Instructional Designer

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What We Offer


At Palm Beach State College, you will discover a place where ideas come to life and the heartbeat of a county begins. By joining us, you will be exposed to professionals from across the U.S. and abroad who are the strivers, reinventors, explorers, and influencers dedicated to developing talent that fills the most needed workforce roles. As the Panthers, we embrace a community of belonging, caring, and connection for our students and employees.

We seek creative individuals to help PBSC fulfill its mission of inspiring hope, advancing skills, and transforming lives.


About this role

Responsible for developing instructional strategies, course material and assessment techniques, to ensures appropriate integration of instructional technologies into courses. Responsible for providing faculty consultation and guidance on the best pedagogical course content delivery and instructional methods. Provides faculty training and workshops on the Learning Management System (LMS) and other various integrated systems. Ensures online course certification reviews and existing course certification reaffirmations.

What a day of an Instructional Designer looks like:

• Manages course projects from inception to completion, in addition to consulting with faculty on optimal design of curriculum, instruction, and effective uses of multimedia. Collaborates with faculty to prepare and develop curriculum.
• Maintains records on status of template course development progress and of status and availability of college-owned courses. Maintains course shells and distributes templates for instruction.
• Promotes the effective use of distance learning technologies and online education, to include maintaining current knowledge of industry trends.
• Oversees searches for reusable learning objects, identifies appropriate learning objects meeting fair use standards and works with faculty in the design of such objects.
• Develops evaluation products and methods and assesses the validity and appropriateness of instructional design to instructional objectives.
• Researches and recommends advances in multimedia and course delivery software for use by faculty and others to improve delivery methods and operations with the assistance of faculty, vendors, and development team members.
• Conducts needs assessment to identify knowledge, skills, behaviors, and competencies required in selecting or designing curriculum, and to incorporate technology into the teaching and learning environment.
• Coordinates the scheduling of distance learning courses to include maintenance of course development schedule for college-developed course shells for distance learning.
• Evaluates, researches, self-studies, and develops using new technologies and methodologies. Develops or conducts internal training in technical or professional skills. Includes personal computer training.
• Supervises or participates in the selection, development, and coordination of the use of course materials and instructional media including video conference courses, online courses, and interactive classrooms.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

We'd love to hear from you if you have the following:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• Four years of related experience

Knowledge of:

• Online Course Management systems (i.e., Canvas or similar)
• Online authoring tools (i.e., Adobe Creative Cloud, Respondus or similar)
• Content Management System (CMS), website builder and application software
• Current instructional design tools and software.

Skilled in:

• Creative thinking and problem solving to explore new technology, processes, and approaches
• Attention to detail while maintaining effective time and task management

Ability to:

• Research information for problem-solving
• Organize and prioritize multiple, competing priorities to maximize personal and team effectiveness
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing on a regular basis with internal and external customers, build relationships, manage customer expectations, and take responsibility for a high level of service
• Work independently and effectively on multiple tasks
• Research information for problem-solving
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds.

Licenses, Registration, Certifications, or

Special Requirements :

• Regular physical attendance required

Work Environment and Physical Demand:

• Reach and grasp objects
• Stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Use of video display terminal
• Use of manual dexterity and fine motor skills
• Communicate information orally and in writing
• Receive and understand information through oral and written communication
• Proofread and check documents for accuracy
• Work a fluctuating work schedule

This job description is intended to be generic in nature and describe the essential functions of the job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities, and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned…