Instructional Designer | Glen Burnie, MD

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  • Location: Hanover, MD

  • Company: Teksystems

America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and driving positive impacts in our global communities.

TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. Our Professional Development team offers targeted customized learning strategies focused on keeping employee skills sharp, productivity high, and exceeding the needs of our customers. We collaborate with our business partners to create relevant content that allows learners to walk away with concrete knowledge they can apply immediately to their job. With

flexible delivery methods, we create customized blended learning solutions that integrate e-learning, instructor-led (virtual or in person), on-the-job, video, coaching, and collaboration tools focused on maximizing engagement and skill development for our learners.

Responsibilities Responsibilities: • Partner with the Learning Program Manager to ensure training programs support business drivers, objectives, and motivators that are aligned to the mission, values, and goals of our organization. • Collaborate with leadership, subject matter experts, program managers, peers, virtual partners, and the e-learning & video team to create an innovative and immersive learning strategy focused

on addressing the performance need and enabling success. • Focus on maximizing learner engagement, skill development, and knowledge transfer by blending training delivery methods such as: e-learning, instructor-led (virtual or in person), video, coaching, on-the-job, and collaboration tools.

• Develop instructionally sound materials with performance support solutions for a variety of topics and applications. • Work with all levels of employees and management under minimum supervision to build creditability and become a trusted advisor. • Analyze content and extract relevant information that addresses the performance need and conduct additional research to fill in any content gaps.

• Utilize instructional design principles to create an immersive, memorable learning experience that engages learners and enables them to execute. • Structure and organize content in a way that is easy to process and engage the learner with writing, story-telling, scenarios, layout, imagery, feedback, self-discovery, and activities that are applicable to the learner’s real world. • Effectively express ideas and thoughts verbally and visually to match the audience and delivery method. Deliverables must be clear, concise, and grammatically correct. • Organize, prioritize, coordinate and implement multiple projects within established timelines.

• Accountable for managing all aspects of assigned projects. Regularly communicate with the Learning Program Manager and stakeholders to: define and review deliverables, provide updates on project status, manage changes in scope, and escalate challenges. • Produce high-quality training materials (e. g. facilitator guide, job aid, ) in a fast paced, deadline oriented environment. • Create backssment methods that foster the learner’s development by providing opportunities to demonstrate their master of the learning goals. • Maintain content in existing programs and identify opportunities to adjust the learning strategy to better support the learning and performance need.

• Update and improve knowledge, skills, and attitudes pertaining to the instructional design process and related fields. • Solicit, accept, and provide constructive feedback from various persons. Qualifications Key Strengths: Team player, Consultative, Creative Thinker, Collaborator, Innovative, Detail Oriented, Problem Solver, Researcher, Proactive, Flexible, Work Ethic, Commitment & Passion for Learning and Instructional Design Skills/Qualifications: • 3 + years instructional design experience in a business setting.

• Experience with large-scale organizational learning initiatives preferred. • BA Degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Instructional Technology, Adult Education or related discipline. • Knowledge of instructional design methodologies, adult learning principles, human behavior and performance, methods for curriculum and training design, and the measurement of training effectiveness. • Conceptually and intuitively understand how adults learn. Know how to connect with an audience on an emotional level and imagine oneself as the learner.

• Ability to manage time to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously under tight deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment that demands high quality, creativity, and consistency. • Effectively collaborate, build consensus, and facilitate meetings. • Demonstrated experience solving complex learning problems through innovative instructional design. • Excellent written, oral, and verbal skills, proofreading, and editing skills. •Experience developing training deliverables for a variety of delivery methods like: storyboards, participant guides, facilitator guides, webinars, on-the-job, video/audio scripts, scenario based learning.

• Proficiency with office applications and image capturing software (e. g. Word Power Point, One Note, Snagit) • Familiar with Performance Learning Management Skills (PLMS). • Commitment and passion for learning and technology with a can do attitude. • Must be able to provide work samples and demonstrate skills during interview. Comprehensive Benefits Package: Employees receive a competitive base salary, commission, and an exceptional benefits package including a 401(k) company matched retirement savings plan, parental leave and vacation, personal and holiday pay.

Medical – Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) with a Health Savings Account (HSA) Dental – Met Life Vision – Vision Service Plan (VSP) Insurance – Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Additional benefits include: Short-term and long-term disability Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Education assistance Employee discounts on cars, electronics, travel, etc.

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