Content & Curriculum Associate

What does world-class career coaching look like? If you're a career development professional with a clear eye for what quality career coaching means and are interested in being part of a high-growth AI nonprofit, we're looking for you! CareerVillage.org , an award-winning global tech nonprofit, is defining what high quality AI career coaching looks like for ourselves and the field. We’re seeking a mission-driven, full-time Content & Curriculum Associate with deep expertise in career development to support this work. If you have a background as a career coach, advisor, or instructional designer, and are excited to translate your knowledge into AI-driven tech, we’d love to hear from you!
About CareerVillage.org

CareerVillage.org is dedicated to democratizing access to career information and advice for underrepresented people. As our Content & Curriculum Associate, you’ll be a leader in taking the content and effectiveness of our AI Career Coach, Coach, to the next level.
What you’ll do

This is an individual contributor role that reports directly to our Coaching & Learning Expert.

Please note: This role sits at the intersection of two ever-evolving fields: career development and AI. The responsibilities of this role will change as CareerVillage adapts to field learnings. Candidates who are adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, and embrace a growth-mindset for learning new technology will be a great fit.

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Create and improve content: Lead the creation of new career development content and continuously update 50+ existing career topics to keep pace with learner needs, partner requests, and organizational strategy. This involves developing and maintaining prompts grounded in instructional design principles, that tell Coach how to interact with users step by step (no technical expertise required, you will learn on the job, though comfort with new tools is a must!, you will learn on the job, though comfort with new tools is a must!).

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Manage the content feedback loop : Collect, prioritize, and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders, and handle ad-hoc content requests from across teams as they arise.

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Translate coaching best practices into quality control systems : Support the development of evaluative criteria that measures whether Coach is delivering high quality, personalized coaching. Contribute to benchmark creation: Support our field-building efforts to identify and prove what quality career coaching looks like in an AI context.

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Collaborate across teams: Partner with Product, Engineering, Partner Success, and other teams to bring content to life, ensuring they align with the platform’s mission and goals.

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Champion career development excellence: Bring expert knowledge of career advising to guide content strategy, ensuring that all activities are transformative and accessible for learners from diverse backgrounds.

What you bring

- 3+ years experience as a career advisor, coach, or in a related field coaching people through career exploration, career planning, and job searching, ideally with a diverse group of beneficiaries.

- Instructional designer experience or Career Coaching Certification (i.e., CPCC, BCC, GCDF, NCDA certifications, etc.)

- Experience translating coaching or advising expertise into written, structured learning content with defined objectives and success criteria.

- Experience working in a very high-growth, fast-paced, rapidly-changing work environment (i.e., a company or nonprofit that doubled its size multiple years in a row, and you loved it)

- Familiarity with established career development theories, pedagogical frameworks (i.e. Bloom’s Taxonomy), skills assessment, and competency-building techniques.

- Ability to articulate curriculum concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across teams.

- Ability to manage and refine multiple curriculum projects simultaneously, with a focus on quality and learner outcomes.

- Preferred requirements:

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