academic assistant

Role Overview

We are looking for an Academic Assistant to support the day-to-day academic operations of our organisation. The role will involve assisting the academic team in maintaining the quality of learning materials, coordinating with content vendors, tracking academic deliverables, and handling other academic tasks assigned by the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct quality checks of academic materials, including study materials, MCQs, mock tests, current affairs content and other learning resources.
• Review content for accuracy, relevance, clarity, consistency and alignment with the required academic standards.
• Coordinate and communicate with external content vendors regarding assignments, revisions, corrections, timelines and deliverables.
• Maintain and update academic trackers, content status sheets and quality-control records.
• Follow up with vendors and internal teams to ensure timely completion of academic deliverables.
• Identify errors, gaps or inconsistencies in academic content and coordinate for necessary corrections.
• Assist in the organisation, classification and documentation of academic materials.
• Support the academic team in preparing content requirements, guidelines, templates and quality-check frameworks.
• Assist with research, content compilation and other academic activities as required.
• Handle any other academic or content-related responsibilities assigned by the Academic/Operations team.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Graduate/Postgraduate degree in Political Science, History, Geography, Economics, Education, or a related discipline.
• Good understanding of UPSC/State PCS-oriented academic content will be an advantage.
• Strong reading, proofreading and analytical skills.
• Good command of English grammar and written communication.
• Ability to identify factual errors, inconsistencies and content-quality issues.
• Good Excel/Google Sheets and basic documentation skills.
• Strong communication and follow-up skills for vendor coordination.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail and willingness to work on repetitive quality-checking tasks.

Experience

0–2 years of experience in academic content, edtech, content quality checking, research, teaching, publishing or a related field. Freshers with strong academic backgrounds may also apply.

Role Type

Full-time | Academic Operations & Content

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, academically inclined, organised and proactive, with the ability to take ownership of assigned academic tasks and coordinate effectively with both internal teams and external vendors.

Pay: ₹10,839.24 - ₹15,714.42 per month

Work Location: In person