Vacancy title:
Consultant Instructional Designer, East Africa
Jobs at:
WomenLift HealthDeadline of this Job:
Wednesday, July 31 2024
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 16 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
WomenLift Health is committed to expanding the power and influence of talented women in global health and catalysing systemic change to achieve gender equality in leadership.
Specific Responsibilities Include
In close collaboration with the EA Senior Facilitator, EA Hub staff, EA partner organizations, and WomenLift design team:
• Design and develop culturally relevant original content based on WomenLift and partner organization’s needs. This includes:
• Assess the needs of partner organizations to drive the content development process
• Align with WomenLift team and partner organizations on specific goals and outcomes that any module or curriculum is hoping to address
• Run ideation sessions
• Conduct research on content topics
• Design, develop, and finalize for publication all materials for original content modules such as facilitation guides, ppts, speaker notes, workbooks, reference guides, handouts, overviews of materials, etc.
• This includes supporting finalization of other modules developed by WomenLift Health
• Contextualize and adapt pre-existing content for WomenLift and our partner organizations.
• As part of the design and contextualization process:
• Use a human-centered design approach
• Ensure content is relevant to the needs and learning styles of specific institutions, health systems, and cultures.
• Track the changes made to pre-developed content in our contextualization mapping systems
• Reference our glossary and style guide for language guidance
• Share learnings and insights with the team throughout the process
• Identify and respond to East Africa Hub needs for the curricula to be expanded or go deeper to meet the needs of the audience
• Support development of communication materials related to the content
• Document lessons learned from specific institutions and document the common training needs across different institutions
• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems and processes
• Stay abreast of new learnings and best practices related to instructional design
Scope of Work
• Ad hoc, based on project needs.
• Work closely with East Africa Leadership Development and Communications team as well as the Cross-Regional Design team on an as-needed basis.
• Time Frame for Guaranteed Scope of Work: beginning upon hire for 6 months; option to renew depending on performance
Required Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in leadership training curriculum development for diverse, East African audiences
Expertise on Instructional Design, including:
• Proven ability to independently design and develop curricula as well as processes, systems, and tools to prioritize, adapt, contextualize, and create instructional products for learners across different cultures
• Knowledge of learning theories and ID models, and how/when to employ them.
• Ability to apply and adjust ID models, and the skill to improve and refine them for future use.
• Ability to take a human-centered approach to instruction that places the learner at the center of the experience, matching desired outcomes with the needs of the learners.
• Have a strong command of the English language as it is written and spoken professionally both within East Africa and internationally
• Proven ability to collaborate and co-create within teams
• Depth of experience, maturity and confidence, ability to learn and adapt, befitting an instructional designer
• Proactive, self-starter, able to work independently while communicating important information and asking questions
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated success in following through and successfully completing projects in a timely manner
• Value human connection and are strongly aligned with WomenLift Health’s Mission, Vision, Culture, and Values
• Skill with Microsoft Office suite, Miro, Slack, email, and other technologies.
Preferred (not Required) Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills And Ability
• Master’s degree highly preferred
• Familiarity with and/or strong interest in public and/or global health, leadership development, and/or gender equality
• Instructional design experience for international audiences
• Knowledge of digital & online learning
• Facilitation experience
• Skill with Adobe suite of tools such as InDesign or Photoshop
• Fluency in additional languages, especially French or Swahili
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
How To Apply
Please see career page of WomenLift Health, select the appropriate position, and fill out an application form for the role you are interested in. As part of the application packet, you will be asked to submit your resume, a cover letter detailing why you are interested and a good fit for the role, and a list of three references.
If Interested, Please Submit a Proposal And Include
• Hourly rate or fee
• Availability
• Paragraph or two on why you are interested in working with us and why you are a good fit
• Two References
• Resume
• 2-3 samples of your work
Interested and qualified? Go to WomenLift Health on womenlifthealth.jobsoid.com to apply
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