Description of Position

**First Review October 21, 2021**
Serving under the direction of the Director of the Regional Economic Development Center (REDC), this position will be the primary representative to develop, coordinate, and facilitate programs/projects that promote workforce development. As part of Regional Economic Development Center’s mission and vision to provide premier workforce solutions, the REDC is seeking a an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as an Instructional Designer. This position requires innovative, highly motivated, creative and non-traditional capacities, developing learning strategies and content formats that seek to engage clients and business prospects across social and digital channels. To be successful, the candidate will need to be agile and resourceful, thinking quickly on their feet and producing compelling content based on ever changing business and industry needs. The candidate will need to be ahead of the trends, deliver relevant content quickly, and with multiple modalities. The position will interact with a variety of both internal (faculty/staff) and external constituents including business, industry, subject matter experts, and corporate leaders to develop and implement collaborative strategies to enhance workforce development. Candidate must have a solid understanding of adult learning concepts and in-depth knowledge and experience in the Instructional Design process.
This position is responsible for:

Building, designing, and editing learning content, courses and learning structures in multiple modalities.

Work with the workforce team including the content developer, corporate liaison, career engagement, and subject matter experts to develop all of the components of the digital learning courses.

Develop course materials through original content creation and/or through 3rd party providers.

Edit, revise, or enhance content and graphics using instructional design software as needed.

Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

Degree or some college-level work in education, educational technology, instructional design, distance learning, or other related discipline.

Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Experience in instructional design and courseware development; knowledge of learning theory, instructional theory, and applications of media to instructional scenarios

Experience with LMS platforms and functionality.

Demonstrated experience developing instructional or training materials

Demonstrated knowledge of web-based development tools (such as HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash, Camtasia (or similar), Articulate, etc.)

Demonstrated experience using online and e-learning course development tools including gamification tools

Demonstrated experience integrating technology into the teaching and learning process

Demonstrated experience in development and delivery of workshops and individual subject matter expert consultation

Ability to travel

Regular attendance is an essential job function as it demonstrates dependability towards the performance of job duties

Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.