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NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Part Time Curriculum Developer ICPS

🇺🇸 Benton County Campus, AR 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $17 - $23 per Hour 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ January 20th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) is hiring a Part Time Curriculum Developer for the Institute of Corporate and Public Safety Institute (ICPS). The role involves supporting new course development and managing the three-year course recertification process, along with conducting academic research, tracking project deadlines, and maintaining digital resources.

Highlights
  • Supports new course development and three-year recertification for multiple courses within ICPS.
  • Conducts basic academic research and tracks updates of relevant content sources.
  • Manages digital files, resource webpages, and secures appropriate images for course materials.
  • Performs utility checks of project standards and tracks project deadlines.
  • Requires proficiency with administrative tasks and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Preferred exposure to Adobe Creative Cloud tools and project management methodologies like Agile or waterfall.
  • Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma equivalent and at least two years of administrative experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include an associate degree, five years of administrative management experience, and background in emergency management or public safety.
  • Hourly pay ranges from $17 to $23 per hour for this part-time, grant-funded position.
  • Must communicate professionally and collaborate with diverse customers, participants, and partners.

Part Time Curriculum Developer ICPS Full Description

Part Time Curriculum Developer ICPS
Benton County Campus, Arkansas
Part time

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.

This is a 100% in-person position. Not a remote 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.