Instructional Systems Designer

Team Carney•Glen Burnie, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Team Carney is seeking a highly motivated Instructional Systems Designer to support a federal client program. The position supports the client’s Training Division by analyzing, designing, developing, and maintaining instructional content for web-based and instructor-led courses, while sustaining strategic client partnerships. The role applies the ADDIE model across instructional products in a changing security environment, with a focus on industrial security training and innovative learning solutions. The Instructional Systems Designer collaborates with client personnel on training needs analyses, identifies competencies and learning requirements, and develops course plans, storyboards, assessments, and other instructional materials. The role also maintains existing curricula in response to policy changes, real-world events, and Department of Defense Security Skill Standards; documents design and curriculum changes; and evaluates instructional products for technical accuracy and effectiveness. The position is full-time and based on site in Linthicum, Maryland, five days per week. An active Secret clearance or higher is required.

Requirements

Must hold an active Secret personnel security clearance or be eligible for one; the posting also specifies an active Secret clearance or higher.
Meet one of the following education and experience tracks: a master’s degree in Instructional Systems Design or Adult Education from an accredited university and at least five years of applied ISD experience; or a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least eight years of applied ISD experience.
Proven experience using a systematic approach to design and develop synchronous or asynchronous online, instructor-led, or instructor-facilitated courses.
Demonstrated ability to conduct needs analyses, map courseware to organizational goals and skillsets, and align assessments directly to learning content.
Experience building and updating distance-delivered courses in collaborative learning environments and Learning Management Systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, or Adobe Connect.
Demonstrated experience leading instructional development projects from concept to execution.
Experience supporting federal agencies in security-related training, education, or certification programs.
For CDSE’s Education Division specifically, instructional design experience supporting higher education, undergraduate, or graduate-level programs.

Responsibilities

Assist with and provide technical guidance on the comprehensive application of the ADDIE methodology.
Collaborate with client personnel to conduct training needs analyses that identify security competencies, training requirements, learning objectives, instructional strategies, media selections, and tailored recommendations.
Support new content development through front-end analysis, training design plans, storyboards, assessments, and beta tests.
Maintain existing training products by identifying updates required by policy changes, real-world events, or the Department of Defense Security Skill Standards (DS3).
Document curriculum changes on storyboards and develop detailed course design documents, including content outlines, media treatments, technical specifications, assessment strategies, and recommended design approaches.
Ensure revisions are accurately applied after a client programmer completes technical updates.
Conduct and participate in beta tests to evaluate technical accuracy and instructional effectiveness.
Develop, update, and evaluate course assessments to measure learning outcomes and instructional impact.
Support the client’s Training Division and nurture strategic client partnerships.