Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for aSpecialist, Online Learningto join our global team.
Team and Role Purpose
Team purpose
To develop and implement innovative talent and learning strategies that attract, select, and nurture diverse talent in alignment with the organisation’s strategic objectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and inclusivity while ensuring compliance with organisational policies and principles of equity. By overseeing global talent management, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development, the team ensures leadership continuity and organisational growth. Through evaluating the effectiveness of these programmes, the team drives continuous improvement, equipping all employees with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to an inclusive and supportive workplace.
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.
- Job Title: Specialist, Online Learning
- Reports To: Head, Leadership and Capability Development
- Work Pattern: Remote with flexible working options available
- Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers
- Contract Length: Permanent
- Right to Work: The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based, for the duration of employment.
- Language Requirements: Bilingual - English with Arabic, French or Spanish
- International Travel: up to 5%
- People Management: No
- Budget Responsibility: No
- Remit: Global
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
Working at Save the Children International
Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We know that great people make a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.
Application Information
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found at SCI Careers. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.
Our Recruitment Process
- Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
- Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
- Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
- If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks
We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
