Instructional Designer - Community Workforce

Alphahire; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first engagements

Project-based contract

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking an Instructional Designer for community workforce training work with cities, counties, and community colleges. You will turn job requirements and partner input into training that adult learners finish and employers recognize.

Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel and 1099 project-based contracts. You will design curricula, facilitator guides, and learner materials for diverse delivery modes, align content to credentials, and craft assessments and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing adult/workforce training curricula (ADDIE/SAM or similar).
• Experience writing facilitator guides, learner materials, and assessments for adults.
• Working knowledge of accessibility (Section 508 / WCAG) and plain-language design.

Responsibilities

• Run needs and task analyses with employers and staff to define learning outcomes.
• Design curricula, lesson plans, facilitator guides and learner materials for in-person, virtual, and blended delivery.
• Build accessible e-learning modules and job aids for adult learners with varied literacy, language, and digital skills.
• Align content to industry credentials, apprenticeship standards, and career pathways.
• Develop assessments, completion measures, and evaluation plans to show learner progress.
• Pilot materials with instructors and participants and revise based on feedback and results.
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when naming is authorized.

Skills

Adult learning design

Instructional design

Curriculum design

Assessment design

Accessibility knowledge

Plain-language design

Remote-first consulting

Facilitator guides

Tools

Articulate 360

Adobe Captivate

LMS (Learning Management System)

Job description

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research. We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. We build ready teams for live pursuits not speculative staffing banks. AlphaGov is engaging an Instructional Designer for current community workforce training work with cities, counties, workforce boards, and community colleges. You will turn job requirements and partner input into training that adult learners finish and employers recognize. We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins. When you authorize naming.

What you'll do

• Run needs and task analyses with employers, instructors, and program staff to define learning outcomes
• Design curricula, lesson plans, facilitator guides, and learner materials for in-person, virtual, and blended delivery
• Build accessible e-learning modules and job aids for adult learners with varied literacy, language, and digital skills
• Align content to industry credentials, apprenticeship standards, and career pathways
• Develop assessments, completion measures, and evaluation plans that show learner progress
• Pilot materials with instructors and participants, then revise based on feedback and results
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience designing adult or workforce training curricula using ADDIE, SAM, or a comparable model
• Experience writing facilitator guides, learner materials, and assessments for adult learners
• Working knowledge of accessibility (Section 508 / WCAG) and plain-language design
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant, remote-first with occasional client travel

Nice to have

• Experience with community colleges, workforce boards, WIOA programs, or pre-apprenticeship training
• Proficiency with Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, or a learning management system
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) content development