Educational Consultant

Learning Bird • Remote (Canada) • 16h ago

Education Consultant with Travel

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Join a great team and do meaningful work!

Learning Bird supports First Nations, Métis and Inuit schools and Nations in building curricula, custom courses, and digital resources. Learning Bird is a 100% remote company with contributors located across Canada.

Role Summary

You will be a pedagogical expert who delivers education consulting services to our partner communities and schools. You will work with education authorities, principals, educators, Elders and other community stakeholders to create engaging, culturally relevant, curriculum-aligned learning materials. You will often travel to communities with a videographer to film cultural events, record interviews with Elders, and connect with the needs of the communities you serve.

Once materials have been gathered, you will coordinate small ad hoc project teams to create learning materials, typically consisting of a media designer and 1-2 instructional designers.

Personality Profile

You can shift smoothly as priorities and demands change. You are flexible, versatile, and even-keeled. The job requires that you display empathy and build bridges with colleagues.

You may also occasionally be expected to serve as a dynamic thought partner and an innovative leader, leveraging your broad understanding of the business and domain expertise.

You will be asked to serve as a liaison and translator between teams, helping others get up to speed even when they have only a general understanding of a concept or project. You must be a versatile communicator who understands each team member's strongest drives and behaviours. You are critical to balancing conflicts over work priorities and to addressing differences of opinion.

Job Profile

20% Travelling (up to 12 weeks/year)
10% Project Design
25% Working with partners
10% Tracking progress
35% Reviewing the work of others

What you will do

Work with multiple Indigenous communities and organizations
Lead small project-based teams to create engaging content following Learning Bird's methods and processes
Plan and develop engaging educational resource outlines and scripts for videos, audio files, presentations, and activity sheets
Review content created by others to ensure pedagogical, cultural, and contextual fit with the communities they work with
Oversee the work of videographers to gather relevant footage in community
Initiate and lead regular meetings with project teams
Initiate and lead regular meetings with community partners
Track team progress against time allocations and adjust plans
Escalate delivery issues to the appropriate Learning Bird manager
Travel to remote communities to meet partners, deliver teacher training workshops, collect relevant source materials (e.g., photos, maps, translations), and conduct interviews
Collaborate with administrators, educators, and community members
Conduct interviews with local Elders and knowledge keepers, respecting protocol and cultural norms
Ensure all learning materials are consistent in style and pedagogy
Communicate the partner’s needs and expectations for the design and development of their resources to the ad hoc team
Gather partner feedback and integrate comments into the final resources
Identify opportunities for further collaboration with partners and coordinate follow-up with the business development team

Training and Experience

A Bachelor’s degree in Education or equivalent (Master’s or Ph.D. an asset)
2+ years in a K-12 classroom in Canada
Experience working with and in Indigenous communities
Experience supporting Indigenous learners
Good communication skills, including the ability to present your work in a compelling manner
Good networking and interpersonal skills
Proven organizational skills
Experience leading small project-based teams

Pedagogical Skills

Knowledge of principles, theories, and practices used in resource/curriculum development, specifically in Indigenous education
Ability to deliver in-person and/or virtual professional learning experiences with educators (K-12 and adult education)
Ability to think critically about the learning process and to guide partners and team members on creating meaningful, culturally appropriate resources with strong student engagement

In addition, you should have

A suitable remote work environment
High-speed Internet
Computer (BYOD stipend approx $650/year)
Strong computer and software skills
Driver’s license
A desire for travel to remote Indigenous communities across Canada

This is a full-time (40 hours/week) remote position (EST time zone).

Learning Bird is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an organization that works with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, we value Indigenous perspectives in the workplace and strongly encourage Indigenous candidates to apply.

Send us your CV as a PDF (no Word docs, please). Show us who you are and what you can do, and tell us how you think we can work together.

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