Instructional Project Lead

Are you a senior instructional designer with a background in coaching, mentoring, facilitating cross-departmental collaboration, and leading teams to develop timely, cost-effective, quality adult education training programs? We're looking for an Instructional Project Lead to guide programs and courses that build the skills of our WorkSafeBC team. You'll contribute to our goals of promoting occupational health and safety and supporting people injured at work.

How you'll make a difference: You'll build and empower teams that serve workers and employers across B.C.

Where you'll work
At WorkSafeBC, we offer a model that combines the convenience of some remote work **** with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you'll work two days a week in our Richmond office.

• Lead the development of training programs, ensuring that they meet specific learning needs and fulfill organizational goals and requirements
• Assess, plan, negotiate, organize, monitor, and evaluate all project related activities on training projects - including authoring project management documents such as project charters, project plans, and status reports
• Oversee the daily work activities of your assigned team including monitoring progress, setting priorities, and providing work direction
• Provide quality assurance to your team to ensure compliance with instructional design best practices, quality standards, ethical and legal regulations and organizational policies, practices, and guidelines
• Liaise with internal customers to establish and maintain training services

We're looking for someone who is:

• A senior instructional designer who is able to use systematic methodology and adult education principles to develop programs and provide quality oversight to the design team
• An experienced project manager, adept at assessing, planning, negotiating, organizing, monitoring and evaluating all project-related activities in a technical/business setting
• Able to effectively lead and motivate a team to achieve goals and work with tight deadlines
• Client-focused and able to develop strong relationships with internal customers

Your background and experience

• A minimum of six years of directly related experience in the development of job-specific adult education programs using advanced instructional design and learning technologies for training, instructional design project management, and performance support projects
• A degree in adult education, instructional systems design, educational technology, human performance technology, or leadership and training
• Experience in leading teams

We'll consider an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Learn more: Meet Maura and see how her work contributes to a culture of learning and development at WorkSafeBC.

Important to know
Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada

WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who are we?
At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?
It's challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more: Discover who we are.

Our benefits
As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work - and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire
• 3 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service
• Extensive health care and dental benefits
• Optional leave and earned-time-off arrangements
• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)
• Reimbursement towards two annual professional memberships (e.g., College and Association)

Learn more : Find out what we offer .

Salary: $44.88 - $48.47/hourly

Want to apply?

• Applications are welcomed immediately.
• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.