Instructional Designer

Summary of Job Responsibilities

Do you love Colorado as much as we do? Come share our purpose as we guide Colorado’s 750,000 public employees to a secure, safe and happy retirement. Through a variety of live and recorded digital mediums, PERA’s Member Education Team thrives on taking complex retirement and benefit information and delivering it to diverse audiences in creative, engaging, and easy-to-understand ways.

We are seeking an instructional designer to join our team in designing, developing, and measuring new content and creating engaging learning experiences about PERA’s Defined Benefit Retirement Plan, Defined Contribution Plans, and other built-in benefit programs to PERA’s members and affiliated employers.

Our ideal candidate is adaptable, creative, and shares our passion for adult learning and financial education. We are a team that thrives on helping others and look for innovative and creative ways to make content enjoyable and easy to retain. You’ll find renewed purpose and community in a role that collaborates with multiple stakeholders, manages both waterfall and agile projects, and champions process improvement.

Colorado PERA is a member first, mission first organization that is looking to connect our members with sound financial information. Our ideal candidate wants colleagues for co‑workers, and coaches for bosses.

• Identifies appropriate educational delivery method with an emphasis in what can be accomplished in the digital space
• Creates learner centered content aligned to measurable objectives and evaluates effectiveness through learner feedback and performance data
• Utilizes learning methodologies, adult learning theories, instructional design theory, and design thinking to create, design and deliver learning experiences for Colorado PERA’s membership
• Applies ADDIE and Kirkpatrick’s Training Evaluation Model to design, measure, and continuously improve learning outcomes using defined success metrics
  Utilizes project management skills to manage the creation and implementation of learning programs. Develops project plans to define and meet project milestones, communicate issues and risks in a timely manner, manage expectations, and deliver results.
• Partners with Subject Matter Experts to design and develop learner‑centered course materials, lesson plans, case studies, scripts, presentations‑optimized for digital‑first and in‑person experiences.
• Designs and develops teaching aids, such as slideshows, for classroom and online training
• Creates detailed facilitator guides to allow clear, user‑friendly and highly accurate support to Member Education Team
• Develops learning experiences end‑to‑end, working independently
• Proactively and consistently maintains, updates existing learning and reference materials to ensure continued accuracy and relevance
• Collaborates with broad spectrum of project stakeholders
• Maintains regular and prompt attendance in the workplace
• Carries out other duties as assigned

• BA/BS in Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, or equivalent education/experience. Master’s degree preferred
• Three to five years of experience in corporate training, instructional design, and/or curriculum and instruction.
• Demonstrated understanding of the ADDIE model and ability to apply the principles
• Project management experience related to instructional content development is preferred
• Ability to pair content with appropriate digital distribution method
• Ability to manage multiple projects with many moving parts, deadlines, and schedules
• Demonstrated problem‑solving skills, attention to detail and focus on quality
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; ability to work within a collaborative environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories and application
• Ability to think creatively and visually to devise the most logical, engaging, and interesting content for membership
• Experience with technologies related to training, projects, and communication
• Ability to lead peers on projects or team initiatives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent people and relationship skills focused on both…