Talent Pool : Instructional Designer Learning Trajectories Care System

War Child; Amsterdam; Hybride; EUR 55 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

War Child seeks a Learning Designer for the Care System to develop scalable, adaptive learning paths and learning resources for a global audience. You will co-create with partners, facilitate workshops, and ensure materials support practical implementation across contexts.

You will contribute to blended and e-learning paths, produce accessible learning content, and work with platforms like Kaya/Totara/Moodle and AI tools to continuously improve the learning journey.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable learning models.
• Minimum 5 years creating in-product micro learning with portfolio.
• Experience with e-learning authoring tools such as Evolve.
• Familiarity with learning platforms (Kaya, Totara/Moodle) and AI tools for learning design.

Responsabilités

• Lead learning design projects for Care System implementation.
• Design and facilitate co-creation workshops with practitioners, partners and stakeholders.
• Create adaptive learning paths and learning resources aligned with partner needs.
• Publish prototypes and learning materials for global audiences.

Connaissances

Adaptive learning

Co-creation

Facilitation

Learning design

Formation

Instructional Design / Digital Arts degree

Outils

Evolve

WordPress

Canva

Video editing tools

Badging platform

Kaya (Totara/Moodle)

AI tools for learning design

Description du poste

War Child reaches many thousands of children and youth every year - yet there are 468 million children living with the effects of armed conflict. We will never reach them all by ourselves, which is why our strategic goal is to scale our impact by implementing evidence-based methodologies with partners. Together we can support the mental health and well-being of many more children affected by conflict.

At the heart of our scaling strategy is War Child’s Care System approach. The Care System includes a range of evidence-based methodologies designed to improve the mental health and well-being of children and their caregivers. These components can be selected based on partner needs, tailored for programme requirements and contextualized and integrated with existing services to build on local strengths.

Role

To make the adaptive Care System accessible to many more children and communities, we aim to collaborate with key stakeholders to co-design simple and effective learning pathways and resources to support all steps in the implementation process.

As Learning Designer Care System, you will provide learning /instructional design expertise and collaborate with the core EBM teams to improve and build on existing learning paths and start new blended learning paths and learning resources. You will bring essential expertise in developing learning paths that are scalable and in line with our guiding principles. Where relevant you co-create and/or collaborate with our replication partners and local implementing partners to ensure the learning paths are contextualised and will be adopted by /co-owned by our replication partners. You will also help to create learning materials and resources to strengthen partner’s abilities to implement evidence-based methodologies, including capacities such as coordination and quality assurance.

Because this is a pool recruitment, selected candidates may be considered for current and future assignments depending on programme needs.

What you will do:

Project ownership

• Take the lead in implementing learning design projects related to implementation of the Care System.
• Align with technical leads and ensure input from practitioners, partners, finance and other key stakeholders
• Design and facilitate co-creation workshops to explore relevant creative questions and the needs and learnings of key stakeholders /partners.
• Ensure partners’ needs are centered in all learning paths and learning resources. Ensure the needs of partners are reflected in the final products

Learning Design and Development

• Provide instructional design, analysis and guidance for blended learning paths
• Plan, design and produce an e-learning course that is activity-based, learner-centered, interactive, including storyboard and able to develop (if relevant) animations, video, and/or illustrations.
• Produce or support the design of relevant accessible learning materials
• Publish prototypes related to the learning paths, resources and platforms

Adaptive learning

• Prepare and plan user testing once prototype is published
• Create an adaptive learning process to review the learning trajectories, gather recommendations for adjustments, assess and integrate
• Ensure lessons from Communities of Practice/ learning communities and implementers are gathered and assessed to enrich and improve learning paths and associated resources
• Education in Instructional Design, Digital Arts, or equivalent (using adult learning principles, methods, theories, and techniques) for global audiences.

Experience

• Experience in designing scalable learning models.
• Experience with e-learning authoring tools such as Evolve is a must.
• A minimum of 5 years creating in-product micro learning and a portfolio showcasing your work.

Knowledge

• Experience with a variety of tools, e-learning authoring tools and learning platforms, such as Evolve, WordPress, Canva, video editing tools, badging platform, and learning management systems (such as Kaya, which is Totara/Moodle based), and use of AI tools for learning design (including translation tools).

Skills

• A passion for co-creating adaptive learning materials.
• Strong facilitation skills to engage global, multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• An ability to ask the right creative questions to spark new solutions.
• Someone who can build on existing strengths, systems and content.

Languages

• Strong written and spoken English language skills.
• Arabic/French/Arabic/Spanish would be an advantage.

Other Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel to organize content sprints and experience field trainings.
• Location : This opportunity is open to candidates worldwide; professional proficiency in English is required.
• Type of Contract : Consultancy.

Why You Should Apply

• Meaningful Impact : Contribute directly to improving the lives of children and families affected by conflict through quality education and long-term, sustainable change.
• Professional Growth: Join a dynamic organisation that values learning, innovation, and professional development, with opportunities for capacity building and growth through the role and War Child’s global network.
• Global Reach : Play a key role in scaling a ground-breaking programme across multiple conflict-affected contexts worldwide.
• Collaborative & Inclusive Culture : Work alongside passionate, mission-driven colleagues in a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace that prioritises safety, fairness and equal opportunity for all.