Instructional Design Coordinator

Industry: Nonprofit/International Development/Social Entrepreneurship/PhilanthropyJob Title: Instructional Design Coordinator Reports to: Instructional Design Lead Position Type: Full timeLocation: East Africa (This position will either be based in Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya depending on the location of successful candidate)About Village Enterprise:Village Enterprise’s mission is to end extreme poverty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship, innovation, and collective action. By empowering women, refugees, and youth to launch small businesses and savings groups, our cost- effective model provides dignified and sustainable pathways for individuals to lift themselves and their families out of extreme poverty for good.To date, Village Enterprise has trained 396,872 first-time entrepreneurs, 80% of whom are women, and supported the launch of 120,609 businesses and 9,309 Business Savings Groups (BSGs). These efforts have positively impacted 2,478,065 lives across Africa.With operations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, and partnerships in other sub–Saharan African countries, Village Enterprise continues to expand its reach. As we scale our impact, our aim remains ambitious yet achievable: to lift 20 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035Position SummaryThe Instructional Design Coordinator (IDC) supports the end-to-end design, adaptation, and quality assurance of learning solutions within Village Enterprise’s Technical Assistance (TA) portfolio. This role ensures that all tools, curricula, and learning experiences used to deliver our evidence-based Graduation Approach are contextually grounded, human-centered, and scalable across government and partner systems. IDC supports the translation of complex program methodologies into practical, engaging, and visually consistent learning materials that strengthen capacity among local partners, government staff, and implementing teams.Core ResponsibilitiesProduct design and Curriculum development:

• Design, develop, adapt, and continuously improve learning materials and experiences across the TA portfolio, ensuring alignment with Village Enterprise’s Graduation Approach, evidence base, and quality standards.
• Develop curricula that ensure clear, consistent, and high-quality content across all learning assets.
• Create engaging learning experiences and apply effective learning methodologies that reinforce knowledge retention and behavior change.
• Establish and maintain templates, design systems, and brand guidelines for TA learning products.

Project Coordination and Stakeholder Management:

• Coordinate the co-design, development, and adaptation of learning products and curricula.
• Manage project timelines, priorities, and deliverables to ensure the timely completion of learning products.
• Facilitate collaboration and communication among technical teams and key stakeholders throughout the product development process.

Digital Learning and innovation:

• Develop and implement engaging digital, blended, and technology-enabled learning solutions.
• Apply appropriate instructional design methodologies and learning technologies to enhance learner engagement and accessibility.
• Stay abreast of trends and emerging practices in instructional design, adult learning, and digital learning technologies, recommending relevant approaches and tools to strengthen learning outcomes.

Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure instructional quality through regular reviews, evaluations, and quality assurance processes.
• Monitor learning effectiveness and use evidence, feedback, and evaluation findings to drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain curriculum repositories and learning resources to ensure consistency, accessibility, and version control.
• Ensure quality assurance for all creative outputs in alignment with Village Enterprise’s brand identity, tone, and visual storytelling standards.

Capacity Building and Facilitation Support:

• Strengthen the capacity of facilitators, partners, and internal teams through coaching, training-of-trainers, and ongoing support.
• Promote best practices in adult learning, facilitation, and instructional design across Village Enterprise programs.
• Support Village Enterprise TA teams and partners to strengthen facilitation skills and adult learning methodologies.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement by sharing knowledge, tools, and best practices across teams.

Safeguarding

• Continuously sensitize partner teams and program participants on safeguarding principles.
• Ensure all TA partners comply with VE’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Promptly report and follow up on any safeguarding incidents in collaboration with partner management.

Key Indicators of SuccessHigh-Quality Learning Products Delivered:

• Learning curricula, tools, and resources are developed, adapted, and delivered within agreed timelines, meet established instructional design and quality standards, and align with Village Enterprise's Graduation Approach and evidence-based practices.
• Learning products are user-centered, relevant, accessible, and effectively support intended learning and performance outcomes.

Capacity Strengthening and Tailored Support:

• Facilitators and partners demonstrate improved instructional delivery, while learning resources remain current, accessible, standardized, and compliant with safeguarding and organizational quality standards.
• Increased use of adult learning and instructional design best practices.
• Consistently high learner and stakeholder satisfaction ratings (e.g., ≥85%).

Effective Project Coordination and Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Product development projects are completed within agreed timelines through effective coordination and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Stakeholders express high satisfaction with the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of the learning products or solutions developed to support partnership priorities (e.g., gender, climate resilience, and early childhood development).

Quality Assurance and Evaluation:

• Learning products achieve high learner satisfaction, incorporate evaluation findings, and are continuously improved based on evidence and feedback.
• Up-to-date and well-maintained curriculum repositories.

Digital Learning and Innovation

• Increased adoption of digital and blended learning solutions.
• Enhanced learner engagement and accessibility.
• Integration of innovative learning tools and methodologies.