Senior Instructional Designer - Falls Church, VA/Hybrid// W2 role

HOW A SENIOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• 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, Business Stakeholders, and Senior Leaders. 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.
• Conduct discovery activities to determine the desired performance outcomes, performance gaps based on enterprise needs analyses and strategic prioritization, cascading learning objectives that will enable those outcomes, and measurement strategies for demonstrating the achievement of those outcomes.
• 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.
• Produce design documents that appropriately detail the design process and justification for the program.
• Develop all program assets and materials including 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 internal L&D team to implement learning solutions.
• Collaborate with L&D leadership and appropriate stakeholders to produce marketing material (as applicable) for new or enhanced learning and skill development programs to package and promote offerings 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. 

QUALIFICATIONS TO APPLY:

• High School diploma required with 14+ years in corporate Instructional Design OR Bachelor''s degree with 10+ years in corporate Instructional Design/Development or related role.
• Master’s degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Design certificates a plus.
• Demonstrated Instructional Design/Development Skills in professional or soft skills instructor-led learning (samples/demo will be required).
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• Track record for delivering measurable performance outcomes that enable skill development.
• Demonstrated ability to write performance outcomes, learning objectives and evaluation measures.
• Working knowledge of learning and performance development best practices.
• Current experience interacting with senior leaders in a large, fast-paced, highly complex enterprise.
• Must be willing to deliver a 15–20-minute presentation to Sr. Leadership as part of the final interview process.
• Experience designing complex, multi-component professional skill or leadership development and/or onboarding programs a plus.
• Experience in government contracting program/project leadership a plus.