Instructional Designer – Leadership Development

Job Description

About Pinellas County Government

Pinellas County Government is seeking a passionate and experienced Instructional Designer – Leadership Development to join their Learning & Development team. This role is within the Human Resources department and focuses on shaping the future of learning across the organization. The position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Job Description

As the Instructional Designer – Leadership Development, you will be responsible for creating, designing, and delivering innovative and effective learning materials with a specific focus on leadership development. You will work collaboratively with a team to develop engaging learning solutions that communicate ideas and captivate end-users. This role involves partnering with key stakeholders to align learning strategy with business goals, optimize existing solutions, and implement innovative programs. You will also leverage Learning & Development technology to enhance efficiency, scalability, and impact while measuring business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learning and Development:
• Discover, design, develop, implement, and sustain world-class training programs specifically tailored for leadership development.
• Incorporate adult learning principles to create experiences that enhance leadership capabilities across various learner groups.
• Utilize Learner-Centered Design principles and adult learning theories to develop and build experiences that enhance the learner experience, with a particular emphasis on leadership development.
• Drive innovation that elevates the learner experience in a scalable way throughout the organization, ensuring that adult learning principles are integrated and leadership development is prioritized.

• Instructional Design:
• Develop, organize, and plan a comprehensive leadership development strategy in collaboration with the Director of Learning and Development, tailored to current and future leadership needs.
• Plan and design learning materials and tools, including e-learning, support resources, virtual and in-person instructor-led training, and other materials to meet the identified needs of learners.
• Demonstrate strong content curation skills to gather data through multiple sources and organize it meaningfully for learners to experience leadership development.
• Create innovative and impactful collateral and digital assets to enhance learning and development, with user experience at the core.
• Establish measurement and evaluation designs and develop assessment instruments to ensure learners understand and show ROI.
• Create clear, measurable learning objectives aligning with business goals and learner needs.
• Champion the use of best practices in instructional design and adult learning principles across the organization.

• Build Relationships:
• Partner with key stakeholders and business functions to conduct needs assessment, understand the learner’s needs to ensure that solutions are relevant, integrated, and support business priorities.
• Ability to coach and mentor others (including peers) on how to design and deliver learning solutions that maximize employee engagement, development, and business outcomes.

• Project Management:
• Provide strong project management skills, including attention to detail, ability to organize, plan, and execute while leading cross-functional teams.
• Determine and define project scope and desired outcomes, and ensure alignment/clarity on roles and responsibilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, balancing multiple projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment from inception through implementation while bringing stakeholders along.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or certification in Performance Technology, Instructional Design, Adult Learning, or Human Resources, strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in instructional design, analysis, curriculum design, and project management, with a working knowledge of learning management systems and learning experience systems.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering leadership development solutions using a blended methodology approach.
• Experienced in designing and delivering leadership development solutions using a blended methodology approach.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively to accomplish assignments with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Suite, and/or other e-learning software and technologies, as well as learning management and learning experience systems.
• Comfort with new technology and ability to learn quickly and use new software applications, including those related to learning metrics and analysis.
• Experience integrating AI tools and technologies to enhance learning experiences and improve instructional design processes.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify challenges and develop practical solutions in instructional design and learning development.