Curriculum Design Manager

We’re hiring! Are you passionate about curriculum design and education? Then this role is for you!

BluLever is looking for a creative and passionate Curriculum Design Manager. This role is perfect for someone who is experienced in designing and building courses and programmes and is passionate about developing young people.

We’re an early-stage start-up, so this is your opportunity to help grow this organization from the ground up and impact the learning of young and experienced artisans. To learn more take a look at the sections below.

OUR VISION AND MISSION

BluLever Education is empowering Africa’s artisans with skills for the future. BluLever achieves this through holistic vocational education and skills training that creates ethical industry professionals of a global standard. BluLever’s Braamfontein Campus, focused on plumbing apprenticeships, launched in early 2021.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

BluLever Education is preparing Africa for the 4th industrial revolution by mobilising a movement of 5 million artisans as active citizens. We currently offer plumbing apprenticeships for 5 cohorts of 30 students per year, as well as various other artisan training products such as the MakersHub - an incubation hub that supports small businesses in their journey to growth, formalisation and stability. The Blulever team is growing fast, with many more opportunities for growth.

WHO ARE WE (YOU?)

We’re not just building another company, we’re building an institution, a movement that will outlast us all. The road will not be easy, but the impact will be monumental. We need open-minded, people-oriented, passionate, multi skilled, hardworking individuals to join the team and help us build the future of Africa.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Curriculum Manager, you will lead a team of Learning Experience Designers responsible for designing, building and implementing of learning programmes and products. This includes Soft Skills and Technical Content for our Apprenticeship Programmes and new programme design aimed at creating meaningful experiences for students. In addition, this role will include quality assurance management of content, research and involvement in the selection process for our Programmes.

WHAT YOU NEED
For this role, you will need to have an Honours Degree and 3 - 5 years of work experience in managing learning design projects. A strong knowledge of educational software programmes, and experience in an educational environment is a requirement for this role coupled with good communication and writing skills. In addition, experience in managing small teams is required. Experience in facilitation, teaching or training is also beneficial but a passion for education, developing people and the learner experience in particular is key!