Job Opportunity for Instructional Designer at ISDM in Noida

Title: Instructional Designer, Strategic Capacity Building, ISDM

Location: Noida

About ISDM

ISDM is an institution founded to create, strengthen and establish Development Management, a domain that transcends the exclusive silos of ‘development perspectives’ and ‘management principles’. ISDM recognises the need to ‘professionalise’ the Leading and Managing of Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs). The institution sees the development space as requiring the application of management disciplines that are unique and tailored to the scale of the sector. Management that doesn’t merely retrofit Business Management to development projects, but one that is born specifically from the coming together of the two crucial domains.

By 2025, ISDM aims to become the go-to management institute for top professionals wanting to transform the development sector for a greater impact on people’s lives. In order to achieve this aim, ISDM has identified three broad focus areas

1. Continuously building the one-year-long Post-Graduate Program in Development Management (PGP-DM);

2. Creating a strong research function that will lay the foundations for Development Management and leadership as a unique domain and discipline;

3. Launching Strategic Capacity Building Programs aimed at influencing and upskilling middle to senior leaders in the social sector through special workshops, short-term courses, and customized convenings.

ISDM has audacious ambitions to build a world-class institution, become a global fountainhead of development management knowledge, and define the domain of development management for the Social Sectors. The belief is that Management for the Social Sectors (or Development Management) will significantly scale up the positive impacts on the lives of people in sustained ways. ISDM is entering a new phase of growth with a revamped program and renewed focus on establishing itself firmly as a preeminent institution in its domain. This requires strategic and energetic institutional leadership.

Job Description

The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating and writing various types of learning content and tools, frameworks, infographics, manuals, etc., on development management subjects. The Instructional Designer will utilize proven pedagogical methods and current tools to create interactive and engaging content for students. The candidate should have strong communication skills which enable them to explain complicated concepts in a simple manner.

Key Responsibilities

● Explain technical ideas in simple language and Experience in gathering and understanding source content to create engaging courses based on the target audience

● Create user documentation for a variety of materials and contribute to the identification of high-quality open education resources (OER)

● Need to work with subject matter experts and create micro knowledge modules and storyboards as per the requirements of the organization

● Need to use the worldwide accepted theories and practices of instructional designing in real-time situations

● Need to be able to effectively meet the daily based targets of creating storyboards and SCORMS

● Should be able to analyze, update and define the existing content of the educational institutions and other clients

● Should be able to collaborate with the graphic designers for troubleshooting the user-related problems to ensure that the quality standards are maintained as per expectations

● Should be able to effectively work with teams in a virtual/offline office setting

Requirements & Qualifications

● Master’s degree or equivalent experience

● 8-12 years of experience in instructional design content development with an understanding of training and design strategy for adult learning, preferable knowledge of the social sector

● Ability to design and develop new-age learning modalities such as gamified learning microlearning mobile learning would be an added advantage

● Ability to write effective copy, instructional text, audio and video scripts in English

● In-depth knowledge of learning theories and instructional design models

● Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Remuneration shall be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

ISDM is an equal opportunity organization with a particular emphasis on affirmative action. The culture of the organization is one of professionalism while also one that greatly values relationships.