L&D Designer/Developer

Job Title: L&D Designer/Developer

Contract Duration: 6+ Months

Pay range: C$40 - 45/hr

Work Type: 100% Remote

Location: Toronto, ON

Schedule: Monday - Friday Core business hours

Job Description:

• The main function of the L&D Instructional Designer/Developer is to consult, scope, recommend, design, and develop high-quality, fully accessible, multi-approach blended learning, evaluation, and performance solutions supporting complex, highly visible, fast-paced learning projects.

Accountabilities:

• L&D Designer/Developer supports highly complex learning projects to deliver timely, high-quality, consistent learning solutions that positively impact client business metrics.
• Ability to synthesize, simplify, and communicate complex information and theoretical concepts while applying clear language principles.
• Work directly with the Course Owner and subject matter experts to capture content-specific knowledge and performance gaps, needs, and purpose to develop appropriate solutions within deadlines.
• Act as a confident and collaborative partner and trusted advisor to Learning Business Partners, Designers, and Business stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with project team members.
• Influence and persuade with confidence and tact.
• Develop relationships and leverage partners to provide appropriate and relevant data.
• Design and develop engaging, interactive blended learning solutions, ensuring learning and performance objectives are met.
• Ensure learning solutions align to client's brand, learner accessibility, and principles of diversity and inclusion, leveraging established standards and guidelines and achieving success criteria while managing scope, risks, and problem resolution.
• Leverage best-in-class common practices, processes, and measures across the design, development, and training evaluation.
• Ability to read data and analyze it; ability to tell the story that data represents.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise in learning and performance consulting, including knowledge of external best practices and emerging trends; maintain best practices in instructional design and development and program evaluation and measurement.
• Provide design and development thought leadership and/or industry knowledge and participate in knowledge transfer within the team.
• Adaptable and flexible with an ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Protect the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks and escalate non-standard activities/concerns as necessary.
• Apply business acumen and knowledge of client's business to establish credibility with business line clients.

Must Have:

• 3+ years' experience as an Instructional Designer and Developer (more developer focus with some design).
• Educational background in Instructional Design / Adult Learning Certificate.
• Knowledge of Question Design best practices.
• Experience with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2) and testing using Freedom Scientific JAWS Screen Reader.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced development skills in creating high-quality, fully accessible learning and training assessment deliverables in all modalities (i.e., proficiency assessments and surveys, eLearning and videos, self-led learning assets, etc.).
• Advanced MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel & Word) and experience designing engaging virtual materials.
• Advanced skills developing eLearning and simulations using the Articulate 360 suite of products.
• Advanced skills developing videos using Vyond.

Nice To Have:

• Instructional Design and Development experience supporting the financial industry on complex, fast-paced projects.
• Training/Performance Evaluation and Consultation certification from a recognized Training Evaluation organization such as Kirkpatrick Partners, ATD, Training Industry, etc.
• Advanced skills developing videos using Adobe suite of products (especially Adobe Premier Pro) and Camtasia.
• Process improvement or Lean Six Sigma experience.
• Willingness to keep up with current trends and skills in training design, development, and evaluation.
• 2 years of evaluation, measurement, or business analysis experience.
• Experience creating surveys or proficiency assessments.
• Skills developing assessments and surveys on Qualtrics and LMS.

Degree/Certifications Required:

• Educational background in Instructional Design / Adult Learning Certificate.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience.

Preferences/Job Fit:

• Willing and able to manage multiple and varied projects and deadlines.
• Able to work effectively on a virtual team.
• Enjoys working as a contributing member of a team.
• Highly motivated to learn new things.
• Embraces and owns personal development.

Consulting / Consultation Skills:

• 2 years of evaluation, measurement, or business analysis experience.
• Experience creating surveys or proficiency assessments.
• Knowledge of Question Design best practices.

Preference:

• Submit your work portfolio (avoid Google or Microsoft OneDrive links) beforehand. The project requires complex simulation development with a thorough knowledge of building accessibility per WCAG guidelines and for both JAWS use and keyboard navigation.

About The Company:

• Top 10 bank in Canada and North America offering comprehensive financial solutions. Providing retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services, we help clients thrive in today's evolving market.

About GTT:

• GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!