Associate Instructional Systems Designer / Learning & Development Specialist
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Chantilly, Virginia
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Intern
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must possess a current/active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Education, Learning & Development, Educational Technology, Communications, Human Resources Development, Psychology, Business, STEM discipline, or a related f
- 6 months to 2 years of relevant professional, internship, military, training, or teaching experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet project deadlines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
- Demonstrated interest in learning and development, instructional design, or workforce training.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Nice to have
- Internship, academic project, military, or professional experience developing training materials or presentations.
- Familiarity with adult learning principles or instructional design models such as ADDIE.
- Exposure to eLearning development tools such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, or similar platforms.
- Experience facilitating training, tutoring, teaching, mentoring, or coaching.
- Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS).
- Knowledge of accessibility standards such as Section 508.
- Desire to grow into a professional instructional design or learning and development career path.
Full description
Title:
Associate Instructional Systems Designer / Learning & Development Specialist
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
KBR is seeking an early-career Instructional Systems Designer (ISD) / Learning & Development Specialist to support the development, maintenance, and delivery of training programs for a mission-focused customer in the national security community. This role is ideal for recent college graduates or individuals with relevant training, education, instructional design, teaching, or workforce development experience who are interested in building a career in learning and development. This role requires a current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance for consideration.
Working alongside experienced instructional designers and subject matter experts, the selected candidate will help create engaging learning solutions, develop training materials, and support the delivery of instructor-led, virtual, and web-based learning programs.
Why Join Us?Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design, development, and revision of training curricula, lesson plans, learning objectives, presentations, and participant materials.
- Support the development of instructor-led training, virtual instructor-led training, web-based training, and other learning solutions.
- Collaborate with senior instructional designers and subject matter experts to gather content and translate technical information into effective learning experiences.
- Help create job aids, reference guides, exercises, assessments, and evaluation tools.
- Maintain and update existing course materials to ensure accuracy, relevance, and alignment with customer requirements.
- Support training needs analysis efforts and data collection activities.
- Participate in quality assurance reviews of course content and training materials.