Instructional Design Specialist

Job Description

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Do you have a passion for designing, analyzing, and delivering world-class e-learning content? We are currently hiring a new Instructional Design Specialist to join our International Projects team in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina! Focusing on top-down initiatives from Headquarters to the Field you’ll use tools like Articulate 360 to write, explain, and build relevant and compatible training content for a variety of audiences and learning levels. Bring your business experience and drive for excellence to design training and equip our staff in a way that makes an eternal impact.

A day in the life of an Instructional Design Specialist: 

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Instructional Design Specialist, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Create training for Projects staff in the field on how to use and implement new technologies.
• Apply proven adult learning design principles to create traditional classroom-style training, job aids, informal learning opportunities, blended learning, and eLearning.
• Create instructional content using eLearning development software including the Articulate 360 suite of programs and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Advise subject matter experts (SMEs) on the design and delivery of learning content through classroom and web-based (synchronous and asynchronous) delivery mechanisms.
• Evaluate the success of training implementation initiatives and write reports summarizing results.
• Oversee reporting mechanisms by developing, implementing, and managing the ongoing process to track training information, events, and trainer and participant information.
• Co-lead efforts within the team unit in researching world-class training techniques, processes, and materials developed by other organizations and governmental agencies.
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Learning, Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field with three (3) or more years of direct experience in a corporate, nonprofit, or civil service position; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Thorough knowledge of instructional technologies and course authoring tools such as Articulate 360 and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Thorough knowledge of adult learning principles and learning design best practices.
• Ability to seamlessly move between both autonomous and collaborative environments;
• Ability to identify and apply appropriate metrics to training evaluation.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies

Job Location: 

North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: 

Full-Time

Language Requirement: 

Fluency in English (required)

Benefits

Domestic Full Time:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days 

Samaritan’s Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan’s Purse Statement of Faith:

* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.  (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)

* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.   (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)

* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.   (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)

* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.   (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.   (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other.  God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society.  For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.   (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.   (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.   (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)