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Bob Evans Farms, Inc. · 1 day ago

Instructional Designer

New Albany, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. is a leading producer and distributor of farm-inspired food products. They are seeking an Instructional Designer/Developer responsible for designing and developing learning solutions to support various corporate functions, enhancing the skills and knowledge of employees through effective training programs.

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Responsibilities

Leverage adult learning principles and standard design methodology to modify and create high-impact learning content aligned to business goals

Develop learning solutions that create powerful learning experiences using a variety of modalities including instructor-led classroom, virtual instruct-led training, eLearning, video, learning programs and pathways

Proficient in a variety of content authoring tools and technologies

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership to identify training needs and define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for learners

Develop and execute methods to measure training effectiveness and contribute to collecting and reporting data

Reinforce established standards and best practices

Follow and reinforce established standards for content storage, maintenance, updating, and decommissioning

Utilize established templates, standards, style guides, and review standards in order to ensure a consistent learner experience and to maintain high content-quality standards across all locations

Responsible for development of multiple simultaneous projects, directing the work of internal and external resources

Leverage standard project management practices and tools to ensure projects delivered on-time and within budget and scope

Partner closely with central L&D and leadership to identify training needs, contributing to curriculum development and content/program design

In collaboration with central L&D and in keeping with standards, supervise custom content maintenance and development on an ad hoc basis using approved authoring tools (e.g. Articulate)

Contributes to the development of a long-term strategy and roadmap for building a stronger learning culture and operating model

Partners with cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for managers and leaders related to building a stronger learning culture

Actively participates in and contributes to a thriving Learning Community (ex. ATD) to share best practices, stay up to date on current trends, and to align content, technology, delivery, and measurement standards

Qualification

Instructional DesignContent Authoring ToolsProject ManagementAdult Learning PrinciplesLearning Management SystemsELearning DevelopmentData AnalysisAgile MethodologiesCommunication SkillsCollaboration Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Instructional Design, Organizational Performance, Human Resources Development

5+ years of experience in a fully dedicated learning and development or equivalent role

3+ years of in instructional design/development

Strong background in adult learning principles and instructional design models (e.g., ADDIE, SAM), and performance-based learning strategies

Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS); experience with virtual training and eLearning preferred

Proven track record of designing and developing instructionally sound, engaging, and scalable learning solutions (e.g., eLearning, instructor-led training, virtual, blended learning)

Experience with measuring and reporting on training effectiveness and business impact

Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including subject matter experts (SMEs), L&D partners, and business stakeholders

Expertise in the development, delivery and evaluation of training initiatives to support ongoing improvements in knowledge, skills, process and engagement

Highly detailed, organized, efficient and deadline driven on all project and administrative tasks

Superior project management skills and ability to steward a team through a project

Strong skills in Office (Excel, PPT, Word) and experience with content authoring tools: Articulate, Alchemy, SumTotal, Adobe Suite

Certification in Training and Development (CPLP, CIT, CELP, APTD, CPTD, etc)

Ability to travel 10-15%

Or equivalent combination of education or experience