Instructional Designer - Expert - Trideum Corporation

Instructional Designer - Expert
Full-time
Fort Huachuca, AZ

About Us

Trideum Corporation is a privately-owned company, committed to embracing the world’s toughest challenges with a servant’s heart. Through dedicated hard work and commitment, we provide distinctive quality and unparalleled customer service in all aspects of our business. We also know that our employees are they key to our success, and it is our mission to take care of them so they can take care of our customers and communities where we live, work, and play.

Position Summary

The selected candidates will provide Instructional Design and leadership support to the Education, Doctrine, and Instruction for Intelligence Efforts (EDIF-IE) contract. This contract provides support to the Army’s premier intelligence training institution, the US Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE), located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. This is an exciting opportunity for successful applicants to provide support working with various internal/external government stakeholders/partners to identify training needs, design, and create instructor led, computer based, and virtual training using cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. The selected candidates will lead and foster a collaborative development process while working closely with government and other contract instructional designers, training specialist/developers, media specialists, programmers, subject matter experts, project sponsors and key project stakeholders.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

What You’ll Do

• Create engaging and effective customized learning products, using sound Instructional Design principles and adult learning methodologies. These products include learning objective documents, assessment strategies, and lesson design documents in support of resident training, remote/virtual learning environments, and blended learning.
• Review approved methods of instructions for best fit with learning objectives, time available, and instructor-to-student ratios.
• Maintains currency on changes in educational research and emerging evidence-based trends in education, relevant to education and training conducted by the Intelligence Center of Excellence.
• Ensures document logic, accuracy, appropriate tone for audience and language consistency.
• Create detailed content outlines and learning scenarios/vignettes.
• Designs effective learning activities that accomplish learning objectives.
• Coordinates with project managers and subject matter experts to ensure that final products achieve the intended learning and training objectives.
• Attend IPRs and meetings to gather and provide information on assigned projects and area of expertise.
• Responsible for developing and accessing documentation in the form of reports, proposals, white papers, and briefings.
• Ensures Instruction Designer produced deliverables adhere to ICoE, TRADOC, DOD, and industry standards for formatting and the educational soundness of products.
• Maintains standardized product formats for all design documentation in support of course and lesson revisions.
• Manages the onboarding of Instructional Designers to including providing normalization training to ensure instructional designers produce products commiserate with government requirements and regulator standards.
• Ensures instructional designers maintain awareness of trends in education.
• Manages instructional designer allocation to available projects. Only occasionally directed in some aspects of the work. Typically requires 6-8 years of experience in training and education, with at least 24 semester college credits in the field of education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college
• Minimum 6 years' experience in education or as an educator in a certified teaching discipline. Experience preference towards addressing the educational needs of adults for resident learning. Can design learning programs, activities, and curriculum that use a mixture of learning modalities to enhance adult learning.
• Experience must include a minimum of 2 years developing resident learning programs and curriculums.
• Education must include at least 24 semester credits focused on educational research, learning theory, education technology, instructional design, or other related education themed courses. Courses focusing on the administration or fiscal requirements of education related organizations do not count towards the credit requirement.
• Demonstrated 6 or more years of experience in training and education.
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity of Army and Joint Doctrine, Policy, and Policy development. To include being well versed in today’s Army doctrine, terminology, acronyms and the proper pronunciation of these terms and acronyms
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of Army Training and Product Development
• Demonstrated understanding of conducting and analyzing research and collected data.
• Experience with the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) model
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills and familiar with the Army Writing Style
• Demonstrated experience maintaining timelines and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office products
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Able to meet all requirements to be issued a Common Access Card (CAC) as set forth on the Defense Human Resource Activity website titled, “Getting Your Common Access Card (CAC),” http://www.cac.mil/common-access-card/getting-your-cac/ (accessed 13 May 2013).
• United States Citizenship
• Ability to be issued and maintain an Interim Secret clearance to start, must be able to receive and maintain a Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance within first year of employment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher
• Graduate of a military service school equivalent to the Army Command and General Staff College (Military Education Level-4)
• Previous experience at USAICoE

We Take Care of Our People

Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Trideum is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life because we believe that taking care of our people is the right thing to do. Trideum offers:

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Traditional benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401k matching.
• Paid leave and the ability to cash out leave.
• Free access to certified financial planners, wellness and support services, and discount programs.
• Education assistance and professional development opportunities.
• And much more.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. People with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation to apply or compete for employment with Trideum may request such accommodation(s) by contacting Human Resources at 256.704.6123 or HR@trideum.com.