Instructional Design Subject Matter Expert (Critical Thinking)_

**Overview****Work Where it Matters**RiverTech, an Akima company, is not just another federal professional solutions contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.At RiverTech, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.**For our shareholders** , RiverTech provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.**For our government customers** , RiverTech provides innovative solutions to complex engineering and operational challenges and delivers wide-ranging services for mission support, systems engineering, and IT.**As a RiverTech employee,** you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.**Job Summary:**The National Geospatial-Intelligence College (NGC) Instructional Systems Designers (ISDs) work with subject matter experts and clients to capture learning requirements and recommend solutions to advance their mission effectiveness. Leveraging learner-centric principles to design the experience, ISDs design synchronous and asynchronous materials, as well as performance support tools that most effectively improve performance while minimizing impact to time away from mission for learners. Building upon the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) and Successive Approximation Model (SAM) frameworks, NGC ISDs leverage their expertise and creativity to develop engaging and interactive learning experiences.The Instructional Designer Subject Matter Expert (ISD-SME) is a fulltime temporary position with a current end date of no later than 01 August 2025.**Responsibilities****Job Responsibilities:**+ Building advanced courses for adult learners, specifically intelligence officers.+ Designing knowledge testing activities.+ Provide support to the Instructional Design team in developing training.**Qualifications****Minimum Qualifications:**+ Minimum Bahcelors’s Degree in either Intelligence Studies, Security Studies, Criminology, Philosophy, Law / Legal Studies / Paralegal, Cognitive Science, Political Science, or International Relations.+ Minimum 5 years’ experience building advanced courses for adult learners, specifically intelligence officers.+ Minimum 5 years’ experience and deep knowledge of critical thinking, specifically the three main Dr. Paul and D Elder’s models (Elements of Thought, Intellectual Standards, and Intellectual Traits).+ Understanding of the history of logic and argumentation (from its origins in antiquity to the present).+ Minimum 5 years’ experience designing knowledge testing activities.+ Understanding of and experience with the ODNI ICDs.+ Understanding or experience with debate (the use of solid reasoning and compelling evidence, persuasive storytelling and skillful presentation, eloquent and civil communication).+ Understanding of the history of intelligence successes and failures (American and otherwise).+ Understanding of symbolic logic (both formal and informal).+ Understanding of cognitive biases.+ Understanding of logical fallacies.+ Understanding argument construction and deconstruction (Toulmin’s Method).+ Understanding of reasoning.+ Familiarity with legal jurisprudence.\#CJP-1234We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).**Job:** Engineering/Design**Travel:** Yes, 25% of the time**Organization:** RiverTech**Clearance:** TS with SCI Eligibility**Work Type:** Hybrid**Remote:** No**ReqID:** 2024-12077