Job Description

Position Summary

The Sr. Instructional Designer role supports the design/development of enterprise-wide leadership development programs, offerings for individual contributors and initiatives to support reskilling across Duke Energy.  The ideal candidate will have deep design/development background, experience working in a large-scale organization, be technically savvy and a collaborative team player.  As part of a COE, this person will establish and consistently deliver standards of learning excellence for the enterprise.  This role is responsible for complex curriculum design/development using multiple delivery modalities that leverage in-house content as well as curated content from outside sources.  This candidate will create new programs as well as redesign and enhance existing offerings for programs that are instructor-led, self-paced, virtual, or blended learning.     

Responsibilities

Support the design, development and deployment of learning solutions to support reskilling efforts

Responsible for the entire training development cycle, end-to-end, for large-scale training programs, and independently partner with subject matter experts and other key stakeholders as to define learning needs, measurable objectives, and desired outcomes

Design/develop and recommend learning solutions to support strategic business needs

Support design/development efforts of leadership programs and offerings for individual contributors via the Duke Energy Leadership Academy

Ensure successful hand-off of completed training programs to the facilitation team for delivery, including a content walkthrough session

Provide learning solutions to meet the needs of the modern learner and apply adult learning principles (mobile solutions, social learning, engagement, flipped classroom approach, etc.). 

Develop various content and blended learning solutions which may include scenarios, simulations, knowledge checks, mobile learning, facilitator/participant guides, presentation decks (including flipped classroom approach), toolkits, podcasts, articles, action plans, job aids, role plays, videos, games, case studies, tests, micro learnings, etc.

Act as a content curator, ensuring learning content is up to date, easily accessible, applicable and in a format that appeals to learners

Create training material content that is clear, accurate, consistent, of high quality, follows brand guidelines and is mapped to Duke Energy competencies

Create eLearnings and perform testing for all learning solutions for instructional soundness, interactive design, and functionality

Provide/create learning support tools to encourage continuous learning and to build sustainability

Leverage an agile approach in designing and developing content and is quick and responsive to business needs

Serve as an SME and teacher to other L&D training specialists to enhance content development skills

Assigned Discipline Specific Task-based Areas

Design/Development of comprehensive facilitated programs

Design/Develop eLearnings

Videos, Social learning, Gamification, etc.

Basic/Required Qualifications

High School/GED AND six (6) years minimum experience in the design/development of learning solutions

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s in education, adult learning, or related field

Innovative, results/detail oriented, and collaborative

Knowledge and experience developing training on topics including Agile and Design Thinking

Ability to develop effective training regardless of subject matter (ex. Leadership Development programs, reskilling paths, etc.)

Extensive experience using Articulate Storyline 360

Expert knowledge in demonstrated capabilities in instructional design and methodologies including, but not limited to, ADDIE, SAM, and Agile development

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills for communicating information and addressing issues in a clear and effective manner to varying levels of employees and management

Current or prior work experience in an L&D COE 

Demonstrated project management skills to meet key milestones

Ability to recognize the need for new or different learning solutions

Demonstrated project leadership skills to manage complex projects

Ability to analyze and apply new training methods, applications, trends, and events impacting the field of Adult Learning

Leverage existing learning materials to support offerings