Part Time Curriculum Developer ICPS

NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) provides quality and affordable higher education to empower lives and strengthen communities within Northwest Arkansas and surrounding areas.

As the largest community college in Arkansas, NWACC is recognized as a leader in education. NWACC offers a full range of associate degrees, certificates and workforce training programs that prepare students for rewarding futures and careers.

NWACC employees are dedicated to fostering a diverse educational community and cultural learning environment that supports student success.

This position will be located within the Institute of Corporate and Public Safety Institute (ICPS); a federally funded training entity under the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC). Under the direction of the ICPS Director, the part-time Research Assistant will be responsible for supporting new course development and the three-year course recertification process for a series of several course.

This is a part-time provisional, grant funded position.

Essential Duties:

Basic academic research

Tracks updates of relevant content sources

Perform utility checks of project standards

Secures content-appropriate images

Records and tracks project deadlines

Manages digital file system

Maintains a resource web-page

Perform other related duties as assigned Rate of Pay: Range of $17-23 dollars per hour

Minimum Qualifications:

The formal equivalent of a high school diploma

At least two years of administrative experience

Applicable equivalencies (work experience and/or educational achievements) may be considered on the above minimum qualifications Preferred Qualifications:

Associates degree from an accredited institution of higher education

Five or more years of progressive responsibility in administrative management

Experience supporting emergency management or public safety organizations

Exposure to Adobe Create Cloud tools

Exposure to formal project management operations-Agile, waterfall, or hybrid

Copy editing experience Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Ability to communicate with others in a clear, understandable and professional manner

Ability to work with multiple customer, participant, and partner types with sometimes divergent needs

Ability to rise above challenges and setbacks and work with a team to achieve desired results

Ability to maintain regular, reliable and punctual attendance

Ability to work on multiple projects at one time and to prioritize activities accordingly

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is:

Frequently:

• Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding

• Sitting

• Standing

• Walking

Constantly:

• Hearing

• Repetitive motion

• Talking

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; and/or visual inspection at distances close to the eyes.

Environmental Conditions:

The following work environment characteristics are representative of those encountered by employees while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

The work environment typically consists of a professional office setting with a moderate noise level, including sounds from conversations, office equipment, and occasional movement of staff. Lighting is standard for office spaces, and the temperature is controlled to remain within a comfortable range. Employees may occasionally need to visit other areas, such as storage rooms, conference spaces, or outdoor locations, where environmental conditions may vary. Infrequently, exposure to louder noise levels or physical activities, such as moving lightweight materials, might be required.

NWACC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.