Job Description
The Learning Design Manager will develop and improve capacity-building programs for African social entrepreneurs, focusing on curriculum design, program development, and stakeholder collaboration to support early-stage social enterprises across Africa.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop curricula and learning experiences for social entrepreneurs in Africa.
- Create user personas, define learning outcomes, and tailor programs based on user research and contextual needs.
- Sequence learning activities, mentoring, funding, and milestones to enhance engagement and progression.
- Ensure programs translate learning into tangible social, business, and systemic outcomes.
- Align content and delivery methods with target learners' needs, contexts, and learning styles.
- Collaborate with impact teams to define and track metrics on engagement, learning outcomes, and long-term impact.
- Adapt existing content and create new materials, including e-learning modules, workshops, and practical tools.
- Identify and manage subject matter experts and third-party support providers to enhance program quality.
- Support program delivery teams with troubleshooting and continuous improvement of the learner journey.
- Collaborate with internal teams, including marketing, to ensure brand compliance and effective content dissemination.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including at least 3 years of designing or delivering programs for African social entrepreneurs.
- Experience with learning design, pedagogy, curriculum development, content production, and facilitation.
- Experience setting up large-scale mentoring programs.
- Experience in co-creating with third-party delivery partners, subject matter experts, and consultants.
- Experience working in East Africa and other regions in the continent.
- Detail-oriented project management skills.
- Strong writing and editing skills.
- Critical thinking skills and the ability to work, problem-solve, and collaborate thoughtfully with colleagues and personalities at all levels both externally and internally, across various functions and geographies.
- Ability to work in Nairobi, Kenya, with the expectation of working from the office 3 days a week.
Benefits & Perks
Hybrid work schedule with 3 days in the Nairobi office
18-month fixed-term contract
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