Instructional Design Specialist, Center for the Young Child

Title: Instructional Design Specialist, Center for the Young Child

Description:
OCALI is a recognized global leader in creating and connecting resources and relationships to ensure that people with disabilities have the opportunity to live their best lives for their whole lives. OCALI inspires change and promotes access to opportunities for people with disabilities. OCALI informs public policy and develops and deploys practices grounded in linking research to real life.
 
We are seeking to hire an Instructional Design Specialist with expertise in and passion for designing, developing, and managing online professional development content for those who support, instruct, work with, or live with young children with or at risk for developmental disabilities and those implementing evidence-based practices related to high quality early care and education.  The ideal candidate is creative, detail oriented, quick to learn and problem-solve, and able to find and implement new tools and workflows. OCALI offers a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to learn and grow – as well as a competitive salary, benefits, and retirement package.
 
This position will work primarily on client-based projects that require creative, integrated solutions. OCALI offers a competitive salary, benefits, and retirement package.

Minimum Qualifications
 

• Self-directed professional with proven experience and strong ability to prioritize between multiple and changing daily tasks while effectively managing short, mid-, and long-term projects and meeting deadlines.
• An effective team member who can work collaboratively (internally and externally) with a variety of people and organizations, both public and private, and who values the success of the overall group.
• A mindset to approach situations and challenges with flexibility while maintaining a positive outlook and focus on the organization’s mission.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools and technologies.
• Experience with instructional design for online training and product development from initial concept to release.
• Experience authoring content and revising content from SMEs in the areas of evidence-based practices, early childhood education, autism, and positive behavioral supports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrates ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal teams, external partners, and/or customers.
• Experience and proficiency with technology applications (including but not limited to: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, search engines, webinars, etc.) and online environments.

 
Preferred Qualifications
 

• Early childhood or teacher certification/licensure and/or experience with young children with diverse developmental, behavioral and learning needs.
• Multi-media experience such as creating and facilitating webinars, podcasts, video production, etc.
• Design experience such as graphic and multimedia layout that assures creative and innovative user experiences.
• Familiarity with accessibility guidelines for online resources and professional development.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions
 

• Manage online resources and professional development for the Center for the Young Child, including researching the topic, writing content, designing and/or developing supporting materials, and working with CYC team members and SMEs to create new or update existing content.
• In partnership with the Center Director and Project Manager, scope, plan, manage, and assess projects across a full life cycle; track, document, and communicate proactively on status of projects; identify and surface potential issues; and creatively problem-solve as needed.
• Balance time across multiple projects and take direction from multiple project leads.
• Collaborate with OCALI’s creative and technical services from initial concept to release of resources and professional development.
• Develop and review program evaluations, test results, and participant feedback on training effectiveness to make recommendations for program improvement.
• Ascertain current knowledge of evolving evidence-based practices and promising developmental, behavioral and learning practices for young children through collaboration with CYC team members and SMEs.
• Collaborate with state partners and stakeholders to ensure a connected network for planning and delivering resources in a coordinated and meaningful way with a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrate accuracy, responsiveness, and excellent communication when participating in meetings and trainings, as well as responding to emails and other written correspondence from stakeholders.
• Support organizational commitment to develop accessible materials and provide an accessible environment and experiences for our staff and partners.
• Complete other duties as assigned by the Center for the Young Child Program Director

Reports To:
Center for the Young Child Program Director

Application Procedure:
Complete the employee application procedure through this online system.

December 2024 
JobID 21541