Senior Educational Design Specialist

The  Senior Educational Design Specialist  is a professional with knowledge of and experience with learning and organizational development (LOD) principles, practices, concepts, and theories.

Responsible for delivering educational programs which increase skills, knowledge and behaviors across our team and membership.

The position will work with leaders and subject-matter experts to understand technical and non-technical program requirements to meet organizational goals.

This position evaluates curriculum and content as well as defines appropriate delivery type to achieve stated objectives.

This role will have primary responsibility for maintaining configuring, organizing, and troubleshooting the Learning Management System as it relates to learning objectives.   Primary Responsibilities :

• The Senior Educational Design Specialist will be responsible for the following : Leading the production of course materials including student and instructor guides Executing effective course design within the Learning Management Systems and related systems, as required Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to review, develop or source content to meet member training needs Driving continuous improvement of course processes and training experiences Working across the organization to support internal training needs and planning Implementing and managing a train-the-trainer program for ElectriCities member programs Serving as project coordinator for new training development Establishing a network of contractors and industry partners to assist in educational program goals including technical writers for course development.

Supporting ad hoc training needs and other duties as assigned Maintaining current knowledge of industry trends and talent management practices; make recommendations to improve current programs and processes Championing a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence Utilizing guidelines or policies to creatively resolve problems, solving problems in straightforward situations, analyzing possible solutions using critical-thinking and functional experience, judgment and precedents   Successful candidates should possess :

Ability to apply strong working knowledge of modern curriculum development methodologies and adult learning theories to curriculum design and development.