Instructional Designer

🔍 Office of Development, Stanford, California, United States

📁: Human Resources

📅   : Jul 31, 2018 Post Date

📅   : 79966 Requisition #

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and seven years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Business Acumen:
- Demonstrated ability to consult and work collaboratively with business partners, subject matter experts, technical resources, vendor partners, and business partners and diverse groups and individuals at any and all levels of an organization.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to the creation of an environment that is service oriented, supportive, engaging and effective.
- Demonstrated excellence in client service skills and ability to learn business concepts quickly.
- Excellent project management skills and demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
- Outstanding writing, editing, critical reasoning, interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts concisely and clearly and to convert technical or complex information and concepts into easily understandable text and illustrations.
- Demonstrated ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate the effectiveness of learning materials and to improve materials as needed.

Technical Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to assess learning needs and develop media-rich, engaging, and high-impact learning solutions.
- Demonstrated proficiency in applying instructional design theory, models, and technical training best practices.
- Experience making e-learning exciting, fun and social.
- Experience using industry standard learning technologies and tools, such as Learning Management System (LMS) and Content Management System (CMS) platforms, project management tools, eLearning authoring tools (preferably TechSmith Camtasia), digital graphics media, and audio and video production tools to create impactful courses.
- Demonstrated understanding of andragogy and other principles of adult learning theory and how it is put into practice in professional training.
- Willing to record course scripts in own voice and able to do so in a confident and engaging manner.
- Highly proficient in collaborative business tools such as the Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, etc.)
- Experience creating training content for Salesforce preferred but not required.

Certifications and Licenses:
None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

Frequently stand/walk, sit, use a computer; use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, write by hand, sort/file paperwork.
Rarely kneel/crawl, operate foot and/or hand controls.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Travel on campus to schools/units.

WORK STANDARDS:

Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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