To be successful in today’s business world, it is more important than ever to invest in our people. Our people are the heart and soul of our organization. We do not just say people are important – we prove it by offering employees exciting opportunities, fulfilling work, and career growth through training and development. We are seeking an innovative and creative training professional to assist in developing and implementing a variety of trainings for our outstanding workforce. Collaborate with our growing Corporate learning team, N3 University, in this exciting, strategic role.

The Junior Instructional Designer (Jr. ID)  is responsible for assisting with training needs and helping deliver learning solutions to address performance gaps. The Jr. ID will utilize instructional design and performance improvement processes to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional materials and performance improvement programs.

The Jr. ID works with the Senior Instructional Designer (Sr. ID) in addition to key stakeholders and subject matter experts to help design and develop training interventions that incorporate best practices in behavioral and cognitive sciences to effectively address business and performance issues. The Jr. ID assists in designing and developing learning solutions for multiple delivery methods including instructor-led, web-based, virtual classroom, and blended instruction.

Responsibilities and Duties:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with the job:

• Proactively work with Sr. ID gathering data from business partners to define and resolve workplace performance challenges and opportunities. Help analyze current state environment, including analysis of performance gaps and job/task/needs analysis. Synthesize the data gathered to create models and recommendations.
• Participate in discovery meetings and help conduct interviews to confirm performance needs and translate those needs into concrete options for learning interventions. Work with Sr. ID and business partners to define learning solution objectives to ensure the impact can be measured and is linked to business goals.
• Participate in design session with Sr. ID, key stakeholders, subject matter experts, and project teams.
• Write concise, creative, and effective instruction. Course deliverables include design documents, storyboards, prototypes, instructor and participant materials.
• Create project documentation including the design templates, standards, style guides, technical specifications, straw models, train-the-trainer, and pilot materials.
• Work directly with technical subject matter experts to capture course-specific knowledge.
• Ensure that learning solutions incorporate best practices in adult learning theory.
• Assist with design and development of  curriculum level learning systems.
• Ensure the final project deliverables are the highest quality.
• Design, develop, and implement measurement and evaluation strategies to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of learning solutions on performance.
• Provide input into work plan creation, advising on the length of time required to design, develop, and complete learning solutions.

Acquired and Applied Knowledge of:

• Contemporary adult learning theories
• Instructional systems design and theory
• Industry best practices in facilitation, training, and blended learning solutions
• Accelerated learning techniques and other training methodologies
• Online, instructor-led software packages
• Streaming audio and video, compression methods, file types, and formats
• Sound organizational learning practices

Competency in:

• Written Communication
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Detail Oriented
  • Strategic Agility
  • Technical Learning
  • Action Oriented
  • Innovation
  • Customer Focus
  • Process Management

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Communication, Organizational Design, Psychology, or other equivalent curriculum that focuses on learning.
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in design and development of instructional material in a corporate setting, leading teams in all phases of the project life cycle and producing creative learning solutions.
  • Minimum of 1 years of experience in the design and development of web-based learning.
  • Minimum 2 years experience in managing customer relationships.
  • Demonstrated research and analysis skills.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex learning solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and developing curriculum development programs.
  • Strong consulting capability with strong interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
  • Strong level of professionalism, executive presence and credibility; able to effectively challenge and influence peers and customers.
  • Familiar with current learning and performance improvement industry standards, approaches, and innovations. Connected with professional organizations and maintains accessibility to industry resources.
  • Demonstrated experience coaching and mentoring others.

Equal Employment Opportunity

N3 recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, handicap or veteran's status. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.