SENIOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS REQUIRED FOR BUSY, HIGH LEVEL CONSULTANCY
Senior Instructional Designer
Observatory, Cape Town
Market-related

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Senior Instructional Designer will provide vision, leadership and coordination in designing, developing and delivering fully online and blended courses and technology-enhanced instructional materials.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Communicates effectively in visual, oral and written form
• Identifies and responds to ethical, legal and political implications of design in the workplace
• Updates and improves knowledge, skills and attributes pertaining to the Instructural design process and related fields
• Conducts a needs assessment in order to recommend appropriate design solutions and strategies
• Identifies and describes target population and environmental characteristics
• Selects and uses analysis techniques for determining instructional content
• Analyses the characteristics of existing and emerging technologies and their potential use
• Uses an instructional design and development process appropriate for a given project
• Organises instructional programmes and/or products to be designed, developed and evaluated
• Designs and develops instructional interventions/materials
• Selects or modifies existing instructional materials
• Revises instructional and non-instructional solutions based on data
• Designs learning assessments
• Plans non-instructional interventions
• Evaluates instructional and non-instructional interventions
• Implements, disseminates and diffuses instructional and non-instructional interventions
• Ensure ISO compliance

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Qualifications:
• Grade 12 (Matric)
• BA Degree or relevant Diploma in English, instructional design, instructional technology, curriculum design or other related discipline required
• A minimum of 5 years professional experience in designing, developing and managing online, blended or other technology-mediated instruction
• Proficient in instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, Four D Model etc.)
• Skilled in using MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook)
• A knowledge of other rapid development tools is an advantage

Essential Skills Required:
• Ability to collect and analyse data
• Excellent communication in visual, oral and written form
• Use appropriate design and development processes
• Strong planning, organising and problem-solving ability
• Design instructional and non-instructional products
• Work collaboratively with team
• Detailed orientated
• Follow written and listen to verbal brief from relevant team members
• Ability to analyse and objectively give feedback to and receive from team and seniors
• Use research and theories in the instructional design process
• Plan and manage projects
• Facilitation skills
• Perform needs assessments and recommend appropriate solutions or strategies
• Design learning assessments
• Evaluate instructional and non-instructional products
• Knowledge of existing and emerging technologies and their potential use
• Use business skills to manage projects
• Manage partnerships and client relationships

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements:
• Unusually bright and quick thinking
• Growth mind-set
• Self-motivated and disciplined
• Buy into company dream and values
• Resilient
• Meets their promises
• Accountable
• Committed to building their 10 000 hours
• Train-the-trainer skills are advantageous

Other:
AA vacancy
Please submit CV by 28 February.
If you have not heard back within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful