Instructional Designer

About the role

Premera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. The Instructional Designer designs and develops learning content and business process documentation that support Premera’s purpose, values and business initiatives. The incumbent will collaborate with subject matter experts to develop instructional content including participant workbooks, facilitator guides, PowerPoint decks, classroom activities, job aids, evaluation tools and business process documentation using adult learning theory for instructor-led and e-learning training.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop instructor-led & computer-based training material using adult learning theory and instructional design methodologies to support blended delivery of training and documentation.
• Design, develop or select course content, such as participant workbooks, facilitator guides, PowerPoint decks, classroom activities, job aids, eLearning scripts, business process documentation, and evaluation tools for instructor-led courses.
• Support multiple projects by meeting project timelines and deliverables; supporting project plan development and providing project progress updates.
• Participate in instructional analysis: determine knowledge, skills, attitudes, competencies required and gaps in learning and business process documentation; assess effectiveness and efficiency of materials including ease of instructional use and student learning, knowledge transfer, and satisfaction.
• Collaborate with team to write performance/behavioral objectives, determine appropriate learning solutions based upon established learning objectives; analyze relevant learning situations to determine appropriate training solutions applying appropriate learning theories and design principles; develop criterion-based assessments and performance measures.
• Consult and collaborate with internal business partners to develop appropriate training or business process documentation.
• Interview subject matter experts or conduct other research to develop instructional content.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in curriculum development, education, organizational development, instructional design, or technical writing or four years of work experience.
• Two (2) years’ experience writing business process, designing instructor-led and web-based curriculum including scripts and facilitator guides, conducting business needs analyses and familiarity with Camtasia and Articulate Storyline software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry certifications in instructional design, curriculum development, technical writing, or content-specific certifications, as appropriate.
• Experience with learning management system (LMS) architecture and deployment in a corporate learning environment.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs.
• Generous paid time off to reenergize.
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
• For hybrid employees, on-site resources, networking opportunities, team engagement, free convenient on-site parking, subsidized on-campus cafes, health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs, a complementary fitness & well-being center with in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling, and on-site activities such as shuffleboard or ping pong.

Pay

The salary range for this role is:

• National Salary Range: $80,200.00 – $103,700.00
• National Plus Salary Range: $80,200.00 – $118,300.00

National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.

Physical Requirements

• This is primarily a sedentary role which requires the ability to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• This role requires the ability to keyboard and to communicate clearly and understandably in person and over the telephone.