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Online Instructional Designer - Telecommute
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Duluth, MN Duluth, Minnesota |
About this job
This isn't HR. This is Human Capital at UnitedHealth Group. Here, you're expected and empowered to be your best, to grow and to develop your skills. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)
Part of Learning Solutions, our Instructional Designer team is responsible for applying instructional design and development principles and processes to produce effective, engaging and innovative programs to support our internal operations business segments. As a member of this team, you will partner with a Learning Consultant to determine and propose performance improvement solutions, including training or other activities to ensure learning transfer occurs and performance gaps are met. Our design team conducts needs assessment and skills analysis for the business functions we support. We then use the analysis to design and develop training and performance-support solutions. Your primary goal is to ensure learning transfer occurs and to successfully address performance gaps.
As a Senior Online Learning Instructional Designer, you will be responsible to keep abreast of various design strategies, with emphasis in Online Learning. You will create original synchronous and asynchronous learning solutions in addition to converting existing instructor-led training programs to Online Learning programs. The Online Learning Instructional Designer will apply innovative and creative strategies including but not limited to web-based tutorials, documented procedures, audio and video vignettes, and simulations using various technology tools. In this role, you may act as a project manager over smaller efforts or be part of a design team with focus on larger efforts that may include a dedicated project manager. You will also be responsible for leading larger scale design efforts, leading multiple designers toward a common design project goal.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Applies a systems approach to curriculum design, re-design and development
- Participates in the planning, development, and evaluation of learning programs from new hire training materials supporting ongoing learning and professional development of our operations' learner audiences
- Creates or converts existing instructor-led curriculum into an online learning format
- Define learning objectives
- Assume a lead role with multiple designers working on common design-related goal/projects
- Be a mentor to other Instructional Designers
- Accept responsibilities as needed in defining process and standards
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in applicable field of instructional design and technology preferred or Equivalent bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience will be considered
- 3 or more years' experience designing and developing engaging, effective online adult learning programs and tools, both synchronous and asynchronous, using current and successful strategies while applying a systematic approach to instructional design and development required
- 3 or more years of experience in conducting learning analysis required
- Fully Proficient in Adobe Captivate, Articulate Suite, Storyline, Engage or equivalent online learning development tools
- Proven ability to produce quality results using rapid development models and tools
- Knowledge of principles of adult learning and needs assessment techniques
- Experience in leading design projects in which multiple designers contribute
- Fully proficient incorporating multiple media elements in to learning programs including audio, video, animation, simulation, and self-developed graphics
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, problem-solving and fact-based decision making abilities
- Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
- Intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel and Visio
- Strong time management, planning skills
- Experience in project management, planning skills and working on multiple projects at a time
- Group facilitation and presentation skills
- Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed
- Works with less structured, more complex issues
- Serves as a resource to others
- Can work through ambiguity
Careers with UnitedHealthcare. Let's talk about opportunity. Start with a Fortune 14 organization that's serving more than 85 million people already and building the industry's singular reputation for bold ideas and impeccable execution. Now, add your energy, your passion for excellence, your near-obsession with driving change for the better. Get the picture? UnitedHealthcare is serving employers and individuals, states and communities, military families and veterans where ever they're found across the globe. We bring them the resources of an industry leader and a commitment to improve their lives that's second to none. This is no small opportunity. It's where you can do your life's best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Job Keywords: Senior Online Learning Instructional Designer. Bach degree-field of instructional design and technology preferred Adobe Captivate, Articulate Suite, Storyline, Engage, Duluth, MN, Minnesota, Telecommute, work from home