Educational Instructional Designer

ABOUT NAFDA

nafda is a citizen-powered movement, which aims to spark change in the education system by empowering schools to lead bottom-up transformative change. We are on a mission to empower school leaders, educators, and other key education actors to implement and cement innovative participatory approaches to education.

We envision an equitable and inclusive student-centered education system that builds the engaged citizens of tomorrow, where schools have more autonomy to implement participatory local solutions that improve the school and impact its direct community.

Nafda is working with 20 schools to build a movement of change. Our projection for the future is to have 100 new schools in 2023 and 1000 by 2025. Learn about what we have been doing for the past year in this narrative: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4bnlvzyTbzNXRJdWbHEGHthUf_h1c4zGFI… ppt: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFCQ4bAiRg/2RdpzTMIHxrHHUD_ymebZA/view?utm...

Nafda school teams are currently placed in 6 thematic labs which are School-Based Curriculum Development (SBCD), STEM/STEAM, equitable learning, self-expression, community service, students skills and financial sustainability. The selection of labs was based on a community visioning process each school conducted at the beginning of their nafda journey. Schools worked together to identify the overall vision of the lab which was driven by nafda’s core values of good governance, social justice, and citizenship. Each school is working on a 100-day project within 1 to 2 labs. Have a look at the labs’ vision and some of the 100-day projects : https://www.canva.com/design/DAE_1Vebk8w/zP1V8A3_S0suCQ0_s_pnww/view?ut… . The schools will be supported by coalition members that will provide expert support to ensure success.

JOB SUMMARY

The Educational Instructional Designer collaborates closely with the nafda lab coordinator and school-based 100-day team coordinator. S/he is responsible for documenting the 100-day project in a pedagogically sound way in order to transfer the school experience to 100 additional selected schools coming in 2023.

The Educational Instructional Designer will transform all accumulated knowledge and data from tacit to explicit, explicit to organized, organized to sharable and shareable to evolving. This includes developing materials and resources as necessary, in collaboration with the school team members. 

The Educational Instructional Designer is also responsible for analyzing education-related results from the school's interventions and bringing innovative knowledge to the projects.

• Liaise with the lab coordinator and the knowledge management officer to agree on general terms to document schools’ 100-day projects. 
• Coach and mentor schools to provide high-quality content that will feed into the LMS refined content.
• Develop material with the school (videos, infograph, text, recording, screen recording, student work etc) about the 100-day project to simplify the transfer and replication of the 100-day project from one school to another.
• Conduct regular visits to the schools to provide documentation and technical support to the 100-day teams.
• Write up progress reports about the documentation of the projects

I- Minimum

Qualifications (Required)

• ​​​​Master’s degree in Education or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Experience at least 5 years of experience implementing and providing technical guidance on basic education programs: content development or curriculum development. 
• Proven experience in project planning and report writing
• Significant experience in designing and delivering training, coaching and mentoring, and the development of educational materials and resources.

Competencies / Personal Attributes

• Superior organizational skills and ability to multitask on constant basis
• Ability to adapt and work under pressure meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Creative and flexible with problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated professionalism and diplomacy
• Strategy planning skills for education initiatives
• People management particularly influences management

Technical SKILLS

• Knowledge and understanding of best practices in basic education programs, including technical Understanding of community development processes
• Strong MS Office and program management tools and procedures
• Knowledge and experience in education research, quantitative and qualitative methods

II- Desired

• Qualifications (An Asset)
• Experience in quality improvement
• Experience in coaching
• Knowledge of adult learning  

Languages:

Fluency in Arabic and English languages (written and Spoken), French is a plus