Learning Management and Instructional Design Consultant at The Commons Project Foundation, Africa (TCP Africa): (Deadline 22 June 2025)
Job Title: Learning Management and Instructional Design Consultant
Location: Kigali, Rwanda (with travel to program districts)
Reports to: Deputy Program Director
Organization: The Commons Project Foundation, Africa (TCP-Africa)
Program: Digital Jobs for Youth in Health (DJYH)
Contract Type: Full-Time Consultancy
About TCP-Africa
The Commons Project Foundation, Africa (TCP-Africa) is driving a person-centered health revolution across the continent. As part of the Commons Project Foundation (TCP), TCP Africa was established to build and operate digital platforms that enhance healthcare accessibility and empower individuals with secure, verifiable access to their health data. Founded in 2022, TCP Africa is developing and promoting interoperable digital health tools and open standards that enable individuals to access, manage, and share their records seamlessly. In partnership with governments, foundations and other stakeholders, TCP Africa is working to digitize healthcare, build a skilled digital health workforce, and strengthen personal ownership of health data. Headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda, TCP Africa is in its early stages and growing rapidly. Committed to diversity and inclusion, TCP Africa welcomes qualified applicants from all backgrounds and ensures equal opportunities for all.
Background
TCP Africa is seeking an experienced and qualified local Learning Management and Instructional Design Consultant to design and deliver all learning solutions for its “Digital Jobs for Youth in Health (DJYH)” program in Rwanda. This program aims to create 14,640 digital health and entrepreneurship jobs for youth, predominantly (80-90%) women, in Rwanda over a period of four years. The selected consultant will design and align youth training curricular with national health strategies and youth employment policies, liaising with government (Ministries of Health, Youth and ICT, Labor, Education), educational institutions and program partners to ensure relevance and buy-in. Central to DJYH is the network of Digital Community Champions (DCCs) – community-level entrepreneurs trained to market and sell health goods/services via a digital marketplace platform. DCCs receive capacitation training, startup support, and ongoing digital upskilling, which both drive rural health access and create sustainable livelihoods.
Scope of Work
This will be a three to four-year engagement commencing at the beginning of July 2025 with ongoing curriculum development and training updates aligned with program advancements and evolving career opportunities for program participants. The consultant will provide the following services:
Training Curriculum Development & Execution
- Conduct a baseline training-needs analysis of target DCCs and supervisors and periodically re-assess as new cohorts, products or market conditions emerge.
- Develop a comprehensive, modular curriculum for in-person DCC capacitation training and incorporate active learning and adult pedagogy suited to diverse learners.
- Prepare trainers with facilitator guides and training-of-trainers materials.
- Co-create a training curriculum for the DCC supervisors and deliver an initial capacitation workshop and plan regular refresher sessions.
- Design supporting materials (e.g. manuals, e-coaching guides) and advise on optimal supervisor-to-DCC ratios to ensure effective mentoring.
- Collaborate with program partners to design health products and service training that reflects new offerings and partner contributions, ensuring DCCs are equipped to sell a diverse and evolving portfolio
Digital Learning Integration
- Develop engaging e-learning modules aligned with the in-person curriculum. Content should be accessible (mobile-friendly, language appropriate) and address different digital-literacy levels.
- Work closely with the technology partner to integrate these modules into the DJYH marketplace (or linked LMS), ensuring functionality for continuous upskilling, assessments, certification and performance tracking.
- Coordinate with the technology partner to pilot and iterate digital lessons.
Advanced Skills & Career Development
- Identify and design advanced training pathways for career progression. This includes soft job-readiness skills and technical healthcare skills in collaboration with employers.
- Develop credentialed training programs in partnership with MOH and NCSA that comply with Rwanda’s data protection laws.
- Ensure clear links between these programs and accreditation/career advancement
Continuous Curriculum Enhancement and Program Learning
- Establish a process for regularly updating all training content and incorporate new industry trends, health products/services (as partners introduce new goods), and policy changes into the curriculum.
- Integrate feedback from M&E (skills assessments, DCC surveys), lessons learned and best practices and annual stakeholder workshops into iterative revisions.
- Work with the program MEL partner to design dashboards in the technology platform that track learners’ progress and to analyze training outcomes and DCC performance to identify gaps and propose training adaptations.
Deliverables
The consultant will be expected to produce and maintain:
- A modular curriculum package for DCCs and for their supervisors. Materials should be organized for in-person delivery and also adapted for digital format.
- Fully developed e-learning lessons on identified topics, integrated into the DJYH marketplace platform with operational assessment and tracking features.
- Job aids, coaching guides, and a supervisor tracking framework.
- Documented linkages to or the creation of advanced skills training programs tailored to industry demands, with clear pathways for accreditation and career progression.
- Report on learning needs/skills assessment of DCCs/supervisors and summary of M&E-driven updates each year.
- Documentation of stakeholder workshops or alignment meetings.
- At project midpoint and end, a comprehensive report summarizing all activities, outcomes, and lessons learned, with strategic recommendations for future scalability.
Submission Requirements
Interested individual consultants are invited to submit an application package via email to josepha@thecommonsproject.org not later than June 22, 2025. The application package should include:
- A cover letter outlining your interest in this role and how your unique experience and vision align with the nature of this consulting engagement.
- A detailed CV highlighting your experience and work completed that is most relevant to the scope of work provided under section 3.
Top candidates who demonstrate strong alignment with the requirements will be inv
