Education, Learning and Training (ELT) Specialist

Education, Learning and Training (ELT) Specialist 

Changeis, Inc. is an award-winning 8(a) certified, woman-owned small business that provides management consulting services to the public sector. Changeis' work has resulted in the successful execution of numerous programmatic initiatives, development of acquisition-sensitive deliverables, and establishment of a variety of long-term, innovative strategic priorities for its customers. Inc. magazine has ranked the management consulting firm, Changeis Inc., among the top 1000 firms on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. 

The Education, Learning & Training (ELT) Specialist will work as part of a passionate and mission driven team to design and develop a variety of educational and assessment materials aligned with Transportation Safety.  The ELT Specialist will be the liaison between client and technical teams and drive innovative solutions, leveraging best practices and practical adult education, learning, and training practices. 

Supporting the US DOT Volpe Center, this position will require creative and strategic skills, as well as increased resourcefulness, the ability to collaborate effectively within a team-oriented environment, and the ability to share in the collective team vision. For more than 50 years, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center has been advancing transportation innovation for the public good, with a mission is to help the transportation community navigate its most challenging problems

Duties and responsibilities include: 

. Perform education-based need assessments to determine necessary requirements for delivering proper education 

. Contribute to ELT planning and scoping for new projects 

. Design and develop training curriculum and content for adult end-users, including self-paced, web-based, and/or instructor led and Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) training, utilizing educational materials such as: 

• Exercises 
• Capstone materials 
• Case studies 
• Tutorials for various training topics 

. Use style and procedure guides to ensure consistency across content 

. Collaborate and proactively engage with teammates and cross-functional teams to effectively translate highly technical language into language end-users can easily understand and digest 

. Serve as a liaison between the project technical teams, communications team, and training and education team to ensure fluidity, collaboration, and coordination 

. Review and provide feedback on assessment items and instructional support material 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree + 3 or more years of relevant experience 
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and influencer skills 
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills 
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal & written) with external clients and internal teams to assist in training delivery for projects 
• Self-motivated and flexible with willingness to learn 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision or with uncertainty 
• Must demonstrate a passionate commitment to delivering high-quality holistic education, learning, and training materials 
• Ability to delegate to others with willingness to take ownership 
• Ability to work calmly and constructively under deadline pressures 
• Ability to manage and keep track of multiple tasks simultaneously 
• Must be organized and have superior attention to detail 
• Ability to see the “big picture” 
• Positive and high-energy attitude 
• Effective organizational and time-management skills 
• Comfort with public speaking and delivering presentations 
• Critical and creative thinker 
• Articulate Storyline, Camtasia, and Adobe Captivate experience is desired but not required