What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Systems Designer position at Organizational Development Resource Group?
Description
Position: Instructional Systems Designer
Work Location: Fort Belvoir, VA
Clearance Level: Active Secret Clearance
Citizenship: U.S.
Travel: N/A
Organizational Development Resource Group (ODRG), LLC is a management consulting company that provides professional services to organizations within DoD, Federal, Commercial, and non - profit sectors. ODRG professional consultants provide management consulting and administrative support services. We assist our customers with strategic direction, implementation, and evaluation efforts that optimize their workforce and ultimately enhance the effectiveness of the organization. Our consultants have designed and delivered value added solutions for government and private organizations that have resulted in organizational effectiveness; process efficiency, strengthen workforce, and cost savings.
Overview: OD Resource Group, LLC is seeking an Instructional Systems Designer to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) HR Learning Management Division (LMD) training and development requirements.
Key Responsibilities/Duties:
- Establish, communicate, and execute a plan for review of all DTRA training activities
- Identify discrepancies and/or gaps between current industry training standards and what DTRA offers
- Recommend training plan modifications, including standardized methods for training, delivery and evaluation to close training gaps and improve the DTRA Training Program
- Design new eLearning/web-based courses for use by DTRA employees based on the current needs of the Agency using the Kirkpatrick model for analyzing and evaluating the results of training and educational programs
- Utilize eLearning software to create online and virtual training compatible with the new DTRA training platform, Cornerstone
- Recommend relevant changes and updates to Agency training plans, including standardized methods for training, delivery and performance
- Monitor communications with customers via phone and email to provide support with the new Cornerstone platform
- Design and develop standard and customized reports to serve DTRA personnel
- Establish recurring reports and notifications within the Cornerstone platform to assist with management of training requirements for LMS program manager and DTRA course managers
- Provide advisory support to the HR-LMD team including any lessons learned on task execution throughout the period of performance of the task
- Create and maintain an electronic resource, to include key points of contact and course information to be used for mission continuity that may be accessed by all stakeholders
- Apply knowledge of Department of Defense to provide relevant recommendations for exercises and activities that enhance the learning process and create supporting material/media (audio, video, simulations, role plays, games etc) to support engaging course content and retention of information
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience instructional systems design, educational technology or similar relevant field
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience of creating engaging learning activities and compelling course content
- Must have advanced knowledge in computer-based training (CBT), and/or web-based training (WBT) tools (i.e., Articulate, Captivate, Camtasia, etc.)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
Salary : $100,000 - $115,000
