Instructional Design Manager

Instructional Design Manager

Location:

Kansas City, MO, US, 64106

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

The Instructional Design Manager will lead the creation of learning materials with a hands‑on approach incorporating feedback from business leadership and regionally focused L&D team members. This position will also establish best practices and structure for both internally developed and externally sourced content to best meet the needs of diverse populations. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.

• Autonomy & Decision Making:
  Makes decisions on non‑routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor, and refers all exceptions to supervisor.

• Career Path:
  Senior Instructional Design Manager

• Leads the alignment of learning content with organizational goals, creating engaging materials across a variety of delivery methods (eLearning, instructor‑led training, microlearning, audio/visual, etc.)

• Identifies best learning methods for various employee populations, creating focused and highly applicable programs while maintaining efficient utilization of company resources

• Supports the broader Learning and Development team as subject matter expert in learning content creation and design

• Creates an assessment framework to measure learning outcomes across all delivery methods and various employee populations, communicates results to leadership

• Manages outside instructional design vendors, ensuring deliverable timelines are met and materials are in‑line with expectations

• Evaluates and integrates latest technologies and best practices into playbooks for use by other functional areas of the business

• Leads large, cross‑functional and highly visible projects through the entire project life cycle from initiation to end of life

• Supports needs assessment and gap analysis of diverse employee populations including trade labor, professional staff, management and senior leadership, providing recommendations and resources to address identified needs

• Partners with regional HR and L&D leaders to identify and implement modified or entirely unique learning materials and content for specific functional or regional needs

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• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner

• Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate

• Knowledge of Learning Management System best practices

• Experience with authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Rise, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.) – Intermediate

• Ability to synthesize feedback from a variety of sources into existing programs

• Ability to conduct effective presentations

• Proficiency in MS Office - Intermediate

• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally

• Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Communications, Business Administration or a related field (Required)

• Master’s degree in Education, with an emphasis in adult education or curriculum design (Preferred)

• In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

• 8+ years’ experience with designing, implementing or evaluating learning materials, preferably within the construction industry (Preferred)

• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds

• May require periods of travel

• Must be willing to work non‑traditional hours to meet business needs

• Normal office environment

• Frequent activity:
  Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen

• Occasional activity:
  Standing, Walking, Bending, Climbing, Reaching above Shoulder, Pushing, Pulling

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