Job Description
Job Category: Producer Guidance
Requisition Number: INSTR001097
January 26, 2026
Full Time
~' '~to~' '~Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
SALARY RANGE: $80,192-$100,240.50
At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals, and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.
Our focus is to help farmers and ranchers apply regenerative ranching principles to the nation’s 654 million acres of grazing lands. This monumental undertaking requires thousands of producers across the U.S. to overcome significant barriers and change their current practices to work with nature, not against it.
Our education program is at the heart of our mission. It is the glue that connects our internal research discoveries and outreach activities. We live to find new ways to generate usable information so farmers and ranchers can leave their land better at sunset than at sunrise. Our education program is the inflection point for transformation. Education has always been a part of who we are, but we know new opportunities exist for us to expand our reach.
So, do you want to join us? We are looking for an Instructional Design Supervisor
As an instructional design supervisor, you will oversee the design and development of engaging, effective and scalable learning experiences across multiple delivery formats, alongside subject matter experts, that address real-world challenges facing farmers and ranchers. This work is key in helping Noble achieve its goals and share the story of regenerative land stewardship with farmers, ranchers, potential donors, and society at large. The work you do can play a part in making a difference in a producer’s operation, their life and the society that depends on them.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent communication, collaboration and time management ensuring quality educational product development and maintenance.
- Quality and innovative focus with attention to detail for accuracy and consistency of educational products.
- Deep understanding of adult learning principles with experience in learning tools and technology.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading others
- Planning strategically for budgeting and staffing to ensure effective resource management. Modeling and ensuring compliance with organizational policies, procedures and workplace safety.
- Guiding and supporting individual and team performance and development. Defining clear expectations to support and align individual, team and organizational goals.
- Building trust among team members through effective communication and relationships. Cultivating a culture of productivity and efficiency through intentional practices that foster growth, accountability and execution.
- Managing design of educational products
- Overseeing the instructional design function ensuring the highest quality standards and application of the latest instructional design science and principles. Ensuring the end-product aligns with the Institute's standards and is completed within the established deadline.
- Applying principles of adult learning and instructional design processes (such as ADDIE), to create educational products. This includes face-to-face classroom, virtual classroom, e-learning blended designs, non-linear designs, self-development designs, multiple module course curricula, action learning and media-based learning.
- Participating in needs analysis and interacting with subject matter experts to inform the design and development of educational products. Partnering with internal customers and subject matter experts to analyze and document educational outcomes and learning objectives that support learners.
- Generating the participant and facilitator guides, e-learning content and blended learning solutions through story boarding and authoring tools. Designing content and associated metrics that optimize learning.
- Conducting quality review
- Reviewing and evaluating all educational products for consistency and providing guidance and coaching on instructional design work as needed.
- Testing learning designs and iterating content to ensure it aligns with learner's needs.
- Maintaining curriculum portfolio
- Overseeing the ongoing maintenance of the curriculum courses, including evaluating an ongoing backlog of suggested updates and revisions.
- Establishing and maintaining a calendar of scheduled maintenance to ensure updates are implemented in a timely and organized manner.
- Guiding the team through decision-making, approving and recommending changes, and ensuring updates are appropriately prioritized (immediate versus future update cycle).
- Considering and acting upon cross-functional implications, collaborating with teams to understand the broader impact of changes to ensure alignment across the organization.
- Overseeing external resources
- Working with the curriculum manager to determine external resource needs and identify specific projects for assignment.
- Coordinating assignments and serving as point person for project updates. Following up when necessary to ensure deadlines are adhered to.
- Handling administrative duties associated with external resources including timecard review/approval, project and performance feedback, contract initiations or renewals, and associated budget.
- Collaborating with relevant departments to ensure compliance with legal and employment related policies and processes for obtaining external resources.
- Collaborating cross functionally
- Partnering with other team members to develop training deliverables, including written training materials, e-learning, scripts, etc.)
- Collaborating with graphic design and video personnel to create high-quality media that supports the learner's success.
- Participating in project teams on a variety of initiatives, including new technology, products and special events.
We will:
- Teach you. We will support you with professional development opportunities that will hone your skills and grow you professionally.
- Support you. We’re committed to building solutions for each other in addition to our stakeholders. Our team members make time to help, provide solutions, and remove roadblocks with regular collaboration across groups, regardless of where our office is. We are empowered and equipped with the tools that allow us to connect, to be intentional and to grow together.
- Include you. We come from different parts of the globe and from different walks of life, but we share the vision of our founder, Lloyd Noble, to improve the land for the benefit of all society. Our culture is inclusive, supportive, and diverse. We want to be a part of your story and you to help write part of ours. Your perspective and experience is invaluable. Come grow with us!
- Provide you. We offer competitive salary and benefits, including multiple options for health and retirement plans, employee wellness program, employee recognition program, and onsite wellness center. In addition, we have a safe-to-learn work environment and organizational support for community involvement and volunteering.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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