Sr. Instructional Designer/Blended Learning Consultant (Contract)

Vocation Nation™, an entity of Atlanta-based Launching You 2.0, a 501(c)(3) organization, is developing an innovative workforce-readiness training program designed to help participants build the foundational knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to succeed in the workplace.

Our curriculum is approximately 75% complete and is being developed for live, instructor-led delivery. Existing materials include PowerPoint presentations, videos, and participant activities.

We are preparing to pilot the program in the Atlanta area and are seeking an experienced Senior Instructional Designer / Blended Learning Consultant to strengthen the curriculum using adult-learning best practices, support and evaluate the pilot, and incorporate lessons learned into a finalized master curriculum.

Following successful completion of the initial engagement, the consultant may also help transform the curriculum into a blended-learning program combining live instructor-led training with asynchronous eLearning.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an instructional-design partner in the Atlanta area who can help us answer a more important question:

What is the most effective way for participants to learn, practice, apply, and demonstrate the workplace-success skills we are teaching?

The initial engagement will focus on strengthening and validating the instructor-led curriculum before making an investment in eLearning development or technology.

Key Responsibilities

The consultant will:

• Review the existing curriculum, PowerPoint presentations, videos, activities, facilitator and participant materials, and supporting resources.
• Evaluate and strengthen the curriculum using adult-learning and instructional-design best practices.
• Refine learning objectives and outcomes, as needed.
• Recommend improvements to course sequencing, pacing, content delivery, learner engagement, activities, scenarios, practice opportunities, and knowledge checks.
• Help prepare/finalize the curriculum and supporting materials for the initial instructor-led pilot.
• Develop an approach for gathering meaningful participant and instructor feedback.
• Observe the pilot which will take place in the Atlanta, GA area.
• Recommend and implement appropriate post-pilot curriculum revisions in collaboration with Vocation Nation™.
• Help establish the approved Vocation Nation™ Master Curriculum – Version 1.0 before blended-learning and eLearning development begins.

Ideal Qualifications

The ideal consultant must be located in Atlanta, GA throughout the assignment and should have demonstrated experience in:

• Adult learning and instructional design
• Instructor-led and blended learning
• eLearning design and development
• Scenario-based and experiential learning
• Assessment and knowledge-check design
• Learning Management Systems and eLearning authoring tools
• Designing learning experiences that emphasize application rather than passive content consumption

Experience with workforce development, workforce readiness, employability skills, career development, nonprofit training, or employer-based training is highly desirable.

Experience with multiple LMS and authoring platforms is preferred. We are particularly interested in someone who can provide vendor-neutral recommendations rather than designing exclusively around one technology platform.

To Apply for This Contract Opportunity in Atlanta, GA:

Please send your applicable background and work samples to: [email protected]. Top contenders will be asked to submit a proposal.