Senior Instructional Designer

SR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER

Remote/Virtual

STORE SUPPORT CENTER, ATLANTA - 9090

Full time

job requisition id

Req144056

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Senior Instructional Designer (SID) applies advanced instructional design and adult learning principles and strategies to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables for associates in all areas of The Home Depot's operations. The SID creates deliverables for all phases of the course creation lifecycle including analysis documents, design documents, storyboards, and final learning deliverables that align to the overall business goals. The SID works on multiple complex projects and continually prioritizes changing project tasks and deliverables. The SID collaborates effectively with peers, leaders, and business partners to translate business requirements into learning requirements and project scope, build learning solutions that align to desired outcomes, and ensure learning deliverables meet and exceed The Home Depot's quality standards. The SID also coaches and mentors Associate Instructional Designers and Instructional Designers to develop talent and improve overall quality of learning deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• 40% Create learning objectives, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables. Develop learning solutions using project-based templates. Test and debug deliverables for quality assurance. Ensure leaning solutions align with desired outcomes.
• 20% Coach and mentor Associate Instructional Designers and Instructional Designers, including assisting with onboarding new Instructional Designers and lead and facilitate Instructional Designer development on current and emerging learning methods
• 10% -Partner with Learning Strategy Senior Managers on confirming needs analysis and instructional strategy
• 10% Project manage individual and team deliverables and proactively communicate milestones
• 10% Proactively communicate task and project status to client group and management
• 10% Assist in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of contractors and associates

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position reports to Manager of Learning.
• This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, HR Development, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology or related field preferred (or equivalent Home Depot experience)
• Experience in education or learning field, or similar work experience
• Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations
• Experience conducting learning needs analysis and developing curriculum maps
• 4+ Years experience in Learning field.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a associate's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 4

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories
• Proficiency with software including Microsoft Office and standard eLearning development tools
• Proficient knowledge of project management principles and MS Project
• Excellent written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills