Delta Air Lines Transportation

FOS, Senior Learning Designer (SLD), DPS

Atlanta, GA In person Full-time

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The Senior Learning Designer (SLD) position plays a key role in the design and development of airline pilot training programs. This is accomplished using Instructional System Design, Continuous Improvement, Change Management, and Evaluation processes. The position is responsible for producing analysis reports, design documents, curriculum outlines, implementation plans, instructor courseware, and regulatory documentation.

Employing expert understanding of complex technical training programs, a Senior Learning Designer works with a wide range of stakeholders at all leadership levels to ensure that pilot training programs are effective, efficient, compliant, and aligned with corporate safety and operational objectives. Responsibilities include elements of all phases of the ADDIE process.

Operating in a highly regulated environment, the SLD routinely supports internal and external audits, continuous improvement initiatives, formal research projects, incident investigations, and validations to ensure alignment of courseware with approved curricula.

Successful SLDs maintain expert working knowledge of aviation regulations, related guidance material, corporate requirements, state, and local laws governing Delta's pilot training programs. This role will analyze multiple sources of data to determine training program effectiveness and efficiency and summarize results in formal reports. With larger projects, SLDs create comprehensive design documents, development plans, implementation plans, and evaluation plans.

Administrative responsibilities include maintaining formal documentation of government and corporate programs, an electronic Program Audit Data Base (PADB), and a training recording/certification system.

Content creation responsibilities include design and development of instructor guides, syllabi, and Learning Objectives Documents.

SLDs serve as subject matter experts on adult learning theory, instructional methods, compliance requirements, and change management processes. This position mentors Learning Designer Is and IIs while filling in for the group manager as required. Innovation is part of the role as SLDs regularly contribute to the development of new training concepts, techniques, and standards by using Instructional Systems Design (ISD) methodologies.

SLDs investigate and resolve complex problems requiring organizational, procedural, or policy decisions.

Occasional travel required (less than 10%).

Practices safety conscious behaviors in all operational processes and procedures.?

All domestic frontline scale positions and all merit positions with no direct reports must include the following statement at the end of the Job Summary:

Practices safety-conscious behaviors in all operational processes and procedures.

All domestic merit positions with direct reports must include the following statement at the end of the Job Summary:

Develops both strategic & tactical plans that create a safety-conscious environment resulting in employee safety & well-being.

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