Public Relations and External Outreach Volunteer

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If you’re interested in public relations and communications, with a passion for eradicating education inequality, keep reading! Oppia is looking for a new member of our Growth team who is excited to help us create collateral and conduct outreach to media outlets, influencers, and more in key regions (India, Ghana, and more) in order to empower and uplift under-resourced communities with quality education.

Who We Are

The Oppia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission to provide high quality education to all. We do this through the creation and maintenance of our platform, Oppia , the coordination of our passionate contributors, and the development of critical partnerships with NGOs in the communities we aim to serve.

Where You Fit In

Millions of children are not receiving the education they deserve. Of the 61 million children worldwide who cannot attend primary school, 17 million will never step foot into a school if trends continue. And, unfortunately, even those students who are in school may not receive the effective education they need.

Thus far, we’ve worked hard to prove the validity of Oppia and the effectiveness of the lessons we create, through the completion of our first randomized controlled trial and the development of our large-scale open-source volunteering community. Now, we are building a Growth team to focus on scaling our impact and outreach around the world.

We are looking for a Public Relations team member who can help us conduct outreach and communication to key distribution and media partners, which will allow us to exponentially expand our impact around the world. If you are interested, there are also opportunities to help lead and contribute to our broader communications strategy. We welcome those who are willing to learn and grow through this opportunity, although some previous relevant experience would be helpful.

Why Oppia is an Organization You Want to Work With

• Oppia has served over 1,100,000 users.

• Oppia’s current library consists of more than 2,000 lessons.
• Oppia focuses on effectiveness. Our continuous improvement process involves rigorous user testing and RCTs to ensure we create high quality educational materials catered to the needs of our most underserved global learners.
• Oppia consists of passionate volunteers from across the globe, so our meetings are held online at flexible times.

What Our Public Relations Volunteers Contribute

Work with diverse volunteers from across the globe to deliver messaging to media outlets and relevant partners to help expand our reach. This includes:

• Help craft an effective PR strategy for reaching out to target markets in India, US, and Ghana
• Create collateral (e.g. press releases) for sharing with key PR partners in our target markets
• Contribute to the constant development of our growth and outreach strategies
• Attend regular status calls with our volunteers to ensure milestones are met and roadblocks are removed