What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Designer – Technical Training position at Quality Training Systems?
Instructional Designer – Technical Training
At QTS, we believe training makes a difference. It keeps teams productive, companies compliant, and gets employees home safely. We partner with our clients by connecting training to on-the-job performance, on the desk, in the field, every day. We offer consulting, training, and our proprietary software solutions to help our clients create, manage, and deliver training which makes a difference for their employees and meets compliance requirements. We partner with clients to build technical training and apprentice programs for crafts such as linemen, system operators, oil refinery operators and call center employees. We accomplish this by following our values:
- Take Pride in What You Do
- Add Value for Our Customers and Industries
- Make It Happen
- Obstacles are Opportunities
- Own It
Our values are the North Star for our decisions, the yardstick for our team members, and the guidebook for how we deliver value to the customers and the industries we serve. If these beliefs align with yours, and you meet the qualifications of this position, we encourage you to apply!
The ideal candidate for the Instructional Designer – Technical Training position will learn to anticipate, develop, and implement innovative solutions for our customers’ training challenges who often have tight budgets. The scope of work includes the full range of ADDIE/Systematic Approach to training activities, with a heavy emphasis on analysis, design and development work. The Instructional Designer also will become proficient in our proprietary training management software, the Quality Training Database (QTD), and use our applications to deliver products and services to our clients across the US and Canada.
Essential Duties and Requirements
- Working virtually or in person with a team to complete project tasks, assuring quality of deliverables, and tracking time
- Working independently while understanding the necessity of communicating and coordinating work efforts with team members
- Working remotely/virtually/in person with client subject matter experts to collect data for job analysis, training needs, performance requirements, operating procedures, technical systems, processes, and other related information
- Organizing data and entry into our flagship software program, Quality Training Database
- Ability to work virtually from a home office or other professional environment free from auditory or visual distractions; location may be anywhere within the continental United States near a national airport. Routine travel to client sites will be required.
- Full-time 40-hour work week with occasional after hours or weekend scheduled Work hours for this position are based on Central time zone regular business hours: 8am-5pm Central Time, Monday through Friday
- Salary Range: $60K to $80K plus excellent health, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Engineering, Instructional Design, Technical Writing, or related field. A master’s degree is preferred
- Three to seven years of experience in training analysis, design, and/or development work, including experience with designing training courses and/or programs to meet client needs; experience with technical writing or procedure writing a plus
- Conduct job task analysis to establish job tasks as well as required skills and knowledge needed qualify for a position
- Develop training materials including lesson plans, on-the-job training guides, tests, performance assessments, consistent with the principles of adult learning theory and instructional design theory
- Leverage eLearning tools and technologies (e.g. Articulate, Captivate) to develop and enhance training materials
- Ability to analyze and logically organize complex technical information, and transform complex bodies of information into professionally designed, engaging and effective training
- Ability to work well in a team environment or individually on projects
- Ability to apply discretion and trust with confidential material
- Ability to effectively apply analytical and problem-solving skills
- Can work independently, self-directed with excellent time managing skills with the ability to multi- task and meet deadlines, shifting to meet client needs when required
- High attention to detail
- Proficient with all Microsoft Office applications
Salary : $60,000 - $80,000
