EDUCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPER - 60003597

Requisition No: 882919

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: EDUCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPER - 60003597

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60003597

Salary: $60,000

Posting Closing Date: 09/07/2026

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Job Title: Education Curriculum Developer Specialist

Florida Department of Children and Families

Office of Quality and Innovation

Workforce Learning and Development

Position: Staff Development and Training Consultant (Education Curriculum Developer Specialist)

Position Number: 60003597

Salary: $60,000

Occasional travel (approximately 10%) required

Location: This is not a telework or remote position. The selected candidate will be required to work in at the DCF Headquarters Office located in Tallahassee, FL.

The Office of Quality and Innovation (OQI) serves as the catalyst for ensuring high levels of performance across the state to support a strong workforce and positive outcomes for Florida families. The office seeks collaborative, action-focused, and transparent professionals dedicated to putting quality at the center of serving families. This position is located on OQI’s Curriculum Development Team (CDT).

Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for adult learners in the workforce.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies.
• Proficient experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• One (1) or more years of experience working with Microsoft PowerPoint creating presentations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in instructional technology and multimedia development tools, including Articulate, Well Said Labs, Vyond, CANVA, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• M.S. in instructional design, curriculum development

• 3 or more years of experience in instructional design/curriculum development for a workforce
• One (1) year of experience of working with Learning Management Systems.

Duties and Responsibilities Include but Are Not Limited To:

• Serving as an instructional designer on the Curriculum Development Team (CDT).

• Using instructional design methodologies to develop and/or evaluate various workforce learning resources such as required trainings, training programs, and specialty courses based on the analysis of Department needs.

• Ensuring training meets 508 accessibility, usability, and functionality standards for classroom, online, self-study, and blended learning opportunities.

• Piloting new trainings when appropriate to ensure necessary changes and revisions are made before implementation.

• Assisting program offices in the planning and development of pilot learning programs, evaluating results, and using the findings to establish new or modified learning programs.

• Participating in or facilitating curriculum review committees with other program training managers or coordinators, to collaborate about the needs of training across program areas and the Department.

• Assisting team members responsible for working with program office training managers to collect materials and coordinate a revision calendar to schedule when curriculum needs to be updated.

• Reviewing historical training to determine if training will benefit from eLearning technology resources.

• Working with the Quality Assurance Specialist to update a training resource library with trainings collected from program offices and hospitals statewide.

• Supporting the LMS team to maintain and update courses available through the Department’s Learning Management System – My FL Learn.

• Creating training for statewide implementation and setting expectations for which parts of the curriculum must be covered statewide.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in developing training for adult learners using instructional design methodologies that meet quality industry standards.

• Demonstrated knowledge of 508 compliance and accessibility standards (ex: WCAG).

• Consistently demonstrate a high level of professionalism using excellent communication and presentation skills with all levels of leadership, management, and staff.

• Experience with adult learning theory.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint (Office Suite) and Microsoft Teams.

• Excellent skills with Articulate Storyline and design tools such as Canva, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.

• Capable of working with a high degree of independence, determining work priorities, and ensuring proper completion of work assignments.

• Exceptional critical thinking skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills that include the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others, teach, coach and mentor workforce.

• Passion for learning and improving training programs and learning management system processes.

• Knowledge of mission and vision of the Department of Children and Families.

• Understanding of continuous quality improvement processes and integration across programs.

• Ability to fact-find, identify trends, root causes, and effective practices from data.

• Proficient in systems-thinking across operational locations, department programs, and government agencies.

• Ability to make decisions and recommend solutions.

• Knowledge of project management principles for instructional design projects.

• Proficient in collaborating within a cross-functional team.

• Demonstrate respect for others and professional interest through speech, nonverbal communication, and active listening.

Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.

• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.

• Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.

• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications.

• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history.

• If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at View phone number on aiapply.co.

Growth Opportunities:

With 12,000 employees across the state the Department of Children and Families promotes opportunities and training for all. Our jobs are among the most challenging, complex, and difficult in State government. They are also among the most rewarding. All employees are encouraged to take advantage of available Department opportunities for advancement and professional development.

About Department of Children and Families:

• Mission: The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

• Vision: We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

• Values: A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve.

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• If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

• The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.

SELECTIVE SERVICE: Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. For more information, please visit the SSS website:

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any candidate being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S. No candidate may begin employment until the background investigation results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background investigations shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies. Also, employees are subject to background re-screening at least every five years.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center View phone number on aiapply.co). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.