Learning Developer WHS, SLeD

We're looking for an enthusiastic Learning Developer to join the Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) team under Workplace Health and Safety. The ideal candidate has experience in instructional design, eLearning, and classroom training development. They are comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-energy environment, are creative, and an analytic problem solver with a passion for helping people learn. They are skilled at finding simple ways to convey complex ideas. You must also be an effective communicator and efficient program manager with the ability to handle multiple, competing priorities and coordinate work across teams.

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. If you're passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply

Key job responsibilities

The ideal candidate is comfortable working on multiple projects in a fast-paced, high energy environment. They are a creative and analytical problem solver with a passion for helping people learn.

You have some or all of the following:

• Experience using e-learning software, such as Captivate or StoryLine.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to understand training needs.
• Scope, design, and develop training that is both engaging and informative
• Managing content source files in shared libraries
• Supporting continual process improvement to ensure we are building high-quality, scalable programs for our audiences
• In-depth knowledge and application of instructional theories, adult learning, on the job learning, knowledge management theories, and principles in both on-line and classroom instruction.
• You have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently.

Additional experience and competencies that are strongly preferred include:

• Fluency in all Microsoft Office applications
• Leverage rapid, agile development techniques and processes to create content for a rapidly changing environment.
• Develop exercises, tutorials, job aids, assessments, and other methods of learning including social or connected learning strategies, and multimedia based assets.
• Manage multiple development projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to create assessments based on learning objectives.

A day in the life

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated project management experience and manage instructional design work for several projects simultaneously, while creating and improving blended learning solutions that fit our peculiar Amazon culture. You will use your expertise in learning theory, instructional technologies, and superb human performance to build learning materials that enhance the safety knowledge of Amazonians, specific to business and operational needs.

The Learning Experience Designer will be a creative and passionate stakeholder advocate, with proven analytical capabilities and learning design skills, demonstrate extreme attention to detail, and the ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit, possess a high level of flexibility, commitment, and the ability to tackle ambiguous obstacles.

About the team

The Safety Learning and Development (SLeD) team is part of the Worldwide Ergonomics and Safety Experience (WESE) team. SLeD designs and develops safety training, that adheres to adult learning theory principles, to increase learner retention by reducing cognitive overload. The team's focus areas include delivering onboarding, annual refresher, and developmental training.

• A minimum of a BS/BA degree + 2 years of experience in any of the following disciplines: Education Technology, Instructional Design/Technology, Adult Education, Visual Communications, or equivalent studies is required.
• Experience using Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise.
• Experience using Camtasia, Adobe Premiere, or a similar application.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.
• Strong project management and boundary-setting skills that ensure timely turnaround of deliverables

• Experience working in a complex, multi-national organization, and producing content in multiple languages.
• Experience using video editing and audio editing
• Experience maintaining courses within a Learning Management System.
• Proficiency in the following instructional design methodologies: ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) Model, SAM (Successive Approximation Model) Model, and Performance Support.
• Experience in requirement gathering and ability to identify clear performance objectives and create design documents.

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