Leidos Holding
Senior Instructional Systems Designer (ISD)
Leidos Holding, Washington, DC
Description
The NISC IV Training Group (NTG) within the Leidos is looking for a highly motivated individual for a Senior Instructional Systems Designer (ISD) role to join our team in Washington, DC supporting the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST). The candidate will support Government staff in the following:
- The Senior Instructional Systems Designer (Sr. ISD) will design innovative, instructionally sound learning products that effectively convey content while engaging learners. This role includes coordinating the development and delivery of all client training courses, using creative visualization and design techniques to enhance the learning and development curriculum. In a dynamic environment with a constant flow of projects, the Sr. ISD will need a keen eye for graphics and be proficient in using a variety of applications to develop and manipulate graphics, illustrations, photos, models, and animations for training and learning solutions.
- The Sr. ISD will apply instructional design and adult learning principles to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables. They will create materials for all phases of the course creation lifecycle, including analysis documents, design documents (e.g., course outlines, storyboards, prototypes), and final learning deliverables (e.g., Adobe Captivate, Storyline courses, instructor-led materials, and job aids) that align with overall business goals. Additionally, the Sr. ISD will collaborate with peers, leaders, and business partners to translate business requirements into learning objectives and project scope, ensuring that all deliverables meet or exceed quality standards.
Primary Responsibilities:
Original Posting Date: 2024-10-02While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $78,000.00 - $141,000.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
The NISC IV Training Group (NTG) within the Leidos is looking for a highly motivated individual for a Senior Instructional Systems Designer (ISD) role to join our team in Washington, DC supporting the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST). The candidate will support Government staff in the following:
- The Senior Instructional Systems Designer (Sr. ISD) will design innovative, instructionally sound learning products that effectively convey content while engaging learners. This role includes coordinating the development and delivery of all client training courses, using creative visualization and design techniques to enhance the learning and development curriculum. In a dynamic environment with a constant flow of projects, the Sr. ISD will need a keen eye for graphics and be proficient in using a variety of applications to develop and manipulate graphics, illustrations, photos, models, and animations for training and learning solutions.
- The Sr. ISD will apply instructional design and adult learning principles to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate a variety of instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables. They will create materials for all phases of the course creation lifecycle, including analysis documents, design documents (e.g., course outlines, storyboards, prototypes), and final learning deliverables (e.g., Adobe Captivate, Storyline courses, instructor-led materials, and job aids) that align with overall business goals. Additionally, the Sr. ISD will collaborate with peers, leaders, and business partners to translate business requirements into learning objectives and project scope, ensuring that all deliverables meet or exceed quality standards.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Apply ISD knowledge and experience to develop in-classroom instructional materials and methods, including but not limited to training plans, storyboards, narrative scripts, graphics, tests, evaluation methods, and scenarios.
- Assist with identifying and creating instructional material to address field-driven performance shortfalls and client training needs.
- Develop course documentation, including course design documents, instructor/facilitator and student guides, course syllabus, practical exercises, assessments, and related materials.
- Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure learning objectives are appropriate for the audience, proposed content, and align with the needs of Project Spectrum's clients and Project Spectrum's business objectives.
- Conceptualize, design, and produce visual solutions for a wide variety of formats and dissemination outputs, while managing multiple design projects with minimal supervision as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Interpret subject matter content and develop original designs and visual styles and effects using adult learning principles.
- Utilize extensive knowledge of graphics software to design and produce interactive multimedia presentations to enhance course material.
- Advise the Course Development Team on all imaging, video, and graphic design matters.
- Research subject matter to convert text themes or ideas into illustrations or graphic designs.
- Partner with SMEs to develop course outlines, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables.
- Develop fully functional eLearning courses, instructor-led courses, and blended learning courses, and assist in creating learning labs and exercises.
- Ensure all courses are Section 508 compliant.
- Clearly convey information and ideas to the learning audience through a variety of media, engaging them and enhancing content retention.
- Advise senior management on the technical advantages and disadvantages of multimedia formats and styles, as well as industry best practices for effective course design.
- BA degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience.
- Application of sound instructional design principles
- Knowledge of Adobe Captivate
- Articulate Storyline
- Visual design for adult education
- Audio recording and editing
- Excellent written communication skills
- People management and Task management skills
- Experience with SCORM, Section 508 requirements, and technical specifications for Learning Management.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
- 8 or more years progressive work experience in instructional design to include training industry experience (instructor-led, online, and in blended environments)
Original Posting Date: 2024-10-02While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $78,000.00 - $141,000.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here .
Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
Commitment to Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.