Communications Associate

Summary:

• Location: Washington, DC
• Duration: 6 Months
• Work Mode: Remote, part-time (20 hours/week)

Responsibilities:

• Develop educational materials, curricula, toolkits, facilitator guides, presentations, worksheets, activities, and other resources focused on brain health, healthy aging, and related health topics.
• Translate scientific and public health evidence into practical, understandable, and actionable educational content for nontechnical audiences.
• Apply principles of adult learning, health education, instructional design, and behavior change to the development of educational resources.
• Work with subject matter experts to identify learning objectives, key messages, instructional approaches, and appropriate activities for different audiences.
• Adapt educational content for use in a variety of settings, including community organizations, faith-based organizations, workshops, virtual programs, and self-guided learning.
• Review existing educational materials and recommend improvements to content, structure, usability, readability, and audience engagement.
• Develop facilitator instructions, discussion guides, exercises, and implementation resources that enable organizations and community leaders to deliver educational programming effectively.
• Support development of evaluation approaches, participant feedback tools, and other methods for assessing educational materials and programs.
• Help ensure educational materials reflect current evidence, health literacy best practices, accessibility principles, and appropriate cultural considerations.
• Provide additional health education, instructional design, and content development support for Brain Health projects as needed.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in health education, public health, instructional design, curriculum and instruction, adult education, health communication, or a related field.
• Experience developing health education, curriculum, training, or instructional materials for adult audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical or scientific information into clear, engaging, and actionable educational content.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design, health literacy, and educational best practices.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and project management skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience developing educational materials related to healthy aging, brain health, chronic disease prevention, caregiving, or other health topics.
• Experience designing curricula or toolkits for community-based organizations, nonprofits, public health agencies, or healthcare organizations.
• Experience developing materials for diverse audiences and community settings.
• Experience with evaluation of educational programs or development of learning assessments.