Senior Instructional Designer Job

Are you an instructional designer who wants to use your talents and design skills to help fight climate change? Do you love working with a diverse group of people all committed to the same goal?

Founded in 1995, Energy Solutions is an employee-owned energy efficiency and demand management engineering, program design and implementation consulting firm. Our mission is to create large-scale environmental impacts for our clients by implementing market-based solutions and developing policies that contribute to these goals. We foster this mission by retaining a talented and committed team, providing a stimulating, healthy and participatory workplace, and emphasizing creative new approaches that maximize the value of our services. With 300+ staff, we are honored to serve a diverse range of utility, public agency, commercial and industrial clients.

Energy Solutions is seeking a Senior Instructional Designer to partner with content Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop new hire and continuing education training materials that are instructionally sound and grounded in adult learning principles.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to define and document learning objectives, desired outcomes, and overall requirements of learning solutions
• Recommend and support instructional solutions to meet a variety of needs using appropriate technology and grounded in educational theory

• Design and develop engaging content for a variety of audiences in multiple modalities with clear strategies and methods to achieve desired learning outcomes
• Work cross functionally and manage multiple concurrent and interdependent instructional design projects
• Stay up to date of new learning approaches and technologies to continuously improve content and delivery methods
• Revise and update training materials in response to changes in procedures and/or based on needs analysis
• Develop assessment methods to measure learner acceptance, comprehension, and application of processes and systems knowledge

• Develop effective learning experiences leveraging a variety of media, such as video and audio clips, online interactivity, simulations, and illustrations and diagrams

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Technology, Educational Psychology, Adult Education, Communication, closely related field or equivalent training and experience
• 2+ years’ experience managing curriculum development projects and initiatives in formal education and or corporate learning.

• Working knowledge of adult learning models in training design such as the ADDIE learning model
• Experience designing training programs in multiple delivery methods including traditional instructor-led courses, virtual (webinar) courses (synchronous and asynchronous distance learning,) self-paced course materials, multi-media e-learning courses, and training programs that support end-user programs
• Proficient in eLearning authoring tools and other software for instructional design works such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate or similar
• Video editing skills with Camtasia, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier or similar
• Audio editing experience using Audacity or similar

• Learning management system experience including loading courses, troubleshooting
• System training highly desired
• Strong PowerPoint skills and graphic design experience preferred
• In-person and/or Zoom facilitation experience, highly desired
• Ability to work both in a team environment and autonomously with minimal supervision or direction
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills with ability to successfully deliver and communicate complex technical training

• Proven time management and organizational skills
• Work samples required
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a generous retirement package. Energy Solutions provides an excellent benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, other pre-tax contribution plans and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).