Learning Platform (Leap) Consultant

Position Overview

This is a remote contract position to support development of our global learning management platform. We expect the contract to run through December 15, 2023 and that the consultant will work 20 hours per week.

About Rare

Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. Conservation ultimately comes down to people – their behaviors toward nature, their beliefs about its value, and their ability to protect it without sacrificing basic life needs. And so, conservationists must become as skilled in social change as in fisheries science; as committed to community-based solutions as national and international policymaking. Over more than three decades, Rare has partnered with local organizations to run more than 400 behavior change projects in nearly 60 countries, promoting community-led adoption of solutions across sustainable coastal fisheries management, fuel-efficient cookstove use, reciprocal water agreements, regenerative agriculture, recycling and waste management, wildlife demand reduction, and more.

Project Overview

The Fish Forever program’s Global Hub for Collaboration and Learning (Hub) is looking for creative, entrepreneurial, and collaborative consultant/s to iteratively design and test a digital Learning Platform (LeaP).

Design criteria for LeaP include, but is not limited to:

• User experience is intuitive and accessible to multilingual and cultural audiences
• Look and feel aligns with Hub visual identity
• Maintains functionality in areas with low internet bandwidth/connectivity and through mobile phones
• Integrates with and leverages existing Rare data and information management systems, such as the FF Portal, and common online/digital tools/apps such as WordPress, Google tools, MS Office, Canva, Genial.ly, and Mural

The consultant/s will work primarily with the Hub and at least 2 Fish Forever country teams, to execute the essential functions and deliverables summarized in the Scope of Work and Deliverables Table. This table, along with additional details about the project and position, are available on our website: www.rare.org/careers.

Consultant Requirements

You should have the demonstrated ability to:

1. Collect, analyze, and present data as meaningful input for decision-making
2. Recommend practical solutions to set-up and manage a global Learning Platform that will be used by audiences with diverse tech/digital abilities and access
3. Apply user and learner-centered design principles to create digital/e-learning experiences
4. Use industry-standard technology (i.e. SCORM) to design e-learning products and learning management systems
5. Communicate, verbally and in writing, effectively and empathetically with diverse multicultural and multilingual teams

Evaluation Process

If interested, you must submit a proposal to [email protected] by May 30, 2023.

Your proposal must include the following:

1. Curriculum vitae, highlighting relevant experiences and qualifications
2. Work plan that includes methodology, activities, duration, and fee for each phase of work
3. Work samples of relevant projects

Proposals will be reviewed by an evaluation and selection team that is composed of the following:

1. Vice President for the Global Hub for Learning and Development
2. Learning Design/Resources specialist
3. Tech Solutions specialist