Sr. Instructional Designer

The Executive Leadership Council is the preeminent member organization for the development of global black leaders. Comprised of more than 850 current and former corporate black CEOs, board members and senior executives at Fortune 1000 & Global 500 companies, entrepreneurs leading top-tier firms, and recognized thought leaders, we open channels of opportunity for the development of black executives to positively impact business and communities.

We are currently seeking a Sr. Instructional Designer to join the Leadership Institute team in our Washington, DC office.

Position Overview

This role energetic Senior Instructional Designing expert to support the Executive Leadership Council's Leadership Development offerings. The Senior Instructional Designer will design, deliver, evaluate, and project manage impactful and engaging curricula for external-facing, open-enrollment, and bespoke corporate programs. These curricula may be delivered virtually or in-person by the incumbent or Institute adjunct faculty. Delivery methods include conferences, facilitated courses, fireside chats, moderated panels, modules, and webinars. The incumbent will also represent The ELC with its various constituents as required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & KEY OUTCOMES

Curriculum Design

• Architect learning events to ensure the customer learning experience is impactful, engaging, and aligned with best practices regarding adult learning theory and instructional design.
• Assess customer and learner needs, and then translate those needs into learning event requirements and objectives.
• Conduct secondary research and/or collaborate with subject matter experts to identify content that addresses learning event requirements and objectives.
• Create and/or curate materials (e.g., audio, exercises, facilitation notes, gamification, handouts, interview questions, role plays, scripts, slides, simulations, video, worksheets) that meets learning event requirements and objectives.

Content Delivery

• Facilitate virtual and in-person learning events.
• Select, orient, observe, and coach adjunct faculty (i.e., contractors) who facilitate at learning events.

Program Evaluation

• Create learning event evaluation plans grounded in best practices (e.g., Kirkpatrick Four-Level Evaluation) designed to assess learning event impact and effectiveness.
• Based on evaluation findings, recommend, and implement learning event changes required for continuous improvement.

Project Management

• Orient, monitor, and direct members of the learning events team which can include both Institute employees, contractors (e.g., adjunct faculty, executive coaches, graphic designers), and others (e.g., ELC members, executives from corporate partners/sponsors).
• Ensure learning events meet requirements and objectives while also being delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Documenting and reporting on activities and progress.

General Duties

• Contribute to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adhere to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards.
• Maintain current professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing professional networks, and participating in professional associations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced office environment, demonstrating a flexible approach with short deadlines.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality improvement.
• Ability to maintain high project organization, multitask, and a focus on quality of results with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Create and manage a seamless information sharing workflow within the Leadership Institute department and the overall organization.
• Perform other duties as needed.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS

• A Bachelor's Degree in Adult & Continuing Education, Business Administration, or another relevant academic discipline. Master's preferred.
• A minimum of 5-7 years progressive professional experience in in adult education, instructional design, or curriculum design.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of progressive professional experience in content delivery/facilitation with adult learners.
• Demonstratable experience leading and managing customized learning & development programming.
• Working knowledge & professional experience of Learning Management System (LMS) is strongly preferred.
• One professional Learning & Development certification such as Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD), Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), Associate Professional in Instructional Design (APID), or Certified Learning and Development Professional (CLDP) credential or ability to obtain certification within one year of employment.

COMPETENCIES

• Mission Alignment & Awareness: Has a passion for and commitment to opening channels of opportunity for the development of Black professionals to positively impact business and local communities; contributes to the organization by understanding and aligning actions with the organization's goals, core functions, and values.

• Relationship Building: Develops and maintains internal and external trusting, professional relationships, including using listening and understanding to build rapport; recognizes the business concerns and perspectives of others and works in a manner that is mutually beneficial; consistently communicates and shares information with others; interacts effectively with people of diverse backgrounds; develops a reputation as a neutral, approachable professional within the department, business units and external contacts; establishes external networks with individuals who can be directly beneficial to the achievement of work-related goals.

