With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

At The Home Depot, we help doers get more done. In order to do this, our Learning Design & Development team createssimple, relevant, and effective learning experiences for our orange-blooded associates. We have a strong team of Instructional Designers who are focused on the goal of developing our associates, and we’re looking to add to the team.

That’s where you come in! This Sr. Instructional Designer will help design, develop, and implement cutting-edge development programs that build competence and confidence in our associates. You will be part of a dynamic, collaborative team that creates learning solutions to build knowledge, skills, and abilities.

When you join The Home Depot, you join a team that takes care of our people. The Sr. Instructional Designer will take care of our associates and ensure they are equipped with what they need to effectively do their jobs and achieve business results.

Interested?

Here’s what we’re looking for:- You arepassionate about development and have advanced experience with applying instructional design and adult learning principles to create instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables.

• You have a track record of finding innovative approaches to develop people, creating learning solutions that use new approaches, and sharing industry trends with others.

• You have experience working on multiple complex projects simultaneously and creating deliverables for all phases of the course creation lifecycle, including analysis, design, and development.

• You have experience with Agile Learning Development or the Successive Approximation Model (SAM).

• You are self-driven, collaborative, resourceful, and excellent at project management.

• You have experience coaching and mentoring other Instructional Designers to develop talent and improve the quality of learning solutions.

• You are comfortable taking risks, prioritizing work based on business needs, communicating new ideas to a variety of audiences, being a trusted consultant and partner, and propelling current thinking about development to the next level.

• You have excellent communication skills and you’re comfortable communicating through technology (Web Ex, Microsoft Teams, etc.).

Is this you? If so, we want to talk to you!

Key Responsibilities:

• 40% Create learning objectives, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables. Develop learning solutions using project-based templates. Test and debug deliverables for quality assurance. Ensure leaning solutions align with desired outcomes.

• 20% Coach and mentor Associate Instructional Designers and Instructional Designers, including assisting with onboarding new Instructional Designers and lead and facilitate Instructional Designer development on current and emerging learning methods

• 10% -Partner with Learning Strategy Senior Managers on confirming needs analysis and instructional strategy

• 10% Project manage individual and team deliverables and proactively communicate milestones

• 10% Proactively communicate task and project status to client group and management

• 10% Assist in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of contractors and associates

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position reports to Manager of Learning.

• This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, HR Development, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology, or related field preferred (or equivalent Home Depot experience)

• Experience in education or learning field, or similar work experience

• Experience with Agile Learning Development or the Successive Approximation Model (SAM)

• Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations

• Experience conducting learning needs analysis and developing curriculum maps

• Advanced knowledge of e Learning development tools and software (i.e., Articulate Storyline/Rise, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Advanced ability to communicate professionally, provide proper context, and tailor messages to a variety of audiences

• Ability to work independently (e.g., project revisions, solving issues as they arise)

• Ability to be detail-oriented in the development and QA of project work for themselves and others

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a associate's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 4

Competencies:

• Advanced knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories

• Proficiency with software including Microsoft Office and standard e Learning development tools

• Proficient knowledge of project management principles and MS Project

• Excellent written communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington residents:

The pay range for this position is between $80,000.00 - $100,000.00