Responsibilities
- Serving as an instructional designer on the Curriculum Development Team (CDT).
- Using instructional design methodologies to develop and/or evaluate various workforce learning resources such as required trainings, training programs, and specialty courses based on the analysis of Department needs.
- Ensuring training meets 508 accessibility, usability, and functionality standards for classroom, online, self-study, and blended learning opportunities.
- Piloting new trainings when appropriate to ensure necessary changes and revisions are made before implementation.
- Assisting program offices in the planning and development of pilot learning programs, evaluating results, and using the findings to establish new or modified learning programs.
- Participating in or facilitating curriculum review committees with other program training managers or coordinators, to collaborate about the needs of training across program areas and the Department.
- Assisting the lead team member responsible for working with program office training managers to collect training materials and coordinate a revision calendar to schedule when curriculum needs to be updated.
- Reviewing historical training to determine if training will benefit from eLearning technology resources.
- Working with the Quality Assurance Specialist to update a training resource library with trainings collected from program offices and hospitals statewide.
- Supporting the LMS team to maintain and update courses available through the Department’s Learning Management System – My FL Learn.
- Creating training for statewide implementation and setting expectations for which parts of the curriculum must be covered statewide.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and Articulate
- Experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a Health and Human Services organization.
Nice to Have
- M.S. in instructional design, curriculum development
- 3 or more years of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce
Additional Information
- Travel is required.
- This position advertisement will be used to fill multiple positions.
- This is not a telework or remote position. The selected candidate will be required to work in a DCF office; preferred location DCF Headquarters Office located in Tallahassee, FL.
- Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.
- SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.
- BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any candidate being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S. No candidate may begin employment until the background investigation results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background investigations shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies. Also, employees are subject to background re-screening at least every five years.
- Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
- The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
- VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.