Job ID: TX-70120041 (910090217)
Instructional Designer/Technical Writer with CBT, EIR Accessibility/assistive technologies, training curriculum development, data analysis, business writing and data visualization experience
Location: Austin TX (TEA)
Duration: 6 months
Minimum Requirements:
Years Skills/Experience
5 Training Curriculum Development
5 Large Group Facilitation
5 Small Group Facilitation
5 Data Analysis and Strategy
5 Business Writing
Preferences:
Years Skills/Experience
3 Data Visualization
Responsible for preparing, conducting, and evaluating technical training programs. Writes literature and materials to be used in programs and designs exercises to enhance lectures. Shall deliver on-site and web-based training courses covering any number of software solutions. Collects and reports data about resource usage.
Creates instructor materials (course outlines, background material, instructional materials, and training aids), as needed. Assists with formatting training materials created by other staff as requested. Determines needs and develops plans to meet the need of customers. Assists in design of computer-based and multimedia curriculum. May plan, direct and conduct classroom training, electronic learning, multimedia programs, and other computer-aided instructional technologies, conferences and workshops. The trainer will manage the training program in accordance with business needs and regulatory requirements. Help staff with their productivity reporting both within and without the agency. Researches and recommends vendors and costs for various training logistic elements. Stay current with developments in computer training field, especially alternative media/methods for instruction.
This instructor uses a computer to organize and draft a curriculum that breaks a complex subject into blocks or units of instruction, creates graphics, and integrates them into curriculum. Workshops may be instructor based, computer-based, interactive, or non-interactive. This instructor also facilitates short workshops in accordance with approved curriculum. Job duties also include the following: incorporation of new curriculum in the teaching process (e.g., develops clarification or examples of application related to the subject matter), development and maintenance of facilitation techniques that reflect professionalism and good discipline and enhance teaching, development of alternative teaching techniques and scenarios to maintain high motivation and interest in the subject areas.
This specialist will gather, analyze, translate and compose technical information into clear, readable materials to be used by technical and non-technical personnel. Collect data and analyze audiences and training needs, based on new business processes and policies, and apply these into successful training delivery. This specialist will gather and present data on interaction with data products available online.
Has a basic understanding of EIR Accessibility and assistive technologies used by people with disabilities. Understands protocols for communicating with customers requiring special assistance to obtain required or requested information.
Specific project requirements include building and strengthening our relationship with our educator preparation community. Creating critical questions for analysis for EPPs to use in their continuous improvement. Utilizing the state-level view of the data to highlight trends and consult with TEA leadership on best ways to further study. Collaborate with visualization developers to update data products to be more user-friendly. With additional support, engage in communication and training tasks. Tasks for this work include but are not limited to:
• Develop technical assistance structures for assisting EPPs’ continuous improvement
• EPP identification and outreach
• Facilitation of stakeholder engagement and training events
• Create FAQ Help desk responses regarding the dashboards and data usage
• Create and deliver monthly reports on usage trends of public and internal facing dashboards