ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.
In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
The WRDA Education Department is in search of an Instructional Designer to serve on our team for a two-year term to complete a set project: creating interactive online courses using a determined LMS.
World Relief serves over 600 students at every stage of their language journey, including career specific language classes, job readiness for newly arrived refugees and asylees, mainstream English studies, and literacy and schooling support. Reporting to the Director of Education, this position will provide instructional design expertise to support and complete the design of courses, course templates, instructional modules, appropriate learning activities, and assessment techniques and tools. This position requires advanced instructional design knowledge and skills and the ability to consult with instructional staff to ensure a high-quality learning experience for students.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Collaborates with trained instructors, curriculum specialists, and eLearning developers to design hybrid and fully online courses that are active and engaging.- Develop course templates based on instructional design principles for instructors to utilize when collaborating on course design. Review hybrid and online courses for their alignment with hybrid and online best practices.
- Consult and collaborate with instructional staff on pedagogically sound and effective use of instructional design strategies, web-based resources, multimedia technologies, assessment, and instructional systems for course development and improvement using accepted hybrid and online design standards.
- Applies instructional design principles that comply with ADA requirements.
- Schedules regular meetings with the instructional staff throughout the course design process.
- Contributes to project schedules by identifying project milestones and dates.
- Provides updates on project progress and proactively identifies risks for potential delays by using recognized project management strategies and techniques.
- Creates mapping and design documents, storyboards, recommendations documents, and other required documentation.
- Writes audio and video scripts for instructional multimedia.
- Conducts quality assurance audits of existing virtual simulations.
- Advises staff on the effective application of educational multimedia, learning objects, and other technology tools to enhance instruction.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of learning theory, technology and best practices in online course design and development.
- Consults on modifications required in subsequent offerings of simulations.
- Supports faculty with the use of the LMS by offering one-to-one consultation sessions and in-class group sessions adapting to different levels of proficiency.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Bachelor's or master’s degree (preferred) in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Curriculum and Instruction, or closely related field.
- Minimum of three years' experience using project management and instructional design expertise in an academic, online learning, eLearning or instructional design related field such as teaching and course development, beyond individual course development.
- Experience working with instructional staff supporting the design of online and hybrid courses, and the integration of instructional pedagogies (learning theory, active learning, classroom management, assessment techniques, etc.).
- Experience incorporating technology and media to enhance instructional methods and improve the learners' educational experience.
- Excellent understanding of adult education principles and learning styles with knowledge of current instructional technologies.
- Able to identify and apply instructional strategies that would support adult refugee and immigrant students as English language learners.
- Strong writing skills with the ability to decipher complex content and convert it into meaningful chunks of information.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously using appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Proven skill in communicating effectively and building relationships within a team.
Requirements
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Curriculum and Instruction, or closely related field.
- Minimum of three years' experience using project management and instructional design expertise in an academic, online learning, eLearning or instructional design related field such as teaching and course development, beyond individual course development.
- Experience incorporating technology and media to enhance instructional methods and improve the learners' educational experience.
- Excellent understanding of adult education principles and learning styles with knowledge of current instructional technologies.
- Extensive experience with Learning Management Systems.
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):
World Relief contributes to monthly premiums:
- Medical
- Dental
Additional Benefits:
- Offer 16 Paid Holidays!
- Vision
- Paid Sick and Vacation Time
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
- Long Term & Short-term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Distance Travel Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief - Retirement:
- 401K & Roth
- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
- Eligibility: Full Time is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
- Verizon
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Working Advantage Discount Program
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation, Silver Level for meeting or exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations, program execution, and whole person health.
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 required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
- Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
- Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
- Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
- Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
- All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Legal Background in the United States
World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.
In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.
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