General Dynamics Information Technology Hiring for L&D Senior Instructional Designer REMOTE at Remote Full Time

Are you a business-minded, results-driven L&D professional looking to grow your career in a high-performing organization? Do you want to build behavioral-based learning that measurably enhances skills and enables performance? Want to work from home to hand-craft solutions in a virtually collaborative environment? Then own this opportunity and apply today.

The GDIT Learning & Development Team (L&D) builds, curates, and customizes highly relevant solutions that measurably enhance the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of our workforce. Reporting to the Director of Program Design, you will design leadership and professional development programs with the sponsorship of the business. We work in a fast-paced, complex, and sometimes ambiguous environment that expects measurable business results. If you think like a business owner, have the confidence to grab a seat at the table, have a firm grasp of learning and development, and experience with instructional design, then this is your opportunity. We will nurture your talent, hone your skills, and grow your career.

A Day in the Life….

Balance the workload of multiple L&D Projects per the agreed upon timelines established by the Director of L&D Program Design 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.

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 Facilitation Team 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 Program Design Director and appropriate stakeholder 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.

Qualifications to be considered:
Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years of related work experience

In lieu of degree, 12 years of related work experience is required

Experience designing and developing learning for adults (instructional design skills)

Experience building behavioral-based programs focused on skill development

Excellent communication and consultancy skills with a business-owner mindset

Experience in a large, fast-paced, highly complex business enterprise environment

Willing to share work samples or demonstrate skills and capabilities

Willing to deliver a 15–20-minute presentation as part of the final interview process

The likely salary range for this position is $72,000 – $108,000, this is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

View information about benefits and our total rewards program.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.

COVID-19 Vaccination

GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.