Instructional Design and Project Management

Job Overview:

• Position Name: Snr Instructional Design and Project Management
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Work Location: New Delhi, India-(Nehru Place)
• Work Mode: Hybrid
• Department: Wadhwani Skills Network

Job Description:

• The recruit will be working within the Wadhwani Skilling Networks Content team, leading the design, development, and implementation of instructional content and learning solutions. The role requires a strategic approach to creating engaging and effective learning experiences for diverse audience profiles, leveraging advancements in educational technology and digital learning.
• The Senior ID will be responsible for guiding and mentoring junior instructional designers, ensuring high-quality content creation, and maintaining instructional integrity. This role involves end-to-end project management, including scoping, budgeting, stakeholder collaboration, and content development oversight. Proficiency in e-learning authoring tools, instructional design frameworks, and learning theories is essential, along with expertise in MS Excel for project tracking and budget management.
• The recruit will collaborate closely with SMEs, graphic designers, LMS teams, and other stakeholders to drive impactful learning interventions. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a detail-oriented approach, and the ability to manage multiple projects efficiently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pedagogical approaches powered by research: Incorporate effective pedagogical techniques keeping learner at center, selecting the appropriate models based on need, to enable outcomes   from the learning product.  Deliver engaging pedagogy that stems from the understanding of learner profiles and varying learning styles for the targeted skills, while being anchored on the solid foundation of the theory of learning for such learners.
• Instructional design strategy: Identify emerging trends and best practices in instructional design to envision, design and configure appropriate Instructional Strategy for target audiences varying across geography, prior knowledge and goals.

Design instruction for various categories of learning products, while keeping the target learner in focus. Manage the balance between design-superiority and pragmatic implementation-constraints.

• Innovative approaches in learning content: Recommend effective and innovative learning content interventions for specific learning products. Align with established models and standards. Drive the development and implementation of such innovative learning experiences.  Learning Content to augment the pedagogical approaches, tangibly bringing to form the rich-design. Technological tools to be judiciously leveraged to bring about concrete content deliverables including but not limited to microlearning, stackable- credentialing, gamification, adaptive learning experiences etc. Be responsible for deployment of solutions for such distinctive pedagogical experiences.
• Stay updated on learning principles, tools: Keep yourself updated on the latest learning theories, tools. Also stay abreast on the advancements in the field of learning platforms, services, AI technology to understand & use their potential. Bring efficiency and agility in design and development.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure effective integration of learning strategies and initiatives. Select and onboard vendors for various initiatives. Manage a group of inhouse and/or outsourced instructional designers.

Skills & Experience:

• Education level: Graduate or Post-graduate
• Experience: Must have at least 10 years of work experience as an Instructional Design Specialist, preferably in leadership roles in EdTech firms
• Well-versed with Instructionaldesign models and theory of learning with respect to skill seekers
• Can create and review storyboards, scripts, assessment-items, and map against the final builds as part of the e-content development cycle
• Familiar with instructional design models and content tools e.g., Articulate Storyline 360, Adobe Captivate, Vyond etc
• Aware of various AI tools and services redefining the field of learning content, services and experiences
• Behavioural competencies:
• Self-motivated and results oriented.
• Experience in delivering instructional design projects, strongly enabled through technology
• Comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups.
• Building trust and buy-in across all levels of an enterprise.
• Strong networking and interpersonal skills.
• Adaptive and collaborative person, willing to take on new projects and support initiatives that build an enterprise.
• Team-player, willing to both lead and be led, motivated to contribute to others success.
• Openness to new ideas; a creative and innovative mind energetically searching for new solutions.
• Inquisitive, flexible with entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• A passion for learning and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates solid judgment and problem-solving skills with proven attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
• Maintains big picture vision, while working on the details