About This Role
This senior role on the Publishing and Curriculum Team is for an experienced instructional designer who is passionate about quality education and wants their expertise to directly impact how schools across the Philippines learn. The Instructional Designer will join EduQuest Inc. in Cagayan de Oro City.
Responsibilities
- Study the content team's current practices and identify instructional gaps and improvement opportunities
- Research DepEd K–12 curriculum updates, CHED OBE frameworks, and instructional design best practices
- Prepare observation and research reports with actionable recommendations
- Develop and maintain instructional frameworks, templates, and design standards for the content team
- Write and review learning objectives aligned with Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and OBE frameworks
- Apply ADDIE and Backward Design to ensure all materials are outcomes-based and pedagogically sound
- Design assessment blueprints aligned with learning objectives
- Review all major content outputs against instructional standards before publication
- Establish and enforce curriculum design standards and QA checklists for the team
- Generate improvement reports per publishing cycle based on learner and user feedback
- Facilitate capability-building sessions on instructional design principles for the content team
- Provide instructional design coaching and consultation to the content team as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Instructional Design, Psychology, Communications, or a related field
- Minimum 4 to 6 years of experience in instructional design, curriculum development, or a closely related role
- At least 1 to 2 years in a supervisory, lead, or senior individual contributor capacity
- Mastery of ADDIE and Backward Design
- Strong grasp of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy (Anderson & Krathwohl) for learning objective writing and assessment design
- Knowledge of OBE frameworks aligned with DepEd K–12 and CHED CMO No. 46
- Own working laptop
Nice to have:
- Master's degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or Curriculum Development
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., ATD CPTD, Learning & Performance Institute certifications)
- Prior experience in edtech, educational publishing, K–12, or higher education environment
- Familiarity with DepEd-aligned or OBE-based content development
- Familiarity with learner-centered, constructivist, and inquiry-based instructional approaches
- Familiarity with SAM (Successive Approximation Model)
Benefits