If you love developing innovative educational programs, engaging in service learning, and connecting to humanitarian causes, JDC Entwine has an outstanding opportunity for you. We’re looking for a Learning Designer to be a key curriculum developer, researching to create sophisticated educational content for our programs, including trips, fellowships, events, and leadership programs. This role includes some facilitation, with a primary emphasis on program design.
As part of our commitment to internal mobility and growth at JDC, we are currently seeking internal candidates only for this position. If you are looking for your next step at JDC and have many of the relevant qualifications listed below, we encourage you to apply!
What will you do as a Learning Designer?
- Design compelling and engaging educational content employing best practices in experiential education to engage young adults in global Jewish causes.
- Create content for intimate and large-scale events that educate and inspire college students and young professionals in their 20s and 30s to connect with global Jewry.
- Design trainings and retreats that develop leaders for the Jewish world.
- Design and implement dynamic, immersive asynchronous learning experiences (e.g., do-it-yourself education modules, games, podcasts, articles, etc.) to engage young adults in global Jewish causes.
- Train staff and lay leaders to effectively facilitate educational content and modules.
- Manage the integration of curricula and coach staff on the implementation of program models across Entwine’s program areas
- Required to staff 1-2 Global Insider Trips per year and attend 1-2 leadership retreats per year.
- Be a JDC Entwine expert
- Maintain excellent knowledge of JDC’s global programs
- Represent Entwine at gatherings, conferences, and other public venues as needed.
- One of Entwine’s core values is staff growth and development. Entwine has created competencies for each role. We expect people in this role will master their competencies in 3-4 years.
- Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time
What qualifications are required to be our Learning Designer?
- Expertise in experience design, experiential learning, and/or UX learning
- Knowledge on relevant issues and trends in the young adult space
- Training/facilitation skills, including coaching skills
- Feedback skills, both in ability to give constructive and positive feedback, and to receive feedback
- Forward-thinking and strategic outlook, critical thinking skills
- Creative problem solver
- Outstanding writing skills, particularly in the area of content creation
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Team oriented, ability to work independently and collaboratively on program creation
- Process-oriented, deliberate
- Ability to travel, both domestically and internationally
- Ability to read words and numbers
- Ability to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment
- Ability to communicate in person or over the telephone
Additional Preferred Skills and Competencies:
- Experience in blended learning or digital learning
- Experience in creating immersive experiences (e.g. training or experience with design thinking, museum education, camp programming, field education, service learning, learning through cultural exchange, etc.)
- Experience in developing educational event programming
- Experience with integrating principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) into learning design
- Passion for humanitarian work and/or global Jewish service strongly preferred
Additional Details
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Hours: 35 hours/week, 8:45 AM – 4:45PM with a 1-hour lunch break
- Location: Hybrid from New York, NY in office Tuesdays and Thursdays, or remotely based in any other state in which JDC currently has staff: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MN, NE, NC, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, and Washington, DC.
- Reports to: Director of Program Design and Jewish Learning
- Job Function/Department: Entwine
- Other: Travel approx. 5% of the time nationally and internationally (2-4 times/year)
What are the compensation and benefits for a Learning Designer?
This is a full time position paid semi-monthly at a salary of $75,000-$85,000 per year; in determining where a candidate falls in that range JDC considers several factors, including skills and experience, internal equity, and cost of living in location of work. This role is exempt per the FLSA.
We offer an excellent benefits package, including but not limited to:
- 100% paid medical and dental insurance for employee coverage
- Paid time off, including 20 vacation days, 20 sick days, 3 personal days, 10 national holidays, and up to 14 Jewish holidays depending on the Jewish calendar for any given year
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time staff who have worked with JDC for at least 1 year
- 403(b) with JDC contributions of 6.5% of salary
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), commuter benefits, and life insurance
- Learning & Development: Ongoing opportunities for professional development through workshops and trainings with our internal L&D program
- Food Perks: Bagel Thursdays and beverages/snacks in the office for on-site and hybrid employees
Equal Employment Opportunity
JDC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As the world’s leading global Jewish humanitarian organization, we are committed to treating people with compassion and respect. All qualified applications will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, reproductive health decision-making, marital status, height, weight, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, AIDS/HIV-positive status, victim of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
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Application Deadline: August 16, 2024
Expected Start Date: TBD
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About JDC
JDC -- the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint" -- is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and lead the Jewish community’s response to crises. For over 100 years, our work has put the timeless Jewish value of mutual responsibility into action, making JDC essential to the survival of millions of people and the advancement of Jewish life across the globe.
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