Public Affairs Training Instructor
Motivf has an immediate opening for someone with experience in Public Affairs and is interested in teaching on the subject. Classes will be taught at the Defense Information School (DINFOS, more information below) to a military audience. We are looking for candidates who are engaging communicators and can manage classroom logistics. We’re open to candidates with and without military experience.
Motivf is a consulting company that provides brands, companies, and government organizations around the world with creative teams, design ops leadership, human-centered design, and Agile and Lean expertise. Whether working remotely or on the road, we believe in our people, and we understand that quality of life directly impacts quality of work. We pride ourselves on our flexible work environment and distinctive global culture.
What You'll Do
Assist team leads with ensuring the class Training Day begins and ends on time.
Ensure class attendance is taken at beginning of class and instructors report unexcused absences to the Team Lead and Academic Directors immediately.
Adhere to all classroom instruction methods in accordance with course Training Programs of Instruction (TPI).
Manage student records, student counseling and additional training, student probation and action packages, absences, and any supporting documents within the DINFOS Management System (DMS), or any system the Government sees fit to implement in the management of student records. Guidance and direction for these administrative actions will be approved via a Team Lead and the Academic Director for the course assigned.
Adhere to the provisions of DINFOS policies regarding Instructor certification and qualification programs in order to become fully integrated into the training cadre. Instructors are required to understand and adhere to mentoring standards, through their assigned mentors, to assist and coach instructors on supplementary training
Coach, grade, and provide mentoring and feedback to students
Provide Subject Matter Expertise to the curriculum development process on a variety of courses offered by DINFOS, to include the redesign, review, or implementation of a new course curriculum
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Bachelors degree in a related field
6 - 10 years of public affairs, public relations, or communications experience
Working knowledge of all aspects of public affairs and visual information including but not limited to: all areas of communication strategy, visual information, journalism, broadcast news, multimedia production and operation of related computer hardware/software equipment related to job field and industry practices.
Familiarity with a variety of eLearning platforms to support online and resident instruction
APR or APR+M
Public trust or ability to acquire Public Trust clearance (this may be a required qualification)
About the Client
The mission of the Defense Information School (DINFOS) is to train and sustain a corps of professional communicators for the Department of Defense and its partners. DINFOS goals include delivering total professional development support to organizational communicators throughout their careers, whenever and wherever needed, and becoming the DoD and interagency center of excellence for organizational communications. To accomplish its mission, DINFOS exploits information technology, especially through its knowledge management and educational technology initiatives to produce training for real-time, worldwide, joint-Service requirements. DINFOS provides entry level, intermediate, and advanced training in the principles, techniques, and applications of public affairs, journalism, photojournalism, broadcasting, digital multimedia illustration, broadcast systems maintenance, video production, and visual information management. Instruction is provided to officers, enlisted personnel, and civilian employees of all branches of the armed forces, other government organizations and our international partners to prepare them for worldwide assignments as professional communicators.
WHAT WE OFFER
MEANING and PURPOSE at MOTIVF
Management Culture and Philosophy: At Motivf, we seek joy at work, so we prioritize psychological safety (the #1 trait of great teams), creativity, engagement, learning, human connection, and the meaning of the work. We minimize micromanagement by practicing agile-style self-management for maximum autonomy and engagement. Team members are largely accountable to each other, while their manager’s job is to coach them to career-defining performance and otherwise stay out of the way. We strive to hire managers people want to work for.
Purpose. Motivf is a Certified B Corporation: we meet the highest, verified standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.
How We Value People. We believe talents, like empathy and strategy, analysis and learning, and drive (or passion and motivation) lead to greater engagement by you and productivity for us than arbitrary requirements of prior experience, having the right keywords of skills or knowledge, or degrees that may not be necessary. That’s true equal opportunity, and true respect for the individual and their unique story.
Regardless of how any job description is written, if you think you can do the job, we invite you to make a case for it! We’d love to hear how your unique blend of talents and drive can equip you to succeed in this role, including as it changes over time.
CAREER and PERSONAL GROWTH AND LEARNING
Career Path and Advancement. We’re passionate about your growth - as a person and in your career. Every Motivf teammate can choose from one or both of 2 career advancement tracks: (1) Leadership/People Development and (2) Expertise Development. In order to advance in a career, not everyone has to be good at managing people. Some people just want to keep learning and keep getting better at what they do.
Continuous Learning. Because we work in a rich web of disciplines, fields, clients, and industries, opportunities for creativity and learning are everywhere. You’ll enjoy abundant redeployment opportunities. Because we do many kinds of projects for many kinds of clients, we always have interesting jobs to learn and do, and we’re able to assign you to work based on your talents, drive, and interests.
Powerful Learning Network. Many of our clients include their members in our Agile SCRUM teams. We have also done prime and subcontracts with over 30 partners, with whom we often share Slack channels and physical workspaces.