Vedantu Academic Mentor WFH 2026 | Full Time | ₹25,000/Month

Job description :

Job Title: Academic Mentor

Job Overview:

Vedantu is a leading Edtech platform committed to empowering students and ensuring their
academic success. We’re seeking passionate Academic Mentors to join our team, contributing
to student growth and educational excellence. As an Academic Mentor at Vedantu, you will play
a pivotal role in ensuring students achieve optimal learning outcomes. This position combines
educational expertise with administrative capabilities to assess student progress, implement
interventions, and analyze data to enhance overall learning effectiveness. Reporting to the
Academic Manager, you will work closely with students and educators to foster an environment
conducive to academic success. You need to have passion, ability & a proactive approach to
make a difference.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Academic Support

Monitoring Academic Progress: Track students’ performance in assessments,
understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and ensure steady improvement.
Personalized Guidance: Provide tailored study plans, recommend learning resources,
and guide students on effective learning strategies to help them meet academic goals.
Driving Test Attendance: Ensure students attend scheduled tests regularly, aiming for a
high attendance rate (85%-95% in this case).

2. Motivation and Mentorship

Building Strong Student Relationships: Act as mentors by connecting with each student
on a personal level, motivating them to perform better, and providing encouragement
through challenges.
Addressing Academic and Emotional Needs: Help students stay engaged, especially
those who may be struggling or losing interest, addressing both academic concerns and
emotional well-being.

3. Parent Communication

Monthly Parent Interaction: Communicate with parents regularly, updating them on their
child’s progress, addressing concerns, and involving them in the learning process.
Feedback and Guidance: Share detailed feedback on student performance with parents
and work collaboratively to improve outcomes.

4. Performance Improvement

Ensuring Performance Gains: SAMs are responsible for ensuring that a signicant
portion of their students (e.g., 60%) improve by at least one level academically.
Data-Driven Insights: They analyze student data, track progress, and provide actionable
insights to help students achieve measurable academic improvements.

5. Operational Coordination

Scheduling and Tracking: SAMs organize regular student check-ins (weekly) and parent
connections (monthly), ensuring that all touchpoints are documented and followed up
on.
Creating Referrals: In cases where students require additional help, SAMs refer them to
specialized support (like subject experts, counselors, etc.).

6. Feedback Management

Ensuring High Feedback Ratings: Work towards maintaining a high level of satisfaction,
aiming for a feedback rating of 4.6 or higher from both students and parents.
Continuous Improvement: Gather and act upon feedback to rene their approach,
ensuring a strong, positive relationship with students and their families.

7. Coordination with Other Teams

Collaboration with Teachers and Leaders: Work closely with subject teachers, academic
teams, and management to ensure that students receive comprehensive support.

Qualications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any domain.
• Expertise in any subject (Physics/Chemistry/Math/Bio) at the JEE & NEET levels.
• Previous experience in mentorship or teaching would be an added advantage

Skills:

• Subject Knowledge (PCMB): Should have a knowledge of either one of the science
  subjects from PCMB and comfortable with syllabus till class 12
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills: To collaborate with students, Academic
  Managers, and other stakeholders, and to clearly convey complex information
• Empathy & Patience: Possessing empathy towards students’ working with a diverse set
  of students. Understanding their struggles and have the patience to guide them through
  their academic journey
• Problem-Solving Abilities: To identify challenges students face in achieving learning
  outcomes and devise creative solutions to address them
• Ability to work with data analysis tools: To generate comprehensive reports to identify
  trends, areas for improvement, and effective interventions.
• Data Analysis & Administrative Skills: Prociency in analyzing student performance data
  to identify trends, areas for improvement, and effective interventions
• Technology familiarity: Familiarity with educational technology tools and platforms used
  for teaching, learning, and data analysis. Knowledge prociency in use of excel for data
  crunching an added advantage
• Adaptability and Flexibility: Willingness to adapt to changing educational needs and
  exibility to adjust strategies based on student feedback and outcomes.
  Self motivated with ownership mindset: Intrinsic drive to excel and continuously seek
  opportunities to enhance student outcomes without constant supervision. While also
  taking responsibility for student progress and being accountable for their success,
  independently seeking ways to improve it.
• Result-Driven Mindset: Focusing on outcomes and taking steps to achieve them without
  consistent reminders or external pressure
• Resourcefulness & Continuous improvement mindset: Proactively seeking feedback,
  reecting on one’s performance, and initiating personal growth without external
  prompting.Seeking out resources, tools, or information necessary for student support
  and implementing solutions without being directed

Working Location:

PAN India Work from Centre (Based on requirements).