Learning Management System Administrator / Instructional Designer

GDIT's Military Health team is hiring a Learning Management System

Specialist / Instructional Designer to support IT virtual events the Continuing Education Program Office for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) located in Silver Spring, MD.

The Continuing Education Program Office leads a standardized, high value education and training across the Military Health System (MHS).

 

Learn More About the DHA Continuing Education Program's Office Mission HERE

 

The LMS/ Instructional Designer will analyze, plan, coordinate, manage, and execute all virtual event programs & initiatives.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Evaluate current strategy, identify weaknesses, and recommend improved methodologies
• Develop and implement guidelines and protocols for conducting virtual events using subject matter expertise in this functional area.
• Select, recommend, and implement the most appropriate web conferencing technology.
• Create and maintain a virtual events schedule.
• Organize registration and follow up for each virtual event.
• Develop benchmark criteria to measure the effectiveness of virtual events and implement improvements as required.
• Measure the success of each virtual event and report the results to client/leadership.
• Provide training to presenters and moderators, and organize the preconference planning call.
• Post virtual event surveys, polls, and other interactive webinar applications.
• Record virtual events, and edit audio and video for on-demand sessions.
• Produce and render high quality videos from recordings of virtual events.
• Follow up execution for both virtual event registrants and attendees and ensure that immediate customer service inquiries are promptly and accurately addressed.
• Collaborate with our continuing education (CE) provider to embed proper iFrame for enduring and on-demand sessions.
• Manage and maintain collaborative YouTube channel that feeds videos to iFrame for CE provider and other agencies utilizing virtual event recordings.
• Consult with customer and team members to design, build, and manage educational event platforms.
• Assists in developing plans, including budgets and schedules, and monitoring tasks, to meet contractual/project requirements for assigned program.
• Assists Project Manager in developing in-house Learning Management System (LMS) program. Launch, oversee, trouble shoot, and analyze/recommend process improvement for the new LMS. Establishes and defines LMS program requirements.
• Monitors progress of virtual events and makes recommendations on enhancements to improve the end user experience and ultimately user participation.
• Interacts regularly with customers and other industry representatives to ensure conformance to customer requirements.
• Participates in special projects as required.
• Serves as a lead webinar technologist.
• Manages equipment inventory and makes recommendations on necessary upgrades.
• Develops and updates technology related SOPs for executing live and virtual events.
• Conducts speaker trainings on using technology platform.
• Ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and customize existing products.
• Formats PowerPoint presentation slides.
• Leads the testing of solutions prior to launching to ensure desired results are obtained.
• Designs layouts, and produces artwork such as graphs, maps, charts, posters, signs, and report covers.
• Provides graphic support for PowerPoint presentations as necessary for internal communication, training, and marketing.
• Handles copyright, reprint, and permission processes for images.
• Local travel required.

What You'll Need (required):

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information technology, instructional design or related field.
• 5+ years of experience related to virtual event productions, broad web/digital communications experience to include content creation, web design, build and rebuild.
• Experience with multiple publishing and creative software applications.
• Experience with graphic design, communications, and marketing a plus.
• Administrating Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Experience in eLearning development.
• Experience with virtual learning platforms (Adobe Connect).
• Experience resolving end user IT issues.
• US citizenship is required.

What Would Be Even Better (preferred):

• Experience with web design (HTML 5)
• Able to use multi-media equipment (camcorders, sound equipment)
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Familiar Continuing Education (CE) development and deployment

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