Are you passionate about designing engaging, self-paced learning journeys that empower our teams from day one, fostering the right culture and ensuring success?

Well, this might just be the job for you!

ABOUT US

Africa has an untapped talent pool that is increasing exponentially, with a projected workforce that will exceed India and China by 2035. Fuelled by this, our mission is to create work opportunities for millions of Africa’s youth and solve the world’s shortage of technology talent. 

Our company SAND has 450+ staff members from 48+ countries with plans to acquire several companies around the world to become a multi-billion dollar global technology services provider that employs over 100K employees across the globe.

We have two brands represented in our ecosystem:

• With ALX, we are cultivating the fastest-growing pool of technology talent globally, training aspiring professionals in software engineering, cloud computing, data science, and Salesforce across over 60 countries. ALX fosters a vibrant community for top tech talent, igniting transformative careers by connecting top technology talent with extraordinary opportunities for impact.

• Through Sand Technologies, we support enterprises and scale-ups around the world to develop world-class technology products, build great technology teams, generate more revenue, and deliver outstanding customer experience. Our clients include one of the largest cloud computing providers in the world, as well as Bestseller A/S (Denmark), Create Prime (New Zealand), Stanbic Bank (Kenya), and Tamara (Dubai). 

With varying levels of expertise in software development, data, cloud, machine learning, artificial intelligence, UX design, web development, etc., we provide unparalleled opportunities to technology talent worldwide while reshaping industries, disrupting traditional business models, and creating new opportunities for innovation and growth.

We do hard things!

ABOUT THE CURRICULUM TEAM

The Curriculum team consists of Subject Matter Experts, Learning Experience Designers, Motion Graphic Designers, and Multimedia Designers who work together to create high-impact learning journeys. We’re scientists, engineers, teachers, creatives, writers, and many other things. We design, develop, and maintain instructor-led and self-paced curriculums and other learning interventions that are story-driven, problem-centric, intuitive, interactive, and beautiful for both Sand Academy and ALX.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Creatively ideate, design, develop, maintain and manage powerful learning experiences for our staff to foster a culture of employee engagement and enhance job satisfaction.

• Conduct design sessions with various internal stakeholders to map out key learning outcomes and desired competencies to be developed by programmes and courses.

• Map out and create modules, content, projects, assignments and success metrics for different learning programs.

• Manage project timelines for delivering world-class, well-designed learning experiences.

• Curate high-quality course content and detailed session plans for self-paced online learning, facilitated in-person learning, and simulation-based experiential learning.

• Coordinate surveys and feedback mechanisms to gather insights on satisfaction, engagement, and organizational culture that will inform the design and delivery of future learning experiences.

• Contribute to the team pedagogy and content development playbooks.

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience (+5 years) in at least 3 of the following (and willingness to do all): Instructional design, product design, facilitating groups to achieve collective learning outcomes, project management, experiential learning, and/or online learning/technology based-learning.

• Proven experience in stakeholder management, specifically at a C-suite level (beneficial).

• Proven experience in leading the design and development of learning experiences (beneficial).

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, or a related field (beneficial).

• Proficiency in instructional design tools and multimedia content creation, such as Miro, HTML5, Google Suite, and other design tools.

• Proficiency in crafting clear, concise, and compelling written content for various formats, including presentations, scripts, assessments, and instructional materials.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess the effectiveness of learning materials and make data-driven improvements.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Outstanding project management skills and can drive flawless processes with attention to detail, while constantly looking for opportunities for optimization and improvement and managing several projects simultaneously.

• Strong passion to succeed, comfortable under pressure, and with a big desire to have fun in the process.

We would also like to remind you that this is a remote job, which means that you can work from anywhere in the world. However, we have a preference for a GMT to GMT +4 time zone.

We invite all interested candidates to submit a portfolio showcasing their previous work in learning experience design or related fields. 

Salary and compensation

No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Designer and Cloud jobs that are similar:

$70,000 — $100,000/year