Avela is a Nobel Prize winning platform for families to navigate their child’s educational journey. Parents can find, apply, register, and pay for school and programs for their children, all from a common application system with saved profiles. Avela also powers backend admissions and operational workflows, making it easy for schools, districts, and educational providers to equitably serve students. We’re like “OpenTable for Education” or “Mindbody for Schools.”
Role
Avela is looking for a contract data entry specialist to assist in daily updates of data. Successful candidates will be meticulous, detail-oriented, quick learners, and comfortable working with a remote team. We are looking for someone to start immediately.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include the following:
- Export data from the Avela system to Excel CSV format
- Copy and paste data into Google Sheets
- Filter data exports
- Upload CSVs to Avela system and take actions as needed
- Proactively communicate in writing your daily progress and quickly raise inconsistencies or issues to Avela Client Services Team
This work is to be completed independently, no earlier than 2 pm PT and no later than 11 pm PT each day. We expect this work to take approximately 4 hours/day, 5 days/week (Mondays-Fridays). (In the beginning, this work may at times take longer than 4 hours/day as the candidate is onboarding). Additionally, candidate should have availability twice a week for a 30-minute virtual meeting sometime between 8 am and 3 pm PT (exact days/times are flexible).
We are looking for a commitment of at least 6 months for this role (there is some flexibility for time off/vacation). Priority will be given to applicants who can commit for 1 year.
Company
Avela is a Nobel Prize-winning edtech startup building the first platform for families to navigate their child's educational journey and a universal application for PK-12 education, daycare, and enrichment programs, promoting equity and access to education. We’re like “OpenTable for Education” or “Mindbody for Schools.”
For students and families, this simplifies the process of finding and applying to educational programming. For schools and districts, this streamlines operations and helps increase enrollment (and hence, revenue).
We sell our application and enrollment platform directly to school districts, charter networks, other educational providers, cities, and states. We work with school districts and charter networks across the country, including in Oakland, Seattle, Hartford, Tulsa, New Orleans, Newark, and Jersey City. We also work with a range of nonprofits and NGOs, including Teach for America and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as the US Military.
Our platform has four parts to cover each stage of the application journey, from exploring options to applying and final selection and admission:
Avela Explore - Mobile-optimized school finder and opportunity navigator
Avela Apply - Streamlined application management system and tracking
Avela Match - Research-based admission and student assignment lottery system.
Avela Enroll - Online registration, transfers, and enrollment platform with document collection.
We also offer a range of consulting services to help districts implement enrollment reforms and advance equity in educational programs.
Team
Avela was founded by a renowned team of visionaries, including Nobel Laureate Joshua Angrist, Clark Medalist Parag Pathak, and social entrepreneur Greg Bybee. We have a passionate team of entrepreneurs, engineers, economists, and data scientists - get to know us at
https://avela.org/team.
Work Authorization
Although we are strongly supportive of immigrants and individuals of all backgrounds, unfortunately, as a small startup, we are not in a position to sponsor visas and are only able to consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to working together in the future.
We Encourage You To Apply
Avela is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, even if you don't meet all of the job requirements. If you believe this is a role that you’ll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.