Senior Instructional Designer

SALARY RANGE: $78,620-$98,275 (education and experience factor into salary and could exceed the max of the range)

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 a Senior Instructional Designer

As senior instructional designer, you will apply principles of adult learning to design and develop online and in-person 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.
• 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, virtual 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 graphics 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.
• Project Lead – Serve as project lead for assigned products assuming responsibility for completion of all specifications — from conception to delivery — while ensuring end product aligns with the Institute’s standards and is completed within the established deadline.
• External Relationships - Cultivate and steward external relationships capable of partnering with and/or supporting the lnstitute's outreach and education programming, actively identify new relationships within the lnstitu