Instructional Designer

Title: Instructional Designer

Location: Portland, OR, 97204

Duration: 12 Months

Roles & Responsibilities:

•Design and build educational seminars, workshops & webinars for the wise and efficient use of energy and specific energy efficiency measures/programs.

•Guide and oversee the online trainings developed by our eLearning Specialist. This includes providing the content from existing seminars and webinars to create online training.

•Work collaboratively with external stakeholders, including Energy Trust of Oregon, to ensure classes and programs include elements that increase customer participation and ensure their understanding of program benefits, timelines, and options.

•Manage relationship with internal and external instructors and subject matter experts who help develop content. This includes ensuring a Statement of Work is in place; deliverables are met on time; the material for trainings are appropriate for business customers attending; and client is providing the instructor the support we have agreed to.

•Ensure professional excellence of internal and external instructors and subject matter experts who help develop content for classes. This includes evaluating the instructors in the seminars and workshops and providing feedback/suggestions for future.

•Identify opportunities and recommend solutions for improving customers’ energy efficiency training needs. This includes working with internal and external stakeholders to identify and effectively advocate training and education to help remove barriers to take action on energy efficiency measures/programs.

•Design and propose the schedule of classes for the 2017, utilizing input from internal and external stakeholders and customer feedback.

Minimum Qualifications:

•Excellent oral and written communication, human relations, and problem-solving skills.

•Working knowledge of training program design, adult learning theory, and state-of-the-art training techniques.

•Excellent self-management skills; able to work well collaboratively or independently depending on the need.

•Effective presentation, group process (facilitation), and project management skills.

•Excellent research, analytical and interpretive skills in technical areas.

•Working knowledge of storyboards, typography, illustration, and page layout skills.

•Typically a BA or BS in business, finance, marketing, communication, psychology or relevant technical area, and five years of applicable experience