INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

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At the University of Washington School of Social Work, we commit ourselves to promoting social and economic justice for poor and oppressed populations and enhancing the quality of life for all. Recently ranked No. 1 in the world among social work schools for its influential scholarship and broad impact, we strive to maximize human welfare through education, research, and public service. We embrace our position of leadership in the field of social work and join in partnership with others in society committed to solving human problems in the twenty-first century.

The UW and the School of Social Work promote diversity and inclusivity among our staff, faculty and students; we seek applicants for this position who are committed to these principles and whose experiences have prepared them to fulfill our commitment to inclusion and have given them the confidence to fully engage with audiences from a wide spectrum of backgrounds.

The Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence has an outstanding opportunity for an Instructional Designer.  This Continuing Education Specialist position is an integral part of the professional development education and training system for public child welfare employees, foster and relative caregivers, and their community partners. This education and training system is a partnership between the University of Washington — School of Social Work, Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), Eastern Washington University — School of Social Work, University of Washington in Tacoma —Social Work Program, and the University of Washington — School of Social Work — Partners for Our Children. This position coordinates and works closely with the Alliance partners and works within the partnership to accomplish its vision, values, and guiding principles.  The success of the partnership is realized by utilizing effective working relationships with all partners.

This position works to integrate differences in individual, group, and office cultures; responds to questions and feedback; works cooperatively with peers and other managers to achieve organizational goals; conceives, plans, coordinates, and oversees projects; writes and directs the preparation of clear and effective reports and other documents. This position helps to ensure that the Partnership benefits from the expertise and resources from the University of Washington in the areas of: Online trainings via eLearnings and webinars; and human interfaces that require design expertise; Learning science and curriculum design that is required to advance the practice and effectiveness of training for social workers and caregivers. The Continuing Education Specialist – Instructional Designer will develop instructional in-person and computer-based teaching methods, for live webinars, simulations, gaming and/or eLearnings for child welfare professionals and child welfare caregivers. This position will need to be able to translate the complex learning needs of internal and external customers into web-based solutions that are understandable and useful to a variety of audiences.

This position represents the partnership and University of Washington School of Social Work to professionals in the field of social work as well as, DCYF staff, management, and caregivers.  This position works with the staff in the Alliance for Professional Development, Training, and Caregiver Excellence to support relevant online training and service to DCYF employees and caregivers, and to assure a success that is beneficial to all partners as well as being beneficial to consumers of the services provided by the Alliance.  The Instructional Designer will be one of the front linefront-line people in the development of the web-based curriculum, and will embrace and distill a magnitude of content to create engaging and interactive learning programs online.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This position will have multiple areas of responsibility, in an environment of dynamic and sometimes changing priorities. The person in this position needs to respond quickly to emergent needs and work closely with the supervisor and with the rest of the team to support long-term and short-term efforts. This person will need to be able to work with the instructional design team to translate the complex learning needs of internal and external customers into web-based solutions that are understandable and useful to a variety of audiences. This person must be able to learn and understand the complexities of Child Welfare, Child Welfare Training, and the technological platforms that support the Alliance. This position will be one of the front-line people in the development of the web-based curriculum, and will embrace and distill a magnitude of content to create engaging and interactive learning programs online.      

Develop online course developmental projects - 80%