Lead Faculty

About the job

About Us

Muktangan is an innovative, inclusive, child- friendly educational project demonstrating how ordinary women and men, empowered with the right beliefs and skills, can drive extraordinary outcomes for children from their own aspiring communities.

Over our 21 year-long journey, we have evolved into a Hub and Spokes model of Integrated Teacher and School Education with our teacher education centre as the Hub and 7 Muktangan run-municipal schools in Mumbai as spokes where we offer free, high-quality and inclusive English medium education from preschool to Grade 10 over 3800+ children from underserved communities and developed over 1000+ community members (majorly women) as teachers.

We have partnered with UNICEF, BMC (Municipal), Maharashtra State Government and many NGOs to adapt the Muktangan model. Our Program is acknowledged by academic institutions and educationists locally such as Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and internationally such as University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in the U.S.A and BathSpa, Oxford & Cambridge Universities in the UK. Through our outreach initiatives and partnerships with the local and state government, NGOs, academic institutions both local and international, we have reached out to more than 97,000 children and more than 5,500 teachers and teacher educators across India.

To know more kindly visit: https://muktanganedu.org/

Roles and Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Lead Faculty to join the science department at our Muktangan. This role involves teacher education, curriculum development, innovation and testing of teaching methodologies and community engagement.

The ideal candidate will approach science education by integrating first principles with observational insights, grounding their teaching in evidence and historical explorations while inspiring new ideas and directions.

Educational Qualifications:

Master’s degree in science (Physics)

Candidates with a bachelor's degree in medicine/engineering/ Allied Subjects with a keen interest in science education would be considered

Experience in education would be a strong asset.

Experience with basic education or community research would be a strong asset.

Required Competencies: 

· Strong foundational knowledge of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science and Mathematics at

a higher secondary level.

· A strong passion for science and a desire for continuous learning.

· A keen interest in innovative science education and the ability to optimize and implement novel

approaches in our classrooms.

· Ability to inspire an interest in science with a contagious enthusiasm for the scientific method.

· Ability to engage with students and teachers and convey information at different levels of complexity.

· Adaptability to different learning and teaching environments.

· Receptive to feedback and capable of iterative improvement in teaching methods.

· Hardworking, intellectually curious, and committed to driving the best curriculum forward for the students.

Remuneration: Salary commensurate with qualifications, years of experience related to job definition.