Instructional Designer Contractor

The Instructional Designer Contractor will support the Research and Assessment team by designing and developing engaging, high-quality learning experiences that build staff knowledge, skills, and capacity. This individual will create multimodal learning products that support adult learners across a variety of settings, including facilitated in-person sessions, live virtual experiences, asynchronous online courses, and blended learning environments.

The Instructional Designer Contractor will work closely with subject matter experts and internal constituents to translate content into effective, learner-centered instructional materials. This role requires strong project management, design, and communication skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once. The contractor will bring expertise in course design, learning technologies, accessibility visual communication, and adult learning principles to ensure materials are clear, engaging, and aligned with intended learning outcomes.

The ideal candidate is a strong instructional designer with experience creating learning solutions across multiple modalities for adult audiences. This person combines instructional design expertise with excellent communication, organization, and visual design skills. They are comfortable collaborating with multiple subject matter experts, navigating ambiguity, and managing several projects at once while meeting deadlines. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable designing a facilitator-led training, building an online course in Canvas, and developing visually compelling materials that strengthen the overall learner experience.

Successful candidates will blend instructional design expertise with strong collaboration, creativity, and execution, ensuring learning experiences are both effective and engaging.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally- protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.