Senior Associate, Instructional Design (Kenya)

POSITION SUMMARY: 

We are seeking a skilled Instructional Designer to create engaging learning experiences. Your expertise in curriculum development and instructional strategies will be crucial in ensuring the delivery of effective training. You will be part of the Producer Resource Hub who builds partnerships with producers to reach a shared strategic ambition.

Ultimately, your role will contribute to reach 100 Million producers by fostering the growth and development of stakeholders that support them through well-designed and impactful training programs.

You will lead the development of training related to our Certification program and other programs and support dissemination strategies and data collection via the online learning platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES:   

• Support program managers to identify training needs, costs and return on investments to manage expectations.

• Work with subject matter experts in a global multi stakeholder environment.

• Design roadmaps, monitor timelines and expenses.

• Design and develop effective learning experiences that utilize instructional design theories, practices, and methods.

• Handle outsourcing of resource development and translations.

• Design videos based on screen recording and PowerPoint.

• Analyze content for translation, translate content, validate translations and process in course pages, documents and others.

• Support capacity building, trainers and data collection strategies.

• Monitor and evaluate the success of the implementation, disseminate learnings and improve designs.

• Logistical and administrative support in the online learning platform.

• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:   

• A bachelor's degree in a related field such as education, instructional design, instructional technology. A background in Agronomy is a pre.

• Proficiency in instructional design principles, adult learning methodologies and instructional design models, such as ADDIE.

• Ability to create engaging and interactive learning experiences, including e-courses, online training, face to face training.

• Experience in (outsourcing of) video production, including script writing, screen recording, syncing subtitles and audio with video, translate with AI. 

• Strong writing and editing skills for creating clear and effective learning materials.

• Proficiency in designing assessments and evaluations to measure the effectiveness of training programs.

• Experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle.

• Knowledge of multimedia elements, including graphics, audio, video, and animation, to enhance learning experiences.

• Data analysis skills to interpret evaluation results and make improvements.

• Project management experience in an agile environment with multi stakeholders and the willingness to continuously expand these skills to meet customer needs and add value to the organization.

• Strong problem-solving abilities to identify and address challenges in the design and development of training materials.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills for working with subject matter experts and stakeholders.

• Specific experience in voluntary standards and Rainforest Alliance’s Standard in particular

• Experience in creating contextualized learning experiences for farmers in the coffee, cocoa, tea sector.

Job level: 4A

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Deadline: 29th March 2024

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in Kenya will be considered.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: recruitment@ra.org

WHO WE ARE:

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.

Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.

At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.

Why

To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.

How

Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.

The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability, and any other protected group.