Specialist - Learning & Development - Tertiary Care/Cure Blindness Project (5-10 yrs)

1. POSITION VACANT: L&D Specialist- Tertiary Care, Cure Blindness Project, New Delhi

2. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND:

Founded in 1995, the Cure Blindness Project (CBP) is a global nonprofit organization driven to help people retain or regain their sight. Over 43 million people worldwide are blind, and 295 million suffer from vision impairment, with 90% living in low- and middle-income countries where access to eye care is limited. However, 80% of this burden is preventable or treatable, with simple interventions like cataract surgery, restoring sight to millions.

For more than 25 years, the CBP has worked to eliminate avoidable blindness by building cost-effective, high-quality eye care systems in underserved areas. In collaboration with partners in over 25 countries, the organization has performed 1.4 million sight-restoring surgeries, screened 14.5 million people, and trained over 19,500 eye health professionals.

As the organization expands to scale impact, CBP is seeking passionate leaders who are dedicated to making a difference, driving change, and fostering a positive team environment to help reach new heights in the fight against blindness.

For more information about CBP, please visit: https://cureblindness.org/

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the Manager- Tertiary Care, the L&D Specialist- Tertiary Care (LDS-TC) will be responsible for the instructional design of in-person, hybrid and virtual learning experiences for Tertiary Care programs as well as facilitation of courses. This role will focus on partnership and relationship management with senior level subject matter experts for the design of these learning experiences. The incumbent will also be responsible for developing tertiary care training courses and hosting on the learning management system.

Essential Job Functions:

(1) Build and maintain highly collaborative working relationships with counterparts in other Cure Blindness Project offices, including regional offices, national offices and headquarters;

(2) Foster a positive and productive organizational culture in alignment with Cure Blindness global culture and values;

(3) Achieve and exceed organization goals for training, infrastructure, patient care and prevention;

(4) Instill operational and business management rigor in the organization, in the areas of scorecard, analysis, reporting, financial accountability, partner relationship management, and day to day operations;

(5) Review and update the Cure Blindness Policy and Procedures Manual, Cure Blindness partner Standards (SPS) yearly and as needed and ensure they are adopted by all partners

(A) Instructional Design and Facilitation

(1) Project manage end-to-end curriculum development, piloting, finalization, and updating in accordance with program, grant, and partner needs;

(2) Utilize instructional design, adult learning principles and innovative methods in the conceptualization, design, and development of virtual, hybrid and in-person learning programs for multiple levels of learners;

(3) Ensure quality control of learning solutions against outlined learning objectives and translate content into learner-centered experiences;

(4) Manage clinical training section of digital online learning management platform, enrolling participants in courses, updating content in courses, uploading core resources, etc.

(5) Leverage key tools, and performance monitoring methods to deliver results and track/assess effectiveness;

(6) Collaborate with MERL colleagues to develop, strengthen and implement impact measurements related to efficacy of L&D programs;

(7) Collaborate with L&D specialists for primary care to share best practices, lessons learned, and strengthen L&D approaches across programs;

(8) Under the supervision of the Senior Manager and Manager Tertiary care, lead the development and execution of curricula and learning product annual work planning;

(9) Actively leverage and maintain project management tools to fuel effectiveness and operational excellence.

(B) Relationship Management

(1) Engage with a wide variety of senior subject matter experts around the world in course design, development, and piloting, including to gather and curate content, develop lesson plans, and review draft curricula for primary care programs;

(2) Collaborate with regional and in-country teams to adapt curriculum to local needs.

(3) Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.

4. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:

Qualification: Applicants must have a Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a focus in Instructional Design, Educational Technology or related discipline preferred

Experience: Applicants must have a minimum of five years of recent experience in instructional design and learning asset materials development.

Skills and Competencies:

(1) Proven oral and written communication skills to build and execute learning experiences and products;

(2) Ability to work effectively and diplomatically with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders including partners, cross functional teams, senior level subject matter experts;

(3) Previous end-to-end experience with virtual and in-person learning management experiences required;

(4) Set and meet product roadmaps with properly scoped deadlines that have well-defined milestones;

(5) Experience with the assessment of learning needs, proposing, designing, developing, delivering, and measuring success of learning solutions;

(6) Strong organizational, communications, relationship, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and deliver high quality products;

(7) Detail-oriented with an ability to set clear priorities alongside keen analytic, organizational, and problem-solving skills that drive decision making and projects to completion;

(8) Ability to ask the big-picture questions that ensure timely delivery of products and lead to process improvements to support scaling of learning and development programs;

(9) Ability to thrive and adapt in a fast-paced and evolving environment - virtually and in-person.

(10) Experience working in multi-cultural environments and ability to successfully collaborate with cross functional teams and leaders to drive results;

(11) Prior experience and competency in learning management systems, Microsoft Office's essential applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), InDesign, Articulate SCORUM files, as well as SharePoint, Teams, and Zoom;

(12) Preferred familiarity with project management software (e.g., Airtable, Trello, or similar);

(13) Strong written and spoken English language proficiency;

(14) Previous experience in public health learning and development roles shall be preferred;

(15) Flexibility to work off hours, nights, and weekends when needed

Additional Qualifications:

(1) Excitement to join a nonprofit institution poised to expand global operations;

(2) Outgoing personality that can collaborate with a variety of personalities at all levels of the organization, building relationships and shared goals across departments and partner organizations;

(3) A sense of discretion and a high degree of professionalism is required, ability to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information;

(4) Demonstrates a highly professional and cooperative demeanor with supervisors, coworkers and partners;

(5) Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills;

(6) Detail oriented and able to efficiently prioritize tasks;

(7) Flexibility to adjust and contribute to continually evolving work situations and changing priorities;

(8) Committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

Physical Requirements:

(1) Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer;

(2) Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time

5. COMPENSATION OFFERED:

The salary and benefits package budgeted for the position is attractive. Please note that the offer made to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience and salary history.

6. LOCATION: New Delhi