Instructional Designers

Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? We can help! We are seeking two (2) full-time Instructional Designers to support the U.S. Navy Community College (USNCC) Instructional Course Design, Maintenance, & Faculty Support Solicitation. This is a remote, W2 employee opportunity with no anticipated travel, working 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. I’ve never heard of Terrestris. What do you do? At Terrestris, we leverage technology to create better mission outcomes through better human performance. We form strong client and team relationships through transparency and strive to create an environment where our team can let their excellence shine through. By finding, developing, and incorporating new ideas, we provide memorable services. Rooted in the USMC values of honor, courage, and commitment, Terrestris seeks to deliver extraordinary value to the American people by helping the Government become more efficient and effective. So, what will the Instructional Designer at Terrestris do? The Instructional Designer supports the U.S. Naval Community College (USNCC) by designing, developing, and maintaining fully online undergraduate-level asynchronous and competency-based education (CBE) courses and modules. This role partners closely with faculty and subject matter experts to build engaging, accessible, and pedagogically sound instructional content within the designated Learning Management System (LMS), and helps ensure that existing courses stay accurate, current, and effective. What does a typical day look like for an Instructional Designer? You will: • Design, develop, and maintain fully online undergraduate-level asynchronous and competency-based education (CBE) courses and modules. • Collaborate with faculty and SMEs to align curriculum, course learning outcomes, instructional content, learning activities, and assessments. • Develop course design maps, storyboards, syllabi, instructor/learner resources, instructional content, multimedia, assessments, and rubrics. Build and/or migrate instructional content into the designated LMS. • Apply evidence-based instructional design and adult-learning/andragogical practices. • Develop faculty-development resources focused on effective online pedagogy and student-development resources supporting success in asynchronous and CBE environments. • Develop and maintain faculty/student community sites. • Review, update, and maintain existing courses, modules, links, media, assessments, and other instructional artifacts. • Support identification and correction of inaccurate, outdated, missing, or broken course content. • Apply WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and Universal Design for Learning principles. • Conduct usability testing, peer review, quality assurance, and/or pilot testing of course components and support development of QA reports. • Coordinate with stakeholders, incorporate review comments, and meet established course-development and maintenance schedules. • Provide LMS/course-content technical support as assigned, including assistance with course navigation, content access, assignments, quizzes, multimedia, and other course functionality. What qualifications do you look for? You might be the professional we’re looking for if you have: • 7 years of demonstrated experience developing online asynchronous and competency-based education (CBE) courses for accredited colleges and universities at the undergraduate level, as well as for military-affiliated educational institutions. • 7 years of experience applying andragogical best practices in designing instruction for working adults, evidenced by two (2) or more programs developed for this population. • 7 years of demonstrated experience and expertise designing and developing faculty-development courses or programs aimed at enhancing online teaching effectiveness (online pedagogy) at accredited institutions. • 7 years of demonstrated experience designing and developing online courses that equip students with the skills, strategies, and habits needed for success in online learning environments (traditional asynchronous and CBE). • 7 years of demonstrated experience operating and maintaining a Learning Management System (LMS) at scale, including new course builds and ongoing course maintenance, within a higher education or government training environment. What kind of benefits does Terrestris offer? We offer outstanding benefits including health, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. Terrestris is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. DILBERT © 2018 Scott Adams. Used By permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved.