Summary

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance ! Chenega Enterprise Systems & Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services ’ company, is looking for an Instructional Systems Designer to support the CDC developing competencies and competency-based curricula for public health professionals.

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop competencies and competency-based curricula for educational programs (e.g., fellowships) that includes relevant didactic learning activities, experiential learning, and supporting materials following adult-learning principles.

• Develop SMART learning objectives and tools to assess achievement of learning outcomes and to evaluate learner and instructor satisfaction with courses and educational sessions.

• Use learning assessment data to review, recommend edits, and revise curricula.

• Provide consultation on competency and curriculum development to CDC program staff.

• Provide consultation on instructional design to CDC program staff, content developers, fellows, and interns.

• Apply principles of instructional systems design to conduct analysis, design, development and evaluation tasks required for training products and services, including e-learning and classroom-based training design.

• Follow instructional design project planning guidance and style guides from CDC for all educational materials developed for CDC.

• Assist the CDC program content developers to ensure accurate understanding of CDC’s services, which include accreditation of educational activities, online learning systems (Training and Continuing Education Online and CDC TRAIN), and promotion of training through CDC Learning Connection, to help them consider these services early in the training development process.

• Conform and adapt the product design and delivery approach to fully utilize applicable learning management systems (LMS), such as CDC TRAIN, using SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model), HTML5, Experience API, and future programming features as appropriate.

• Develop learning products (courses, videos, widgets, podcasts, job-aids, or other products the vendor might want to suggest to CDC) and related materials based on sound instructional design methodology, adult learning theory, and innovative application of instructional technology in accordance with HHS and CDC Section 508 guidelines, responsive design guidance, CDC subject matter experts and/or content developers, and CDC guidance. Products shall be designed to collect learner assessment and evaluation data, to include metrics such as those that measure learner satisfaction, learner knowledge, learner skills attainment, learner performance on the job, or instructor performance or other appropriate assessment and evaluation tools to be determined in collaboration with CDC.

• Products and other materials shall be accurate and clear, written in plain language and with a style suitable for the intended audience, and consistent with the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and CDC’s Clear Communication Index. For any e-learning products that are developed, the two approved authoring tools currently used at CDC are Lectora and Captivate. However, CDC programs and contractors can undertake efforts to seek agency approval of new authoring tools, if so desired.

• The contractor shall submit final deliverables in a format approved by CDC that will allow for changes to later be made by CDC as necessary.

• Manage and coordinate training and education development projects through the development and use of project plans that include timelines, deliverables, and steps for all parties involved.

• Ensure timelines for projects are met and deliverables are received in accordance with the project plan.

• Consult CDC program content developers about progress, challenges, and needs to accomplish tasks.

• Consult the CDC program content developers, health educators, and instructional designers when appropriate to determine functionality needs, requirements development and documentation, system architecture and design, software development and prototyping, optimal responsive design, product testing and implementation.

• Consult with CDC program content developers to use CDC accreditation, learning management, and training delivery services, and to promote training and education activities.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Instructional Design.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of instructional design experience.

• Utilize multimedia technology and authoring tools.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Software skills in Lectora and Captivate.

• Solid understanding of learning management systems and virtual environments.

• Knowledge of adult learning theories and instructional design (including benefits and challenges associated with specific instructional design models such as ADDIE and SAM).

• Thorough knowledge of and grounding in evaluation methods.

• Demonstrated problem solving ability and strategic thinking.

• Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on evaluation data.

• Ability to manage projects, including change in project requirements and need to accommodate uncertainty.

• Ability to liaise with and influence others through solid communication skills.

• Ability to present information for discussion with senior management and health educators.

• Uses computer hardware and software (including Windows-based applications such as Microsoft’s Word, Excel, Outlook, VIZIO, Publisher, Access, and PowerPoint) to write, edit, develop tables, figures, or flow charts, and to perform research online.

Estimated Salary/Wage

USD $95,000.00/Yr. Up to USD $102,000.00/Yr.

Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Native preference under PL 93-638.

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