Tutor (External Contractor) - Project Management

**About Us**

Udacity is on a mission of forging futures in tech through **_radical_** talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey.

Udacity is on a mission to change lives, businesses and nations through **_radical_** talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey. Udacity is proud to be backed by respected investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Bertelsmann and Drive Capital, among other leading VC firms, and provides a powerful and differentiated solution inside of a $32b total addressable market opportunity. Udacity has more than 100 enterprise customers including Airbus, Bertelsmann, BNP Paribas, Leidos, Mazda, and the United States Air Force.

**Position Overview**:
Udacity is seeking a talented Tutor to manage and facilitate an online Project Management program (Type of employment: contract/remote). The goal of the Project Management challenge program is to provide 10,000 learners in Middle East with foundational Project Management skills that can be used as they transition into higher wage employment.

All our Tutors are handpicked through a rigorous selection process so that we can truly be #studentfirst

A Tutor functions as a technical leader within the student community and acts as the primary intermediary between Udacity students, the Community Manager, and staff. Tutors provide technical support to students within their Nanodegree content and field, provide feedback, and build a sense of community amongst the student body. They can also manage webinars, meet-ups and other interventions.

**Required skills/qualifications**:

- Fluency in English and Arabic (Spoken and Written)
- **Technical Competence**: Project Management lifecycle, Project Management Methodologies, Waterfall, Kanban, Agile, Scrum, Requirements Gathering, Project Brief, Project Initiation Document (PID), Stakeholder Analysis, Project Scoping, Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt Chart, Project Cost Estimation, RACI Matrices, Project Risk Mitigation
- **2+ years** of working experience related to the above skillsets.
- Experience teaching technical concepts and public speaking
- Experience organizing technical talks, or webinars
- Ability to answer students' questions in English
- Positive character, trusted by the students, creating emotional ties in the group
- Existing tech network and experience in technical conversations & discussions
- Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge part-time as an external contractor.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide technical support for students daily over an online community forum
- Answer questions around course content over the forum and facilitate content for students who get stuck in learning
- Participate in organizing community activities in coordination with the forum's admin to ensure a fun and engaging learning environment and to help in improving students' progress (such as online webinars, technical quizzes, technical challenges..etc)
- Share interesting extracurricular information over its dedicated categories, such as content-related news articles and useful resources to enrich the personal and professional aspects of the community
- Attend regular online meetings/ office hours with Udacity representatives through zoom, the online forum, or other medians if needed.
- Be responsive over close groups and discussions with Udacity representatives
- Provide students with 1:1 support over the community forum or using other medians if needed
- Tutors should check their private tutor's category on the forum on a daily basis to be up to date with all the latest news from your peer tutors, community moderators, and your Udacity community manager
- Conduct online webinars

**Why should you apply?**
- Work remotely as an External Contractor
- Earn additional income
- Contribute to a vibrant, international student community
- Stay updated with the latest in cutting-edge technologies

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**What We Do**

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