Job Description:
Instructional Designer Job Category: Producer Guidance Requisition Number: INSTR001056 December 10, 2024 Full Time ~' '~to~' '~Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals, and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.
Our focus is to help farmers and ranchers apply regenerative ranching principles to the nation’s 654 million acres of grazing lands. This monumental undertaking requires thousands of producers across the U.S. to overcome significant barriers and change their current practices to work with nature, not against it.
Our education program is at the heart of our mission. It is the glue that connects our internal research discoveries and outreach activities. We live to find new ways to generate usable information so farmers and ranchers can leave their land better at sunset than at sunrise. Our education program is the inflection point for transformation. Education has always been a part of who we are, but we know new opportunities exist for us to expand our reach.
So, do you want to join us? We are looking for an Instructional Designer
As an instructional designer, you will apply principles of adult learning to design and develop educational products that address real-world challenges facing farmers and ranchers. This work is key in helping Noble achieve its goals and share the story of regenerative land stewardship with farmers, ranchers, potential donors, and society at large. The work you do can play a part in making a difference in a producer’s operation, their life and the society that depends on them.
You are:
A life-long learner. First and foremost, you must be a passionate learner: personally professionally, everywhere, all the time.
A strategic thinker. You can see the big picture, creatively designing learning content is connected to the organization’s goal and the customer.
Organized. You can handle multiple priorities with the ability to switch focus and meet required deadlines.
A builder of relationships. You promote trusting relationships with open dialogue and an outward mindset. You identify, cultivate, and steward all relationships in an effort to support Noble’s objectives.
A teammate. You are a conscientious teammate who works for the success of others.
You will:
Instructional Design - Apply principles of adult learning and instructional design processes (such as ADDIE), to create educational products that may include face-to-face classroom, eLearning, blended designs, non-linear designs, self-development designs, multiple module course curricula, action learning and media-based learning. Participate in needs analysis and interact with subject matter experts to inform the design and development of educational products. Generate the layout of the participant and facilitator guides, eLearning content, and blended learning solutions through storyboarding and authoring and the layout of learning supports. Design content and associated metrics that optimize learning.
Collaboration - Partner with other members of the department to develop training deliverables (e.g., written training materials, eLearning, scripts, etc.). Collaborate with graphic design and video personnel to create high-quality media that supports the learner’s success. Participate in project teams on a variety of initiatives including new technology, new products, and special events.
Strategic Support - Test learning designs and iterate content to ensure it aligns with learner’s needs. Review and test new and revised curriculum offerings from other team members, providing feedback and suggestions for improvement and contribute to new curriculum or program ideas. Assist with quality control, proofreading, and distribution of courseware.
Internal Relationships - Cultivate and steward internal relationships capable of partnering with and/or supporting the Institute's outreach and education programming and coordinate with cross-functional team members as appropriate.
Metrics - Partner with customers and subject matter experts to analyze and document educational outcomes and learning objectives that support learners in their journey to apply the principles of regenerative ranching successfully and profitably.
Customer Service - Use a customer-service-focused approach for all interactions and tasks. Maintain a cooperative working relationship with employees, contractors, visitors, and guests.
We will:
Teach you. We will support you with professional development opportunities that will hone your skills and grow you professionally.
Support you. We’re committed to building solutions for each other in addition to our stakeholders. Our team members make time to help, provide solutions, and remove roadblocks with regular collaboration across groups, regardless of where our office is. We are empowered and equipped with the tools that allow us to connect, to be intentional and to grow together.
Include you. We come from different parts of the globe and from different walks of life, but we share the vision of our founder, Lloyd Noble, to improve the land for the benefit of all society. Our culture is inclusive, supportive, and diverse. We want to be a part of your story and you to help write part of ours. Your perspective and experience is invaluable. Come grow with us!
Provide you. We offer competitive salary and benefits, including multiple options for health and retirement plans, employee wellness program, employee recognition program, and onsite wellness center. In addition, we have a flexible working environment and organizational support for community involvement and volunteering.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
