Senior Instructional Designer II Job Seattle area,Washington USA,Education / Teaching

Are you looking for purpose-driven work where you can make a positive impact on communities around the world? If so, then Committee for Children is an amazing place to grow your career as a Senior Instructional Designer II
. We’re a social enterprise dedicated to advancing the well‑being of children through the development of essential human skills. As a Senior Instructional Designer II at CFC, you’ll lead the design and development of high‑quality digital human skills learning programs for K–12 students and educators. This role owns end‑to‑end content development, from defining instructional approaches to delivering student and educator‑facing experiences that drive meaningful classroom impact.

Working cross‑functionally with research, product, and design partners, this role translates learning science and user needs into cohesive, engaging, and effective learning solutions. The Senior Instructional Designer II serves as a program‑level leader, guiding content direction, ensuring alignment and quality across experiences, and contributing to a collaborative, high‑performing team environment.

Our team is collaborative, creative, and passionate about our work. You’ll have an opportunity to make an impact every day and have a say in the way we use client success to transform the lives of children.

What you’ll do when you join us:

Applies a learning‑first mindset by identifying educator and student needs, defining instructional problems, and designing for scale, reuse, and maintainability across products
Lead and guide work as a program expert and leader by establishing processes, reviewing education criteria, directing relevant work streams, and providing constructive feedback on a regular basis
Lead content development and writing of curriculum, including drafting, revising, and finalizing student‑facing and educator‑facing instructional materials
Design and develop implementation materials and professional learning experiences to support educators in classroom delivery, including guides, tools, and embedded supports that drive fidelity of implementation
Collaborate with researchers and subject matter experts to conceptualize and develop digital learning curriculum that extends into the physical classroom and related program supports
Lead backward planning using Understanding by Design or similar planning methodologies.
Ensure instructional quality, alignment, and coherence across K‑12 programming, accountable for final sign‑off of the educational criteria. Collaborate with visual designers, media production team, and others to design and deliver aligned, on‑time assets.
Analyze data and synthesize feedback from a variety of sources to develop and implement action plans for improvement.
Manage, coach, and mentor less experienced instructional designers, independent contractors, and content experts
Other duties as assigned

Here’s what we’re looking for:

10+ years of experience developing digital educational programs, learning experiences, educational applications, or educational games or simulations, in the K‑12 marketplace.
- Developing curriculum using Understanding by Design learning framework, culturally responsive teaching practices, and conditions for learning as identified by PERTS.
- Demonstrated experience in writing and developing high‑quality instructional content for both students and educators, including implementation supports and professional learning materials
- Experience designing curriculum and instructional materials for K–5 learners, including early childhood education contexts
5+ years of experience working as an educator in a traditional school setting.
- Experience working with or supporting K–5 and/or early childhood classrooms strongly preferred
Master’s Degree in Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field of study
Proven ability to lead, coach, or mentor others while managing multiple work streams.
Advanced ability to apply current and innovative learning and instructional design theories and techniques to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify learning programs. Experience collaborating with researchers and using qualitative/quantitative…