Financial Literacy Consultant (Part-time)

Remote (USA) | Part-Time Consulting (10-20 hours/week)
Timeline: May – September 2026 (with possibility to extend)

About Coolmath Games

Coolmath Games brings “fun + learning” to more than 25 million players every month. For over two decades, we’ve been a trusted destination for free online games that make players forget they’re getting a mental workout!

We’re now building a groundbreaking, sponsorship-supported financial literacy learning platform that uses engaging, age-appropriate games—paired with high-quality lesson plans—to teach essential life skills. This platform will serve elementary, middle, and high school students across the U.S., with plans to expand internationally (including the UK) and into additional learning topics over time.

Our goal is simple but ambitious: make financial literacy genuinely fun, effective, and accessible for students—and easy for teachers to adopt.

The Role

We’re seeking a Financial Literacy Educational Consultant to help guide the educational direction of this initiative. You’ll work with our teams of game designers, visual artists, product managers, and software developers to ensure our games and lesson materials meet the real-world needs of students, teachers, and school administrators.

This is a part-time consulting role, with an expected commitment of 10-20 hours per week and some availability for meetings during working hours (9am-5pm Eastern Time).

What You’ll Do

  • Advise on how to maximize the appeal and usability of the platform for teachers and administrators.
  • Ensure games and lesson materials align with U.S. state financial literacy standards.
  • Provide feedback on the educational effectiveness and appropriateness of games in development.
  • Help design the structure and pedagogical approach of our accompanying lesson plans and worksheets.
  • Create and refine the content for lesson plans and worksheets (visual design handled by our team).
  • Advise on marketing and outreach strategies to teachers, curriculum designers, and other school decision-makers.
  • Help classify games by appropriate grade level and learning objectives.
  • Identify and flag educational “blind spots,” accessibility concerns, and classroom realities we may miss as non-educators.
  • Ensure content is inclusive and sensitive to students with diverse backgrounds and financial realities.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum 3-5 years of classroom teaching experience, preferably at the middle or high school level, in the United States.
  • Direct experience teaching financial literacy or personal finance courses.
  • Hands-on experience using educational games or gamified learning tools (e.g., Banzai, EverFi, NGPF) and a strong belief in games as a meaningful learning medium.
  • Familiarity with the Jump$tart Coalition National Standards for Personal Financial Education.
  • Knowledge of Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) curriculum standards and resources.
  • Ability to evaluate educational games using established educational and curriculum standards.
  • Experience assessing and measuring the learning impact and effectiveness of e-learning tools.
  • Strong ability to communicate educational feedback clearly to non-educators (such as game designers, software developers, project managers).
  • Experience addressing student accessibility needs and age-appropriate content expectations.
  • Experience working with diverse student populations and understanding socioeconomic sensitivities in the classroom.

Bonus Qualifications

  • Background or hands-on experience in game design or educational game development.
  • Previous educational consultant or curriculum development experience.
  • Published educational research, particularly related to topics related to financial literacy or economics.

Why This Role Matters

You’ll help shape a platform with the potential to reach millions of students, many of whom may not otherwise receive engaging, practical financial education. Your expertise will directly influence how young people learn skills that impact their lives long after the classroom.

If you’re passionate about financial literacy, believe in the power of games to educate, and want to help build something genuinely impactful, we’d love to work with you!

How to Apply

Please send a brief introduction along with your resume/CV to [email protected]. 

If available, include examples of financial literacy lesson plans, curriculum materials, published research, or educational games you’ve used or helped develop. We’re especially interested in learning how you’ve used games or interactive tools to teach financial concepts in the classroom.