Learning and Instructional Design Specialist

2 days ago


New York, New York, United States Open Society Foundations Full time

About the Role

The Open Society Foundations is seeking a highly skilled Learning and Instructional Design Specialist to join our Policy, Knowledge & Training team. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing knowledge resources and creative communication strategies to share our resources with diverse audiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Associate Director and the Policy, Knowledge & Training team to design, test, produce, and revise knowledge resources, including manuals, training guides, guidance documents, case studies, workbooks, videos, and online learning tools.
  • Assist in facilitating trainings, both independently and as part of the Policy, Knowledge & Training team, for in-person and remote learning sessions.
  • Organize resources, information, and data into usable formats to meet the needs of end users within Grants Management and the entire organization.
  • Develop and maintain informational resources for Grants Management, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and readability.
  • Support the execution of communication strategies and mechanisms to share knowledge resources with diverse audiences inside Open Society.
  • Stay up-to-date on grants management and grantmaking policies and procedures, practices, and guidelines at Open Society, and assist stakeholders as needed to understand and adhere to these.
  • Build and maintain relationships with program and operational units across Open Society, identifying knowledge and experience within the organization that would be valuable to systematize and share broadly.
  • Help identify gaps in knowledge and experience within the organization that the Policy, Knowledge & Training team should address.
  • Provide advanced administrative support for Policy, Knowledge & Training projects, including scheduling and arranging logistics for in-person or virtual meetings, contributing to the development of agendas, and facilitating work meetings when necessary.
  • Perform various administrative tasks and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • University degree - BA or BSc
  • Experience in design and testing of training material
  • Experience with evolving and complex administrative policies and procedures and operating within them
  • Excellent computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, and experience with other knowledge management/sharing platforms

Competencies

  • High level of emotional intelligence and ability to build and maintain strong, trusting relationships, internally and externally, across cultures and geographies
  • Demonstrated specialized knowledge of grantmaking policy, including ability to design reasonable policy, anticipate ways in which policies may succeed or fail, and effectively develop and carry out strategy to align grantmaking practices with OSF's approach to grantmaking and goals of a given policy
  • Ability to use data and information to undertake assessment and inform decision-making
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills
  • Ability to draft policies, guidance, and other documents in English; and basic understanding of approaches to adult learning and facilitation

Language

English



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