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The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries

Role purpose

To design and deliver engaging, high‑quality digital learning solutions that support personal effectiveness, compliance, and core skills across country offices and global teams, ensuring alignment with Save the Children’s mission and values.

The role has a primary focus on online learning design and development, creating impactful, user‑centred digital learning experiences, while also supporting a broader range of learning initiatives where needed.

The Specialist will work closely with stakeholders to understand learning needs, provide expert guidance, and support teams in designing and delivering effective learning solutions. The role will also champion cultural competence by embedding awareness, understanding, and respect for diverse perspectives within digital and blended learning, using data and insights to continuously evolve and improve learning offerings in line with organisational needs.

Principal Accountabilities

• Design and develop engaging, high‑quality online learning solutions using tools such as Articulate Rise and Storyline, ensuring content supports personal effectiveness, compliance, and core skill development across country offices and global teams, and aligns with Save the Children’s mission and values.
• Apply best practice in instructional design, digital learning, user experience, and accessibility to create effective, learner‑centred e‑learning and blended learning solutions.
• Collaborate closely with People Partners and key stakeholders to understand learning needs, scope requirements, and co‑create digital learning solutions that are practical, relevant, and impactful.
• Manage the end‑to‑end development of e‑learning content, including storyboarding, design, build, testing, and updates, ensuring consistency and quality across all outputs.
• Support and upskill colleagues and stakeholders in the design and development of e‑learning, providing guidance on tools (such as Rise and Storyline), best practice, and standards to build internal capability.
• Support the design and delivery of blended learning initiatives where appropriate, integrating e‑learning with other formats to enhance learning outcomes and engagement.
• Embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles and champion cultural competence within all digital learning solutions, ensuring content reflects and respects diverse global perspectives.
• Use data, learner analytics, and feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of e‑learning solutions and continuously improve content, functionality, and learner experience.
• Provide guidance and support to stakeholders and teams on the use, implementation, and adoption of e‑learning, helping to maximise engagement and learning transfer across the organisation.

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Instructional Design : Significant experience in designing innovative, high-quality blended learning interventions, that can tailored to diverse teams
• Considerable experience in the full lifecyle of learning (analysis, design, evaluation) across different learning methodolgies for different topics such as personal effectiveness and compliance
• Considerable experience in using learning authoring tools
• Considerable experience incorporating principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all aspects of learning and development, demonstrating impact and understanding of inclusive practices.
• Cultural Competence: Ability to integrate cultural sensitivity and competence into all learning initiatives, creating an inclusive learning environment.
• Collaborative Skills: Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with People Partners and other stakeholders, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning culture.
• Data Analysis and Insights: Competence in using data and insights to inform and continuously evolve learning offerings, ensuring alignment with organisational needs.
• Creative Problem-solving: Ability to develop and encourage innovative solutions that align with Save the Children’s mission and values.
• Experience in Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to engage with and influence internal and stakeholders to develop and implement strategic learning plans.
• Project Management: Skilled in managing multiple L&D projects from inception through to completion, ensuring strategic alignment and effective resource utilisation.

Desirable

• Experience in creating animation and interactive elements within e‑learning.
• Bilingual – English with Arabic, French or Spanish

• Design and develop engaging, high‑quality online learning solutions using tools such as Articulate Rise and Storyline, ensuring content supports personal effectiveness, compliance, and core skill development across country offices and global teams, and aligns with Save the Children’s mission and values.
• Apply best practice in instructional design, digital learning, user experience, and accessibility to create effective, learner‑centred e‑learning and blended learning solutions.
• Collaborate closely with People Partners and key stakeholders to understand learning needs, scope requirements, and co‑create digital learning solutions that are practical, relevant, and impactful.
• Manage the end‑to‑end development of e‑learning content, including storyboarding, design, build, testing, and updates, ensuring consistency and quality across all outputs.
• Support and upskill colleagues and stakeholders in the design and development of e‑learning, providing guidance on tools (such as Rise and Storyline), best practice, and standards to build internal capability.
• Support the design and delivery of blended learning initiatives where appropriate, integrating e‑learning with other formats to enhance learning outcomes and engagement.
• Embed diversity, equity and inclusion principles and champion cultural competence within all digital learning solutions, ensuring content reflects and respects diverse global perspectives.
• Use data, learner analytics, and feedback to evaluate the effectiveness of e‑learning solutions and continuously improve content, functionality, and learner experience.
• Provide guidance and support to stakeholders and teams on the use, implementation, and adoption of e‑learning, helping to maximise engagement and learning transfer across the organisation.

• Instructional Design
• Learning authoring tools (Articulate Rise, Storyline)
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion principles
• Cultural Competence
• Collaborative Skills
• Data Analysis and Insights
• Creative Problem-solving
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Management
• Animation and interactive elements within e-learning (Desirable)
• Bilingual – English with Arabic, French or Spanish (Desirable)

• BA/BSc/HND
• Significant experience in designing innovative, high-quality blended learning interventions
• Considerable experience in the full lifecycle of learning (analysis, design, evaluation)
• Considerable experience in using learning authoring tools
• Considerable experience incorporating principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Ability to integrate cultural sensitivity and competence
• Strong collaboration skills
• Competence in using data and insights
• Ability to develop and encourage innovative solutions
• Proven ability to engage with and influence internal and external stakeholders
• Skilled in managing multiple L&D projects