Associate, Design and Development

Start Date: February 2025

End Date: February 2026

Job Location: Remote / Virtual / Work from Home**

** Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to one of the following states within 30 days: California, Illinois, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Texas, Georgia**

Salary Range: Approx. High $50,000s - Low $60,000s

Organization Description:

Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a national non-profit organization that creates educational opportunities for peers to share the tools and resources young people need to make healthy decisions. Since 2003, we have trained more than 15,000 college students to deliver in-person health education to over 188,000 high school-aged young people in communities across the country. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we re-designed our in-person programming to be delivered virtually and partnered with high school students to understand their mental health needs. Following that collaboration, we launched our app selfsea.org for young people ages 13 – 18. In the past year, we’ve expanded from two in-person program models to five in-person and digital program offerings, and we are continuing to grow! Our mission is critical, our team is diverse, and our work is vibrant. Check us out on TikTok (@peerhealthexchange)!

Learn more about our responsiveness and shift to digital in this article co-authored by our colleagues, “Youths Know What They Need to Support Their Mental Health”!

About the role:

As the Associate, Design and Development you will partner with Sr. Manager, Design & Development to research, improve, design, develop and implement e-learning products and programming in alignment with learning guidelines, industry best-practices, evidence-based research, stakeholder feedback and evaluation and learning to educate, train and prepare learners to advance health equity. You will report directly to the Sr. Manager, Design & Development.

About the Organizational Learning & Strategy team:

With Strong collaboration with young people, the OLS team will define and assess impact in our strategic plan, creating and monitoring internal and external strategies/processes for applying said definition of impact.

Here’s what you should know:

This is a full-time, contracted position up to 40 hours per week and can be based out of any of our PHE locations.

Here’s what you will do as part of our team:

Learning Design and Development

• Design, develop and implement learning opportunities and learning products for young adults (18-24 yo) to create community, build capacity and explore career interest in (but not limited to): near-peer mentoring and skills-based mental health education skills, behavioral health field exploration, and youth advocacy
• Work with the Sr. Manager, Design & Development to identify, implement and manage learning management system, ​​​​digital platform for asychronous/eLearning, communications, peer support, technical assistance and resource hub to support work as peer and/or near-peer ​​​​navigators
• Coordinate and train educators and staff on using asynchronous/eLearning tools
• Design and host monthly virtual meetings that allow members to share experiences, ​​​​​​discuss challenges, and celebrate successes
• Revise and update course content as needed

Research, Quality and Learning

• Stay updated with the latest learning and instructional trends, technologies and strategies with an emphasis on asynchronous and e-learning
• Monitor and report on learner progress and engagement to designated parties
• Support implementation of stakeholder feedback and other evaluation/learning to improve learning products and impact

Coordination and Collaboration

• Support Sr. Manager, Design & Development in coordinating and scoping collaborations with subject matter experts, and additional stakeholders to inform design, development and implementation of eLearning and other learning products as assigned
• Work collaboratively with other teams at PHE and participate in project and team meetings, events and activities

• Engage learners through regular ​​​​​​communications to keep them informed and engaged around upcoming, community events, AmeriCorps opportunities, resources that support learning and other programing opportunities.
• Support the integration of eLearning with other educational initiatives.

What you’ll bring to the table:

Minimum qualifications:

• 2+ years demonstrated experience in design, developing, implementing and facilitating e-learning products and programs for diverse, adult learners coupled with knowledge of and competency in learning theory and instructional design strategies.
• Possess effective time management, project management, collaboration, research, writing and problem-solving skills

• Willing and able to work remotely
• Attentive to detail and efficient in the management of diverse tasks
• Familiar with e-learning software (Articulate Rise 360), learning management systems (Moodle), learning theory and practice for diverse learners, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Zoom and Outlook
• Demonstrate a strong passion for PHE’s vision to advance health equity and improve health outcomes for young people; mission to empower young people with the knowledge, skills, and resources to make healthy decisions; and a strong alignment with PHE’s core values of Health, Impact, Communication, Equity, and Agency
• Centers youth inclusion, community partnership, and equity work visibly, broadly, in action in part through deep listening and hearing with a lens of inclusion

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with building and incorporating multimedia elements into e-learning

• Familiarity with Moodle LMS

• Bilingual (Spanish)

At Peer Health Exchange, we celebrate diversity and are committed to providing equitable opportunities by addressing the effects of power and privilege. PHE is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, physical disability, veteran status, or time spent unemployed. We want to empower people to change lives!

Note: Peer Health Exchange reserves the right to add additional duties. All Peer Health Exchange employees and volunteers are encouraged to be flexible and responsive to changes in the scope of responsibilities.