Job Description

Deadline Date: Thursday 16 April 2026

Requirement: Senior Assistant Learning Design

Location: Oeiras, PT

Full Time On-Site: Yes

Time On-Site: 100%

Total Scope of the request (hours): 1368

Required Start Date: 25 May 2026

End Contract Date: 31 December 2026

Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET

Duties & Role:

• Assist in the development of training materials ensuring content aligns with the course design, SOW requirements and Academy standards.
• Coordinate and support reviews of developed training materials to ensure alignment with learning objectives, SOW requirements and Academy standards prior to delivery.
• Assist in the receipt and validation of training solutions delivered by industry partners.
• Provide administrative support in the coordination of TNA Working Groups and training kick-off meetings, including scheduling, minute-taking, and document distribution.
• Ensure web-based courses, micro-learning modules, and interactive exercises are correctly integrated into the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Ensure new courses are integrated and updated in the NCI Academy course pipeline
• Assist in the execution of training development projects by ensuring all required training materials and training deliverables are prepared and available as per project timelines.
• Assist in the adaptation and tailoring of in-house training solutions following the direction of the senior learning designers.
• Contribute to the maintenance of existing training materials and documentation (e.g. CCDs, lesson plans, student handouts, schedule of instruction) based on the direction of the senior learning designers.
• Assist LDDB with changes to the LDDB pipeline and NCI Academy course catalogue.
• Performs other duties as may be required.

Requirements

Skill, Knowledge & Experience:

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience;
• Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 8 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to the function of the post;
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in supporting projects and services in a customer facing role;
• Experience with industry standard learning design / development models such as ADDIE, the Successive Approximation Model (SAM) or Action mapping

Technical knowledge: one or more of the following requirements

• Technical and/or operational knowledge in NATO COI / FAS (Land C2, Air C2, Maritime C2, Logistics, Planning JISR)
• Technical and/or operational knowledge in Command and Control Functional Services (C2FS)
• Technical and/or operational knowledge in Cyber Security, Cyber Defence and boundary protection
• Experience in McAfee ePolicy architectures
• Certifications (or equivalent) in Microsoft MCSA/MCSE, VMWare VCP, CCNA

Desirable Experience and Education:

• Practical experience administering or uploading content to a Learning Management System (e.g., Moodle).
• Experience in providing instruction on technical subjects to both non-technical personnel as well as technical specialists.
• Experience with working in military / technical environments
• Familiarity with AGILE or other project management methodologies.
• Experience contributing to Training Needs Analysis
• Experience with authoring and developments tools such as Adobe captivate, Articulate Storyline