Role: Education and Training Officer

Please read this role descriptor carefully - have you got the essential skills or experience that we need?

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The Education and Training Officer at ReportOUT plays a central role in expanding public understanding of global LGBTQ+ rights through accessible, high-quality online education. The post is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering a suite of online MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) programmes aimed at the general public, activists, educators, students, and allies worldwide.

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The role focuses on translating complex human rights research, lived experiences, and international legal frameworks into engaging, inclusive, and easy-to-understand learning content. Working closely with ReportOUT’s research and campaigns teams, the Education and Training Officer ensures that all MOOC content is evidence-based, ethically grounded, and informed by voices from affected communities. 

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In addition to content creation, the post supports monitoring and evaluation of learning outcomes, learner engagement, and impact, helping ReportOUT demonstrate how public education contributes to awareness-raising, solidarity-building, and long-term social change. Through these MOOCs, the Education and Training Officer helps position ReportOUT as a trusted source of global LGBTQ+ rights education, empowering people to learn, reflect, and take informed action.

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They will also be a key part of ReportOUT's internal training programme, helping to shape our own curriculum and to arrange guest speakers, alongside sharing their own skills and encouraging others to do the same.

Essential skills, experience, or qualifications you need for this particular role:​

• Experience in presenting to and/or training others, either formally or informally.

• Ability to use Moodle, our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), or a strong ability to want to learn how to use online learning effectively.

• High quality curriculum design and lesson planning experience.

• Creativity and ability to come up with interesting learning experiences.

• Confidence in reaching out to activists and other professionals.

• Excellent levels of written and spoken English.

• Strong IT skills and ability to quickly adapt to learn new software.

• A laptop is a must for this role, as a phone is not suitable.

Desirable skills, experience, or qualifications:

• The ability to translate from English, into other languages, is very desirable. 

• A training or education background, with recognised certificates.

• Video recording and editing experience is highly desirable.