Lead Instructional Designer - IT

Roles and Responsibilities -

- Review training content and assessments. The review parameters include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Rewrite the training content wherever necessary to simplify it or to make it more age appropriate.

- Create engaging learning activities and provide exercises and activities that enhance the learning process.

- Devise modes of assessment, such as tests or quizzes, to measure the effectiveness of course.

- Analyze and apply trends and best practices in learning technologies and instructional design.

- Suggest instructional enhancements to the content and assessments so the learning experience is superior.

- Check if all the training assets follow the instructional guidelines.

- Work with subject matter experts to identify target audience's training needs

- Do a thorough language review.

- Do a thorough formatting check and fixes.

- Brainstorm with the content developer to storyboard the concepts introduced in a lesson/chapter.

- Create guidelines and templates as and when needed.

- Conduct audits of the live classes to check how the content is getting translated into the actual class experience.

- Give inputs for process improvements.

Skill Set:

A. General:

- In-depth understanding of activity based teaching-learning methods with a strong knowledge of pedagogies to teach 21st Century Skills.

- At least 3-4 years of experience in instructional design and/or content writing.

- Experience in editing documents with an eye for details.

- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards.

- Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

B. Technical:

- Understanding of Object-Oriented concepts.

- Basic understanding of core programming concepts with teaching skills will be an asset.

- Good exposure on-Office Suite, Adobe Captivate 2017, Articulate Storyline, MS Adv Excel, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Tableau

- Object-Oriented Programming language(s) (preferably JavaScript/Python)

- Web Technology (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)- Front End Development

- Block-Based Coding environment like Code.org or Scratch will be a plus

- Knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, Airtable, Firebase etc.) will be an added advantage