Instructional Designer; Temporary

Job Description

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) has an outstanding opportunity for an Instructional Designer (Temporary) to join their team.

The UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), housed in the School of Public Health, is seeking a full-time Instructional Designer to join a team of instructors, staff, and faculty providing professional continuing education courses throughout the Northwest Region. DEOHS is one of five departments in the School of Public Health and focuses on the prevention and intervention of environmental and occupational health injuries and illnesses through research, teaching and service.

The Instructional Designer will join a small team of instructors and staff dedicated to serving the educational needs of workers, business leaders, and occupational health and safety practitioners.

The courses are offered through the Occupational Safety and Health Continuing Education Programs (OSHCE) held in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Courses and events are in-person, virtual, and online serving about 3,500 participants per year through 250 course offerings. In addition, OSHCE administers a health and safety train-the-trainer program with 1,100 active trainers.

The Instructional Designer partners with subject matter experts, instructors, and program leaders to design, develop, and continuously improve high-quality learning experiences for OSHA-authorized training and professional development courses. This role applies evidence-based instructional design principles, adult learning theory, and accessibility standards to create engaging, effective, and production-ready learning materials across multiple modalities (in-person, virtual, blended, and on demand).

The Instructional Designer plays a key role in creating new course content and updating the existing library of course content currently in use. This role will be instrumental in designing and implementing regulatory, technical, and safety-related content into learner-centered experiences that support compliance, performance improvement, and measurable learning outcomes.

• Design and develop OSHA-authorized training and professional development courses using established instructional design models (e.g., ADDIE, SAM, backward design).

• Collaborate with subject matter experts including OSHA-authorized instructors, safety professionals, and faculty to clarify learning objectives, scope content, and ensure technical and regulatory accuracy.

• Utilize best practices for designing and implementing clear, engaging, learner-centered instructional materials.

• Create instructional materials including course outlines, syllabi, lesson plans, slide decks, for use in course instruction.

• Design content for multiple delivery formats, including in-person, virtual instructor-led training, blended learning, and asynchronous online courses for a variety of modalities and technologies including Canvas, Canva, and PowerPoint.

• Support OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Center requirements, including course structure, learning objectives, contact hours, and documentation.

• Use learning technologies and authoring tools including LMS platforms, PowerPoint, Canvas, Articulate, AI, and video tools to develop, update, and maintain course content.

• Support course builds, revisions, and version control within the learning management system.

• Ensure instructional materials meet accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG, Section 508) and universal design for learning (UDL) principles.

• Prepare materials to be production-ready, requiring minimal revision prior to delivery, audit, or publication.

• Design learner assessments and evaluation tools aligned with course objectives.

• Analyze course feedback and evaluation data to recommend and implement improvements.

• Support continuous improvement efforts by updating content based on learner needs, regulatory changes, or program goals.

• Manage multiple instructional design projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and quality expectations.

• Com…