Instructional Designer II

Olgoonik - Blackstone, VA

Full-time

Blackstone, VA

Warehousing and Storage

About the position

The Instructional Designer II at Olgoonik Corporation plays a crucial role in the design, development, and evaluation of curriculum tailored to meet the standards set by the Instructional Systems Design model, Standard Operating Procedures, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA) standards. This position is integral to ensuring that training materials are not only effective but also compliant with federal regulations. The designer will collaborate closely with various stakeholders, including program offices, subject matter experts, multimedia specialists, and distributed learning designers, to create comprehensive lesson plans, student materials, and instructional media that enhance the learning experience. In this role, the Instructional Designer will apply principles of Adult Learning Theory to all training materials, ensuring that the content is relevant and engaging for adult learners. Responsibilities include designing and developing training solutions, implementing and evaluating these solutions, and conducting needs assessments to identify training gaps. The designer will also be responsible for developing course materials, including planning documents, student and instructor materials, and course presentations, while ensuring adherence to a course development schedule throughout the development cycle. The Instructional Designer will monitor courses and instructors against established performance criteria, perform course evaluations, and provide necessary support to achieve and maintain FLETA accreditation requirements. This position requires a proactive approach to staying current on policy, law, and technology changes, as well as skill requirements and office directives, to ensure that the curriculum remains up-to-date and effective. The designer will also participate in internal and external meetings as an expert in instructional design, providing weekly updates on course activities to the curriculum manager. Overall, this role offers a growing opportunity to exercise independent judgment and initiative while contributing to the success of the training programs.

Responsibilities

• Applies principles of Adult Learning Theory to the design of all training materials
• Designs, develops, implements and evaluates training solutions
• Designs and develops curriculum and courses of instruction using the Instructional Systems Design model
• Develops lesson content and identifies appropriate training delivery mechanisms
• Identifies training gaps and recommends changes to training programs and curricula that will minimize or eliminate training gaps
• Develops course material to include planning documents, student and instructor materials and course presentations
• Conducts needs assessments
• Develops learning goals and objectives, using the Instructional Systems Design model in accordance with Training and Performance Standard Operating Procedures
• Monitors courses and instructors against performance criteria
• Performs course evaluation
• Develops course proposals and project management plans
• Develops, maintains and ensures adherence to a course development schedule during the development cycle
• Stays current on policy, law and technology changes, as well as skill requirements, office directives, roles and responsibilities to ensure up-to-date curriculum
• Coordinates with instructors, subject matter experts (SME), multimedia team and other program offices
• Provides course management services, including course revisions, instructor performance evaluations, cost assessments, and making recommendations for course retirement
• Assists curriculum management by maintaining all curriculum records, scheduling and conducting curriculum reviews, making recommendations for updates and changes, and tracking revision history
• Reviews content and provides final quality control check on lessons and all supporting material
• Evaluates pilot courses to ensure that they conform to Training and Performance Standard Operating Procedures, FLETA accreditation and adult education standards
• Attends internal and external meetings as an Instructional Design expert
• Provides weekly updates of course activities to the curriculum manager
• Provides the necessary support and guidance to achieve and retain all FLETA accreditation requirements for the Program Office
• Participates in every facet of the Instruction Design process with some supervision and guidance

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a concentration in adult learning, education or curriculum development
• Six (6) years of experience in curriculum design and development
• Must possess certifications and/or degrees in education or instructional design
• Specialized knowledge or professional experience in instructional systems design, education and adult learning principles, cooperative learning, programming and authoring tools, graphic arts and media design and educational product evaluation
• Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures in training and course development
• Demonstrated experience working in all five phases of the Instructional Systems Design model
• Demonstrated experience creating assessments
• Excellent writing, proofreading and design skills to develop training course materials
• Excellent written and spoken use of the English language
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills; and attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Familiarity with SharePoint preferred