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Talent Pool : Instructional Designer Learning Trajectories Care System

Netherlands (Remote)
Full-time
Freelancer

Your mission

Overview 
  
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    
Inclusive design     
  • 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   
  • Ensure collaborative/inclusive design processes   
  • 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

To learn more about the role, please review the Job Description.

Your profile

Education
  • 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.
  • Strong coordination skills.
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.

What we offer

  • 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.
 

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their applications (CV and motivation letter in English) by October 21, 2026. We are reviewing submissions on a rolling basis, so early applications are strongly recommended.

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Disclaimer
  • Only applications received via our website are processed.
  • If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
  • It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.

À propos de nous

À propos de War Child Alliance

La Fondation War Child Alliance est une organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) internationale qui s’engage à soutenir les enfants touchés par les conflits armés. Nous travaillons aux côtés de partenaires, de gouvernements, d’enseignants, de personnes qui prennent soin des enfants et de communautés afin de favoriser le bien-être et l’apprentissage des enfants, de les protéger contre toute forme de violence et de préjudice, et de veiller à ce que la guerre ne détermine pas leur avenir.

Notre approche repose essentiellement sur des méthodes fondées sur des données probantes. Nous nous appuyons sur la recherche et sur les enseignements tirés de trente années d’expérience pour identifier les pratiques efficaces et déployer à plus grande échelle les approches qui ont fait leurs preuves dans différents contextes.

Nos équipes internationales interviennent dans différents pays et régions, en mettant en commun des compétences et des expériences issues de contextes variés. War Child intervient actuellement en Afghanistan, en République centrafricaine, en Colombie, en République démocratique du Congo, en Jordanie, au Liban, dans le territoire palestinien occupé, au Soudan, au Soudan du Sud, en Syrie, en Ouganda, en Ukraine et au Yémen. Nous disposons également de bureaux membres de l’Alliance en Allemagne, aux Pays-Bas, en Suède et au Royaume-Uni, ainsi que de l’organisation Children in Conflict aux États-Unis. Site officiel de War Child

Sauvegarde et intégrité
Notre priorité absolue est de garantir la sécurité des enfants et des adultes à risque avec lesquels nous travaillons. Nous nous engageons à assurer la protection des enfants et des adultes vulnérables dans tous les aspects de nos activités.

Nous appliquons une politique de tolérance zéro à l’égard de tout comportement ou de toute pratique susceptible d’exposer les enfants et/ou les adultes vulnérables à des risques d’abus ou de préjudice.
Toutes les personnes candidates à un poste, ainsi que les membres du personnel, doivent respecter et s’engager à appliquer notre politique de protection de l’enfance (Child Safeguarding Policy), notre Code de conduite et notre politique relative à la prévention de l’exploitation et des abus sexuels ainsi qu’à la protection des adultes à risque (PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy).

Vous pouvez consulter nos politiques relatives à la protection de l’enfance et des adultes à risque ici : Intégrité et sauvegarde – Accueil.

Justice, équité, diversité, inclusion et sentiment d’appartenance (JEDI/DEIB)
Nous valorisons la diversité et l’inclusion et nous nous engageons à garantir un traitement équitable à l’ensemble de notre personnel et des personnes candidates à nos postes, indépendamment de leur lieu de naissance, de leurs origines, de leur identité ou de toute autre caractéristique personnelle.

Nous souhaitons offrir un environnement de travail sûr et inclusif, dans lequel chaque personne, en particulier celles qui sont actuellement marginalisées ou sous-représentées, puisse être pleinement elle-même au travail.