CurioBoat: Build. Play. Learn. Together.

A network of neighbourhood activity & community centres providing 21st-century, project and play based, hands-on learning experiences with peers.
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  • LEARNERS

    At CURIO, a learner can engage in practical, project-based learning and meet like-minded people over shared interests. Because we believe that learning is more fun, with one another, from each other.
  • EDUCATORS

    CURIO partners with selectively curated national and international activity providers to run their programs on CURIO. Only selected Educators with 21st-century relevant courses are invited to be a part of CURIO.

Curio is a growth platform, focused on Learners & Educators

  • Learners

    The formal school and college education system is broken. It is characterised by a fear-based, marks-driven, rate-race-based system, giving rise to tuition and entrance exam coaching.

    What if, we could create a project and play-based learning ecosystem, where learners could pursue their interests, fail fearlessly, and explore endlessly.
  • Educators

    We believe in learning experiences that make a difference, enlightens minds, changes lives. And we believe in those who deliver these life-changing experiences. That’s who we solve problems for, to help them grow quickly.
  • My project 1 min

Programs running at CurioBoat

Curio selectively curates after-school activity providers to run their programs on our curio centers.

Problem we are looking to solve

Current education system is broken

The formal school and college education system is unfortunately not keeping up with the learning aspirations of a 21st century professional. A learner is having to self-initiate learning projects over the evenings and weekends. Also, a lot of the innovation in Education is actually happening outside the formal school / college system. How might we take such innovations to millions of aspirational learners?

Digital is not the answer

Most learners are currently resorting to online courses to meet their learning needs. While online courses are trying to solve for the problem of access to ‘quality’ education, they still suffer from low engagement rates, poor learning outcomes. Moreover, what about courses that do not lend well to a digital model of delivery? And, what about those learners who still prefer the physical offline experience?

Scope of the Opportunity

  • Market Size

    Blume’s recent report “It is Ed-Tech’s moment” projected med-tech’s share between 2.5-10% depending on sub-segments. What about the 90-97.5% offline market?
  • Targetted towards Urban Affluent

    CURIO’s possibility extends to all neighbourhoods where a parent is spending more than Rs. 75,000/yr on formal education
  • Hyperlocal Proximity

    There is a scope for a CURIO centre every 2-3 km as most learners prefer hyperlocal availability; CURIO is targeting MicroMarkets with a density of 1L residents per 2-3 km
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Roles & JDs

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Work Timings
Full Time & Part Time

What are the work timings? What is our view on ‘work from home’? 

  • Management & Facilitation Teams
    Full Time

    Weekly Schedule / Timings

    5.5 days a week

    Tue to Sat: 9:30am to 7:30pm + Sundays: 9:30am to 2:30 pm

    timings might occasionally stretch beyond this, depending on revenue opportunities and project completion deadlines

    Minimum Commitment

    for a very long time, if all goes well

    Work from home / office / center

    work from office or center primarily

    Eligibility

    Candidates with minimum 6 months of prior full-time work-ex. Freshers will have to first do a 3-month full-time internship with Curio

  • Facilitation & Curriculum Teams
    Part Time

    Weekly Timings / Schedule

    Begins from: 4 hrs x 4 days a week; Can go up to: 4 hrs x 6 days a week

    Available Time Slots: Mon to Sun - 3.30 to 7.30pm; Sat & Sun - 9.30am to 1:30pm

    Mutually decided between Candidate and Curio

    Minimum Commitment

    12 months

    Work from home / office / center

    work from office or center primarily

    Eligibility

    Teachers working in a school/pre-school currently. Those not in a job currently, will have to first do a 3-month project with Curio 

  • Internships: Facilitation / Management / Curriculum
    Part Time / Full Time / Flexi

    Weekly Timings / Schedule

    Begins from: 4 hrs x 4 days a week (during semester); Can go up to: Full Time (during summer and semester break)

    up to 4 weeks off for exams and preparation

    mutually decided based on semester schedule

    Minimum Commitment

    6 months

    Work from home / office / center

    work from office or center primarily

    Eligibility

    Students currently in college or recent grads preparing for masters / govt exams

What We Look for

Personal Connect

Personal connection with the problem that CurioBoat is solving.

Right Mindset

Experiment, fail, learn, repeat until you find something that works. Learn to take a 'no'. many of them. Really. A lot of them. Especially from potential clients. "That’s not my job" vs "I want to do more." There will be lots of things to do. Take ownership. "This can't be done" vs "If it needs to be done, I will find a way."

Self Learner

You should be excited about learning new things and learning on your own.

Committed

Complex problems require time and patience. There will be lots of ups and downs in this journey. We want people who are intellectually engaged by what we are looking to build and who don’t get disheartened / bored quickly.

Initiative

Past experience of having started something / worked in a startup - either as a college project, internship or prior job, or candidates who have experience in a wide range of extracurricular pursuits, as opposed to just having focused on academics, will be preferred.

Mobility

This is NOT a desk based role. This will be a customer-facing role and will require travelling to different parts of the city to meet with actual clients and partners. Personal vehicle is highly recommended (for practical and logistical reasons).

Recruitment Process

We are committed to a timely decision. From application to decision within 30 days. 

  • Number one
    Application Form + Short Video Answers
  • 2
    Role & Salary Alignment Conversation
  • 3
    Experiential Recruitment:
    Teaching + Management Support
  • Number 4
    Offer Letter

Working with CurioBoat - FAQs

  • I am a fresher. Can I apply for full time roles?

    We typically offer full time positions to people who have interned with CurioBoat or to those who have at least 6 months of prior work experience in a full time role (effectively, we are their second job). 

    We do consider freshers for full-time positions, however, they will have to do a 3-month internship (paid) with us, after which, we confirm their full-time offer. 

  • Can I do a shorter internship - less than 6 months? What happens during exams?

    We respectfully do not take on interns for less than 6 months. The initial month goes in traning them and building their context about the company. Interns begin to add value from the 2nd month onwards and become better at their work as time progresses. Moreover, we are able to given them exposure to working with several teams, further improving their skills and context.  

    We allow an intern to take up to 4 weeks break for exams and preparation. They can complete the remaining portion of the 6-month requirement after their exams. 

  • As a management role applicant, why do I have to facilitate?

    The programs that we run at Curio, and the facilitators who conduct those programs are the most critical aspect of our existence. The management team is continually working to improve the programs and to solve problems for the facilitators. Spending time as being a facilitator helps us develop empathy and become better at solving problems.

  • What is an experiential recruitment process?

    We do not believe in interviews. Keeping in line with play and project based learning philosophy at Curio, we will be asking you to spend time with us at our office and our centers, where we will be giving you mini-projects that you will need to complete within the experiential recruitment window. This helps us assess your baseline skills for the role that you will be eventually playing in the company, and how much we will have to invest in your learning. 

    This also gives you an opportunity to experientially assess whether the role and the projects that you will be assigned, align with your interest and skills. 

  • As a part-time facilitator, why do I have to participate in management related tasks?

    We believe that for every facilitator to grow in their careers, they need to understand how academies operate - marketing, recruiting, kit operations, parent enquiries, program design, etc. We invest heavily in a facilitator learning these skills with a view to them transitioning into managerial and leadership roles in the future. 

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