Instructional Designer

About us
The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) provides fire prevention, preparedness and response services to fire in the built and landscape environments, as well as scientific and specialist capabilities to Queensland communities. The QFD provides a multi-hazard emergency response, including road crash rescue, bushfire, hazardous material, technical and vertical rescue, severe weather incidents, remote and swiftwater rescue, and provides a number of functions supporting community safety outcomes.
The department encompasses Queensland Fire and Rescue (QFR), Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ), as well as the broader department which work together to pre-empt, prevent, mitigate and manage the consequences of fires and other emergencies on Queensland communities and support our large volunteer membership across the state.
The QFD is an organisation that is focused on reframing the department's relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, and organisations through the Path to Treaty, Closing the Gap and building our cultural capability.
Purpose of the role
The Curriculum Writing unit is responsible for providing curriculum and assessment leadership that enables the department to achieve high-quality training outcomes for their staff and volunteers, whilst ensuring that all learning and education is linked to operational capability and future requirements. The team contributes to the review and development of quality training products, services and systems that provide a holistic and specialised approach to curriculum design and flexible learning material to meet the requirements of each capability stream across the department and will enable trainers and assessors to effectively deliver quality learning and development activities.
Key requirements
Highly desirable requirements
- Hold a current Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and/or accredited tertiary qualification in adult education or can obtain the skill within a mutually agreed timeframe.
- Knowledge or experience working in a quality assurance role within a Registered Training Organisation environment.
- Knowledge and experience in instructional design, and the development of both paper-based and digital learning experiences and resources.
- Experience with eLearning systems (e.g. Articulate and/or Accelerate), tools and methods to enhance learning experiences.

Your key accountabilities
Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:
Design, develop, and review a range of flexible education and training curriculum for instructors and online programs, including resources in support of a contemporary training framework, ensuring compliance with industry and organisational best practice guidelines.
Evaluate, test, and review produced flexible learning and training material to ensure products deliver an engaging and interactive learning experience and are free from factual and grammatical errors.
Design and develop interactive training products and content using contemporary eLearning authoring tools and undertake quality and compliance checks in line with procedures and design specifications.
Maintain awareness of emerging instructional technologies and make recommendation for continuous improvement to ensure learning resources meet industry competency standards and offer best learning experience for staff and volunteers.
Develop and design high-quality curriculum products that meet the department's capability owner requirements, align with training and assessment standards, and meet legislative and departmental compliance.
Liaise, consult, and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders regarding initiatives impacting the design of flexible learning materials and delivery of programs.
Provide a project-based approach to product development to enable documenting, tracking, and reporting of the development cycle, ensuring quality outputs are delivered within approved timeframes.
Capabilities
To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:
Leadership Competency Stream - Individual Contributor (leading self)
Vision
- Stimulates ideas and innovation
- Makes insightful decisions

Results
- Builds enduring relationships
- Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability
- Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
- Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFD shared values:

- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Courage
- LoyaltyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.