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GP Strategies Government Solutions

Instructional Designer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Puget Sound, WA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ February 13th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

GP Strategies Government Solutions is hiring an Instructional Designer. The role involves providing instructional expertise and design direction by collaborating with client stakeholders and cross-functional project teams. Responsibilities include designing effective training solutions, supporting development teams, ensuring project quality, and crafting learning solutions tailored to global audiences.
 
Highlights 
  • Design effective training solutions within project budgets
  • Create online courseware with rapid development tools
  • Collaborate with specialists in project management, writing, editing, and media/graphics
  • Familiarity with e-learning, ILT, VILT, interactive multimedia instruction, and self-study programs
  • Requires strong knowledge of adult learning theory and modern learning experiences
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders
  • Exceptional writing skills needed
  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields preferred; equivalent experience accepted
  • Compensation details not provided
  • Physical requirements include sedentary work and close visual acuity

Instructional Designer Full Description

Instructional Designer
Puget Sound, WA

Description
 Instructional Designer 
  • The  GP Strategies Government Solutions is a premier provider of custom training programs, including: employee request for transfer (ERT), safety initiatives, apprenticeship, and site specific training to enhance employee workplace  knowledge and skills, and instruction/facilitation. Products and  services required to support the above areas include a combination of  training needs analysis, training materials, job aids, multimedia,  videos, technical writing, and technical instruction/facilitation
  • Custom online courses with full audio, media, and learner interactivity
  • Instructor-led and virtual instructor-led trainings
  • Podcasts, recorded presentations, print deliverables, and knowledge assessments
  • Delivery to global audiences in North America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and LATAM

Summary
  • Provide instructional expertise and design direction for all assigned  projects by interfacing with client stakeholders and cross-functional  project team members to deliver award-winning and industry-leading  learning solutions.
  • Identify our clients’ performance improvement needs
  • Design effective training solutions within project budgets and project expectations
  • Support the development team toward successful creation of the vision
  • Ensure the overall project quality and success
  • Partner with other team members to craft and develop the  solution(s)—team members may include specialists in project management,  writing, editing, and media/graphics
  • Perform within a variety of team and workflow structures ranging from traditional/waterfall to agile
  • Represent a familiarity with a variety of modalities including but not  limited to e-learning, ILT, VILT, interactive multimedia instruction  (IMI), and self-study as well as programs and curricula
  • Interpret and organize complex topics and processes into content that is clear, organized, and easy to retain
  • Support client engagements that range from project-based to dedicated commitments
  • Create online courseware with rapid development content tools

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
  • Instructional design background including strong knowledge of adult  learning theory, learner needs, blended learning, modern learning  experiences, and delivery of content
  • Ability to incorporate the most effective, leading-edge instructional approaches
  • Ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders
  • Conceptual and strategic thinker, team player, excellent communication skills with clients and coworkers
  • Attention to detail and strong work ethic
  • Exceptional writing skills
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously under aggressive  deadlines (project management and time management skills)

Education 
  • Two years’ experience within learning and training projects in a government, military, DOD, or corporate environment. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in information design, instructional development,  human-computer interaction, HR, or related fields preferred.
  • Equivalent experience may substitute.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
General physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on location of assignment.
Assignment Location – Remote or Local Office

  • Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  
  • Fingering (typing), communicating, repetitive motions. 
  • Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.  
  • Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

At GP Strategies Government Solutions culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies Government Solutions is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.