[Hiring] Subject Matter Expert @Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies

Role Description

The Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) is seeking a bilingual subject matter expert(s) (SME) to create and deliver professional development training in both English and French. The training will focus on Responding to Complex Client Cases in RAP: Recognition, Response, and Referral.

Qualifications

• Fluent in both English and French.
• Relevant professional designations (e.g., RSW, RN, or related) and/or specific training in trauma-informed practice, crisis intervention, and mental health.
• Knowledge and/or experience in the immigration, settlement and integration sector is considered an asset.
• Experience with and/or knowledge of the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP).
• Demonstrable experience in facilitating learning and development workshops, trainings, courses with adult learners.
• Familiarity with online learning platforms preferred (e.g., Moodle, Blackboard, D2L etc.).
• Familiarity with online webinar platforms preferred (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.).

Requirements

• Provide a plan with a timeline for each project component and deliverable.
• Conduct a literature review and explore current best practices to identify key areas of focus for the modules course.
• Ensure all online self-paced course components are developed in alignment with AAISA’s settlement practitioner competency framework and current contextual needs.
• Provide the content for the self-paced course including drafts, revisions, and finals.
• Create a practical, take-home resource (e.g., a quick-reference guide) for frontline use.
• Attend a virtual technology orientation session with AAISA’s Learning & Technology Coordinator.
• Create an Evaluation of Effectiveness of Learning for the online self-paced course modules.

Benefits

• SME will be paid $8000 for the English version and $8000 for the French version for a total of $16,000.

Project Deliverables

• Design, Development and Facilitation of professional development sessions.
• Creation of an Evaluation of Learning Effectiveness for the workshop sessions and self-paced online course modules.
• A development report summarizing workshop and course description, learning objectives and outcomes, learning activities, and course structure.
• A final report to assist AAISA in shaping the future direction of its professional development work.

Delivery Timeframe

• Course development to start in October 2026.
• Course deliverables to be submitted by the SME in November 2026.
• Facilitated synchronous sessions to be completed no later than December 2026.
• Self-paced course to be delivered in January 2027.

Proposal Submission

Please send an electronic submission including the following: letter of intent, resume, plan, examples of past work, and proposed fees to [email protected]. Ensure that your name or your organization’s name appears in the file name. Submissions due by October 5th, 2026 @ 5PM MDT.