Curriculum Development Specialist - Community Resilience (Contract)

Job Description

Job Description

The purpose of this contract is to engage a Curriculum Development Specialist with demonstrated expertise in community resilience, violence prevention, and suicide prevention to co-develop and finalize a comprehensive, trauma-informed curriculum that strengthens the capacity of human service organizations and communities to foster healing, safety, and well-being.

This position will focus primarily on the development of Tier 2 : Foundational & Community Application , with secondary support for Tier 1 : Leadership & Organizational Strategy . The Specialist will design engaging materials, handouts, and interactive tools that make resilience practices accessible to a wide range of community audiences, including staff, youth, families, and neighborhood partners, while also ensuring alignment with the broader trauma-resilient community culture framework.

• Tier 1 : Leadership & Organizational Strategy : Advanced training for organizational leaders who are responsible for implementing, modeling, and sustaining trauma-informed practices, focusing on leadership and organizational strategies for fostering resilience, psychological safety, and healing in a professional setting.
• Tier 2 : Foundational & Community Application : Foundational training for all other participants (community members, families, youth, and staff), focusing on fundamental concepts of trauma awareness, resilience-building strategies, and the importance of emotional and physical safety within communities. Emphasis and lens is placed on suicide prevention and violence prevention through empowerment, engagement, collaboration, and advocacy.

Experts will have knowledge in :

We encourage contractors to select which specialty they bring and are encouraged to apply for more than 1 contract, if applicable.

Required Expertise :

The contractor shall be compensated at an (hourly based) rate for services rendered. The specific services and their corresponding rates are as follows : $81.25 per hour, not to exceed $650 per day.

Contract period : 11 / 1 / 2025 – 4 / 30 / 2026

Projected # of hours : 300 hours over 5 months

The Services are to be performed at the following location and type :

This engagement will be conducted in a hybrid format, primarily through remote collaboration supported by scheduled virtual meetings and feedback sessions. In-person meetings may be arranged, as needed, for contractors located within reasonable driving distance or when doing so would enhance collaboration and the overall learning experience.

Primary address of business operations is :

1015 Dorsey Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40223