Remote Learning & Development Specialist Advisor

JOB TITLE: Remote Instructional DesignerJOB LOCATION: Remote WAGE RANGE*: 50.00-52.50JOB NUMBER: 24-01445Required ExperienceSkills: Instructional Design, Learning Materials Development, New Program Development, Professional Development, Project ManagementExperience: 6 + years of related experienceJob DescriptionL&D Instructional Designer REMOTEReporting to the L&D Professional Development Expert, you will design and develop professional development programs for the enterprise that are highly relevant, business-minded, and leader-championed to enable the immediate application of new skills on-the-job and enable performance results. As a team member, you'll hit the ground running by managing your own projects, under the guidance of L&D Design Leadership, and building complex, multi-faceted blended-learning programs that enhance the professional development skills critical to our workforce. You will also seek design excellence, with emphasis on continuous improvement in L&D for yourself, the design team and broader L&D function.A Day in the Life.... Balance the workload of multiple L&D Projects per the agreed upon timelines established by the L&D Design Leadership and Business Sponsors. This includes providing high quality products and proactively following through on all project tasks and millstones for timely delivery.Facilitate the L&D Project kickoffs and subsequent milestone meetings with Business Sponsors and appropriately engaging other L&D Resources, Subject Matter Experts and Business Stakeholders. Engagement activities include but are not limited to the following: defining the project and business outcomes; reporting project updates; sharing program design/development progress; and gaining necessary approvals.Under the guidance of L&D Design Leadership or Senior ISD:Conduct discovery activities to determine the desired performance outcomes and existing performance gaps based on enterprise needs analyses and strategic prioritization.Conduct detailed learning needs analyses to determine the skills related to the desired performance outcomes, cascading learning objectives that will enable those outcomes, and measurement strategies for demonstrating the achievement of those outcomes.Solicit insights from subject-matter experts by asking targeted and meaningful questions to fully explore and understand the desired performance, synthesize the information collected, and appropriately incorporate SME feedback into the learning design.Determine the most effective learning approaches, techniques, and technologies to efficiently achieve the learning objectives and desired performance outcomes.Communicate to business stakeholders the clear connections between program content and the desired performance outcomes in achieving business results to gain sign-off.Design program events, activities, and exercises (including sequencing and timing), while also ensuring that learning is relevant, business-minded and engaging for participants.Develop all program assets and materials including e-learning courseware, virtual workshop events, facilitation guides, learner workbooks, job aids, etc.Establish measurement and monitoring plans to ensure effective implementation of all new programs through targeted curriculum mapping and metrics captures.Collaborate with the L&D Operations Team to package, deliver and manage programs through the Learning Management System (as appropriate).Collaborate with the L&D Delivery Team or SMEs to hand-off ILT/VILT programs (as appropriate). This includes high quality facilitation outlines and facilitator preparation support.Produce and archive design documents that appropriately detail the design process and justification for the program. Design documents should include the following: Project Sponsors, Business Outcomes/Impact, Measures of Success, Target Audience, Performance Outcomes, Solution Concept, Measurement Strategy, Learning Objectives, Solution Concept, Learning Activities, and Sequencing and Timing of Learning Activities.Collaborate with L&D Professional Development Expert and appropriate stakeholders to produce marketing material (as applicable) for new or enhanced learning and skill development programs to package and promote offerings it in highly intuitive, digestible, and compelling ways.Ensure that all learning solutions are fully accessibility and meet usability standards.Champion and influence the achievement of our GDIT L&D Mission and guiding principles. Exhibit L&D Excellence and seek continues professional development.Build strong consultative partnerships with Project Sponsors and Business Stakeholders.Position requires the ability to facilitate sessions up to 10% of the time (typically no more than 5% and virtual in most cases).Qualifications In Order To Be ConsideredBachelor's Degree AND 6+ years of related work experience in Instructional Design and/or Learning & Development.Track record for delivering measurable performance outcomes that enable skill development.Demonstrated Instructional Design/Development Skills (samples/demo will be required).Demonstrated ability to write performance outcomes, learning objectives and evaluation measures.Experience with facilitator-led, business-minded, professional skills learning design and development is required.Experience with virtual facilitator-led learning design and development is a plus.Working knowledge of learning and performance development best practices.Current experience interacting with senior leaders in a large, fast-paced, highly-complex enterprise is a plus.Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.