Engagement: Part-time
Work location: Remote support with recurring in-person performance at approved locations in Indiana
Position Summary
The Curriculum Development Specialist / Deputy Instructor converts program research and training needs into a structured, competency-based learning experience. The position develops and maintains all instructional products, co-facilitates in-person courses, supports virtual sessions, and provides qualified backup coverage for the Lead Instructor.
Essential Responsibilities
- Design, document, and update the Junior Leadership Development Training Program and its learning objectives, modules, lesson plans, exercises, and facilitator guides
- Develop content covering conflict resolution, strategic thinking, motivation, tactical execution, communication, mentorship, and leadership application
- Translate market-analysis, organizational-audit, and interview findings into relevant learning scenarios and case studies
- Create physical and digital participant workbooks, presentation decks, assessments, exercises, discussion guides, and Leadership Improvement Plan templates
- Develop pre- and post-training assessments that measure knowledge, engagement, skill development, and practical application
- Co-facilitate quarterly half-day workshops and two-day courses; lead selected monthly virtual sessions and provide instructor backup as needed
- Support team-based exercises, role-playing activities, mentorship discussions, participant coaching, and final project presentations
- Maintain version control and consistency across physical and digital training products and ensure materials are ready before each event
- Ensure curriculum reflects NGR 601-1, the Army Leader Development Strategy, and AR 350-1, and apply improvements identified through feedback, supervisor evaluations, and quarterly reporting
Minimum Qualifications
- At least five years of teaching, training, instructional design, curriculum development, or facilitation experience when assigned to instructor duties
- Demonstrated experience developing competency-based adult-learning content, assessments, and facilitator materials
- Strong classroom and virtual facilitation skills, including the ability to manage discussions and experiential learning activities
- Excellent writing, editing, organization, presentation-design, and quality-review skills
- Ability to travel within Indiana and work scheduled evenings or weekends when required
- Ability to satisfy applicable installation-access, background-investigation, CAC, and mandatory training requirements if required for the assignment
Preferred Qualifications
- Valid teaching license, instructional-design credential, adult-learning certification, or equivalent professional qualification
- Prior military service as an NCO or Officer or experience creating training for military audiences
- Experience with leadership-development programs, training-needs assessments, learning-management systems, and blended learning
- Familiarity with Army leader-development doctrine, recruiting organizations, and military case-study development
Measures of success
- Training materials are accurate, engaging, instruction-ready, and available in required physical and digital formats
- Curriculum remains aligned to identified leadership gaps and Government-directed outcomes
- Backup delivery can occur without disruption or a material decline in training quality