About Us

The vision of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing is to make mental wellbeing, including recovery from substance use challenges, a reality for everyone. Despite overwhelming need, nearly 30 million people across the U.S. do not have access to comprehensive, high-quality, affordable mental health and substance use care when they need it.

Founded in 1969, the National Council is a membership organization that drives policy and social change on behalf of nearly 3,300 mental health and substance use prevention, treatment and recovery organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. We advocate for policies to ensure equitable access to high-quality services and support. We build the capacity of mental health and substance use treatment organizations. And we promote greater understanding of mental wellbeing as a core component of comprehensive health and health care. Through our Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program, we have trained more than 3 million people in the U.S. to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.

The National Council is growing rapidly to meet this moment; both our budget ($77M) and passionate staff (250 ) have grown more than 50% since 2020. In addition, while we maintain office space in Washington, DC, we are a remote-first organization, meaning our employees work remotely from their locations across the United States.

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and commit ourselves to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Position Summary

The Curriculum Developer is responsible for designing and developing new components of the Mental Health First Aid curriculum as well as evaluating and making modifications to existing components. The person in this role should be passionate about developing innovative learning solutions that are results-based, learner-centered, and meet learning and program objectives.

This is an individual contributor role without any direct reports. While this position can be done remotely from anywhere in the US, you must primarily work our Washington, DC business hours of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop learning material to be used in in-person, virtual, and blended delivery models using sound principles of instructional design and project management skills.
• Work with subject matter experts on content revisions and new content.
• Write and edit educational materials following editorial and brand guidelines.
• Manage small- and large-scale instructional design projects.
• Apply pedagogical/andragogical principles and learning theories to create engaging course designs.
• Create course materials that meet accessibility standards.
• Maintain awareness of best practices, emerging technologies, and new potentials in educational technology that may be adopted as new and emerging instructional media, technologies, pedagogies and practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years of curriculum and instructional design experience.
• Experience developing learning content for in-person, virtual, and blended delivery models.
• Expertise in creating or modifying learning content and approaches to meet identified needs.
• Skilled at designing learning materials using software such as Adobe InDesign, the Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator), and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience developing eLearning modules using course authoring software such as Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise 360.
• Experience with designing accessible learning content and materials.
• Fluent in Chinese, Korean, or Khmer to support one of our translated curricula.
• Proficient using the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong project management skills.
• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal skills.
• Results-oriented with a very high attention to detail.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Technically proficient and able to navigate new learning technologies as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Instructional Design, Educational/Instructional Technology, Adult Learning, Learning Design/Experience, or comparable field of study.
• Background in mental or behavioral health.