Curriculum Development Specialist / Deputy Instructor

Curriculum Development Specialist / Deputy Instructor Engagement: Part-time
Work location: Remote support with recurring in-person performance at approved locations in Indiana

Position summary

The Curriculum Development Specialist / Deputy Instructor converts program research and training needs into a structured, competency-based learning experience. The position develops and maintains all instructional products, co-facilitates in-person courses, supports virtual sessions, and provides qualified backup coverage for the Lead Instructor.

Essential responsibilities

• Design, document, and update the Junior Leadership Development Training Program and its learning objectives, modules, lesson plans, exercises, and facilitator guides.
• Develop content covering conflict resolution, strategic thinking, motivation, tactical execution, communication, mentorship, and leadership application.
• Translate market-analysis, organizational-audit, and interview findings into relevant learning scenarios and case studies.
• Create physical and digital participant workbooks, presentation decks, assessments, exercises, discussion guides, and Leadership Improvement Plan templates.
• Develop pre- and post-training assessments that measure knowledge, engagement, skill development, and practical application.
• Co-facilitate quarterly half-day workshops and two-day courses; lead selected monthly virtual sessions and provide instructor backup as needed.
• Support team-based exercises, role-playing activities, mentorship discussions, participant coaching, and final project presentations.
• Maintain version control and consistency across physical and digital training products and ensure materials are ready before each event.
• Ensure curriculum reflects NGR 601-1, the Army Leader Development Strategy, and AR 350-1, and apply improvements identified through feedback, supervisor evaluations, and quarterly reporting.

Minimum qualifications

• At least five years of teaching, training, instructional design, curriculum development, or facilitation experience when assigned to instructor duties.
• Demonstrated experience developing competency-based adult-learning content, assessments, and facilitator materials.
• Strong classroom and virtual facilitation skills, including the ability to manage discussions and experiential learning activities.
• Excellent writing, editing, organization, presentation-design, and quality-review skills.
• Ability to travel within Indiana and work scheduled evenings or weekends when required.
• Ability to satisfy applicable installation-access, background-investigation, CAC, and mandatory training requirements if required for the assignment.

Preferred qualifications

• Valid teaching license, instructional-design credential, adult-learning certification, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Prior military service as an NCO or Officer or experience creating training for military audiences.
• Experience with leadership-development programs, training-needs assessments, learning-management systems, and blended learning.
• Familiarity with Army leader-development doctrine, recruiting organizations, and military case-study development.

Measures of success

• Training materials are accurate, engaging, instruction-ready, and available in required physical and digital formats.
• Curriculum remains aligned to identified leadership gaps and Government-directed outcomes.
• Backup delivery can occur without disruption or a material decline in training quality.