Instructional Design Associate, Product Function in Hyderabad (Job Vacancy)

Job Title : Instructional Design Associate Function : Product Reports to : Product Lead Location : Hyderabad Office Job Type : Full-time, starting May/June 2024 Work-days : Monday to Friday Work-hours : 40 hrs per week Remuneration : 4.5 to 6 lakhs pa (negotiable as per experience) About Inqui-lab Programs Inqui-lab programs aim to nurture problem-solving capacities in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. When we look at the OECD Report, our National Educational Policy, or the pandemic itself, it is clear that students of today need to learn more than just literacy and numeracy. They need such adaptive capacities that not only make them job ready but help them solve the many complex problems that they see around them. What better place to support and build these skills than when young? Through our foundational programs, the in-person Think & Make and the hybrid School Innovation Challenge (UniSolve), we work towards providing problem-solving experiences to students using simplified design thinking processes. With the targeted Discover & Empower Student Innovators, we work towards creating a community of students who have displayed intent to solve problems (or wish to do so) from our foundational programs by leveraging technology and providing them a safe space. With Youth for Social Impact, we work alongside Higher Education partners to nurture human centred design and entrepreneurial mindsets in college-going youth. Across all, the offering remains : engage in problem-solving, introduce & strengthen target skills, and build awareness to different opportunities. About the Role In this role, you will be contributing to program design & curriculum development efforts with respect to one or more assigned products. You will also test / implement new & existing content in designated environments and iterate the design wherever necessary, focusing on a good balance of innovative, research-backed, and effective. The target audience for these products would largely be public school students & parents, public school teachers & leadership, higher education institutions; with some scope for engaging with private schools. You will be working with a team of curriculum and product designers with a lead to meet these responsibilities. Key Tasks & Responsibilities ● Learner Journeys: Visualise clear student journeys and interaction points with the educational product and involved stakeholders, to ensure the learning experience is useful, engaging and transformative. ● Curriculum Development: Be a contributing member of the design team in terms of building frameworks, templates, outlines, sessions, workbooks, videos etc where relevant to the program. ● Testing: Pilot new curriculum in diverse settings with students from target demographics, and use the insights to iterate the programs and develop effective implementation guidelines for facilitators. ● Training: Create and deliver in-person/virtual training programs for partners (eg : teachers) to implement the program successfully. ● Research: Base all product design on adequate primary and secondary research, landscape analysis, and understanding of efficient ways to nurture problem solving skills and attitudes in students. ● Academic Standards: Develop in-depth understanding of key educational policies, academic subjects, or standards relevant to students in focus such that products can complement or supplement academic content. Skills and Competencies Required ● B.Sc/ BTech/BE Graduate degree with 2-4 years of experience in the field of education. Candidates from other disciplines are also eligible if they had pursued science streams in 10+2. ● Good understanding of pedagogical concepts, learning and instructional design. ● Experience in creating hands-on, project-based curriculum that is playful, open-ended, reflective and engaging. ● Fluency in English and any regional language. Skills and Competencies Preferred ● B.Ed / MA in Education, Design or Learning Design. This will be counted at par with 1-year work-experience. ● Education or experience with Design Thinking pedagogy, problem-solving and/or skill-based programs. ● Familiarity with prototyping, implementing and shaping solutions from ideas. ● Experience with contextualising content across states or countries. ● Experience with design of both offline and Ed-tech programs. If nurturing the problem-solving capacity of adolescents & youth interests you, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/JoinIIF , where you can choose to apply for the position of “Instructional Design Associate, Product Function” and upload your resume / CV.