build positive relationships with freelance and part-time teachers.
- Identify high-performing teachers and develop retention and engagement initiatives.
- Manage teacher-related escalations and coordinate with customer support and operations teams.
5. Team Leadership and Reporting
- Lead and develop the academic coordination team as the business grows.
- Establish standard operating procedures for recruitment, onboarding, training and quality control.
- Track recruitment costs, teacher availability, demo-class conversion and teacher performance.
- Prepare regular academic operations reports for management.
- Work closely with operations, sales and marketing teams to forecast teacher requirements and support business growth.
Candidate Requirements
- 8–12 years of experience in academic coordination, academic management, teacher recruitment, teacher training or education operations.
- Experience working with schools, coaching institutes, EdTech companies or online tutoring businesses.
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, assess, train and manage teachers.
- Familiarity with CBSE, ICSE/ISC and IGCSE curricula.
- Strong understanding of subject-knowledge assessments and demo-class evaluation.
- Experience developing academic processes, performance standards and teacher training programmes.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-management skills.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets and digital collaboration tools.
- Willingness to work full-time from our Kolkata office.
Preferred Qualifications
- A postgraduate degree in Education, a relevant subject or a related discipline.
- B.Ed. or equivalent teaching qualification.
- Experience managing freelance teachers or a distributed online teaching workforce.
- Previous experience scaling teacher recruitment for an EdTech or tutoring business.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
The Academic Manager will be evaluated on:
- Number of qualified teachers recruited and approved.
- Quality and pass rate of teacher demo classes.
- Time taken to fulfil teacher requirements.
- Teacher onboarding and training completion rates.
- Teacher availability, reliability and retention.
- Student and parent feedback on teaching quality.
- Reduction in teacher-related complaints.
- Compliance with academic quality standards.
Why Join TheTuitionE?
- Opportunity to build and scale an academic team in a growing education business.
- Ownership of teacher recruitment, development and academic quality.
- Opportunity to introduce structured systems and improve teaching standards.
- Direct collaboration with the leadership team and the ability to influence academic strategy.
How to Apply
- Interested candidates should share their updated CV along with a brief description of their experience in teacher recruitment, academic coordination, teacher training and academic quality management.
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