Lead Learning Design Specialist

Job Details

This is a Contract Opportunity with our company that MUST be worked on a W2 ONLY, NO visa sponsorship or C2C eligibility for this position. The details are below.

Job Title: Lead Learning Design Specialist W2 ONLY!!!!

Contract: 6 Months

Location: Houston, TX ON SITE REQUIRED

Job/Role Description:

• Plan, design, deliver, and evaluate workforce learning and development programs.
• Design, develop, and deploy new curriculum including experiential learning, action learning, and other modalities.
• Embrace a mindset that allows for acceptance of minimally viable learning products.
• Develop course content and supporting materials with adopted enterprise tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint, Articulate
• Storyline, and Articulate Rise 360, and products within the Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Help in the trial and development of best practices in use of next generation design tools, such as Vyond, Animaker, and AI-assisted tools (e.g., video creation, voice generation, translations).
• Work independently or with minimal guidance on prioritized projects.
• Develop a scope of work that is in line with industry best practices and standards, as a member of a durable team.
• Develop solutions in line with the approved scopes and proposed timeline, working within the L&T service model.
• Build learning strategy PowerPoint decks to explain complex design principles and scopes to durable design team and stakeholders (which may include executives or SMEs) to ensure solution adoption
• Advocate for use of learning sciences and design best practices.
• Coaches other team members, shared services employees, and contractor design resources, when required, on client relations and design best practices, to effectively and efficiently meet deliverable requirements.
• Deliver design work against established standards and to meet agreed key milestones.
• Liaise with outsourced design and development capabilities (vendors) to ensure that external resources are available as needed to support design priorities.
• Manage training vendor relationships, as needed, included monitoring of performance, within budgetary constraints provided by LSM or LD&D leaders.
• Manage your own capacity and workload.
• Build key relationships across a range of stakeholders in the L&T value chain including L&T Portfolio Manager, Learning Solution Managers, Talent Development Services, Executive Development, Diversity Talent Management, and
• Technical/Functional SMEs as appropriate.
• Maintain awareness and incorporate industry leading practices and emerging trends related to learning design and development.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education, instructional design, or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in learning design and development, preferably in the oil and gas industry or other complex and global environments.
• Expert knowledge of learning design principles, methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Strong project management, vendor management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and matrixed environment.
• Ability to manage project scope and deliver within established acceptance criteria and timelines.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, and to innovate and experiment with new approaches and solutions.
• Ability to coach and mentor others in learning design and development.
• Ability to develop relationships with senior leaders and executive stakeholders.

 Strategic Staffing Solutions

 05/17/2024

 Houston,TX