• Communications Knowledge: Practices effective communication based on approaches that demonstrate results; delivers relevant and targeted communication aligned with business and audience needs; uses primary and secondary research to inform communications plans; understands business functions in alignment with organizational priorities and audience needs and preferences; networks with internal and external stakeholders; understands the relationship between various communication channels and understands when and how to use a variety of channels; creates clear, consistent, creative, and compelling content.

• Planning & Results Orientation: Organizes and executes work to meet organizational goals and objectives while meeting quality standards and following organizational processes; ensures individual performance does not negatively impact the performance of others; recommends additional resources that would improve effectiveness and helps others access required resources; identifies opportunities to improve work processes and efficiency; contributes to setting work priorities and direction; identifies in advance when intended results may not be achieved; takes initiative; is not satisfied with the status quo.

• Teamwork & Collaboration: Works well cross functionally and with others on the team to achieve personal goals, team goals, and organizational goals; takes responsibility for individual actions in order to achieve consistent results; fosters team camaraderie, collaboration, and cohesion; understands the impact of one's actions on the ability of their team members to do their jobs; respects the differences other team members bring to the table by openly seeking others' opinions; makes suggestions to improve team engagement and effectiveness; supports implementation of team decisions; professionally gives and seeks feedback in order to achieve common goals.

• Problem Solving & Decision-Making: Identifies problems and uses logical analysis to find information, understand causes, and evaluate and select best possible courses of action; seeks information and input to fully understand the cause of problems; takes action to remove obstacles and address problems before they impact performance and results; initiates the evaluation of possible solutions to problems; assesses risks before making a decision; does not take unnecessary risks; effectively navigates through ambiguity, using multiple data points to analyze issues and identify trends.

• Creativity & Innovation: Thinks beyond the confines of traditional models to recognize opportunities and find new and better ways of doing things; questions common practice and contributes to improvement of processes and outputs; proposes novel ideas; utilizes appropriate brainstorming techniques to generate ideas; researches current thinking and shares ideas; explores different alternatives that would achieve a similar output, with the goal of achieving process simplification or efficiencies.

• Resilience & Managing Uncertainty: Adjusts thinking and behavior in order to adapt to changes in the job and work environment with limited stress; is able to work effectively in an unstructured environment; actively promotes and advocates the advantages of changes when new and credible information emerges; acknowledges uncertainty and shares constructive coping strategies with team members.

• Ethics & Integrity: Earns the trust and respect of others through a consistent commitment to integrity, honesty, and professionalism in all interactions.

• Communication & Interpersonal Effectiveness: Effectively and appropriately interacts and communicates with others to build positive, constructive, professional relationships; tailors communication style and messages based on the audience; seeks to understand others' points of view, observes verbal and non-verbal cues to encourage open and honest discussions; uses clear, precise, and error-free language; invites and encourages others to participate in discussions; identifies and helps to resolve interpersonal conflict between team members; does not jump to conclusions or act on assumptions.

• Customer Focus: Identifies, considers, prioritizes, and takes action on the needs of both internal and external customers; uses knowledge about the customer to inform decision making and problem solving; strives to provide additional value to the customer experience; actively solicits internal and customer feedback in order to improve the relationship; suggests ways to improve the customer experience.

• Technology: Proficient with Microsoft productivity suite, Learning Management System (LMS), Adobe Design Suite, SharePoint, and other functional software relevant to area of responsibility.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work is performed in an interior office setting which has no adverse environmental conditions expected.
• Hybrid Role requiring 2 days per week/8 days a month in office with travel up to 20% of the time in the field.
• Work involves frequently sitting for extended periods of time, frequently talking or hearing, frequently operating a computer, and occasional light physical effort (lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, etc.) objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Work requires frequent ability to comprehend direction and adhere to policies or established procedures, ability to use logic to make sound decisions, ability to interpret and analyze data, ability to gather and organize information for a wide variety of audiences, ability to read and write a variety of materials, and ability to adapt well in the face of workplace stress.

The Executive Leadership Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law