e-Learning Design Lead (Bilingual)

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada's Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is seeking an e-Learning Design Lead to head the design and development of online courses using Articulate 360. You will provide training, instruction, technical feedback, leadership and problem solving for your team.

Leveraging your expertise, you will ensure course design and development follow sound educational and psychometric principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with focus on adult learning, online course design or psychometrics.
• 8+ years of experience as an Instructional Designer/Developer or equivalent.
• Expert knowledge of instructional design and adult learning principles.
• Ability to communicate in both English and French.
• Strong attention to detail and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication in both official languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of e-Learning courses in Articulate 360.
• Provide training, instruction, technical feedback, leadership and problem solving for team members.
• Coordinate production steps, design, development and QA of English and French courses.

Skills

Instructional design

Leadership

Project management

Bilingual English/French

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Articulate 360

Job description

We’re the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. But you can call us CCOHS.

We’re a federal government corporation focused on a single mission: upholding the right of everyone in Canada to a healthy and safe workplace where they can thrive. Our tools and resources are designed to give employers and workers across the country the information they need to stay healthy and safe, both physically and mentally, on the job.

And that’s where you come in. We need your instructional design and leadership expertise to help get this important information into the hands of our key stakeholders. Our online health and safety courses are making a big impact across Canada. As an important part of our Education Services team, you’ll help us have an even greater one.

So, if the idea of making a difference and being part of a culture that values innovation, professional growth, and your overall well-being excites you, we encourage you to read on.

About the Role

As an e-Learning Design Lead, you’ll lead the design and development of e-Learning courses in the Articulate 360 software programs. You will also be responsible for providing training, instruction, technical feedback, leadership, and problem solving for your team members.

Leveraging your technical experience, you’ll ensure that the design and development of courses are aligned with sound educational and psychometric principles. You will coach team members regarding the practical application of instructional design principles and practices.

You will be expected to participate in the planning of the Service Unit or Team activities, to ensure that they play an active part in achieving the goals without causing work overload or imposing conflicting demands, including deadlines. Working with the e-Learning Production Coordinator, you will be responsible for the administration and coordination of the process of all production steps, design, development, and quality assurance of English and French e-Learning courses.

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a post-secondary diploma with a focus on adult learning principles, online course design (instructional design), learning psychology, and/or evaluation (psychometrics).
• At least eight (8) years of recent related experience as an Instructional Designer, Developer, designing and developing learning content, technical writing, quality assurance and/or production role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expert knowledge of the field of Instructional Design.
• Expert knowledge of adult learning principles, pedagogical learning, and the ability to practically apply those principles in the design and development of learning content, and the delivery of in-house training and on-the-job instruction to team members.
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate in both official languages is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work in a team atmosphere.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Project management skills with proven ability to plan and execute project plans.

Who You Are

• A supportive, respectful team member who treats others equitably and thrives in an environment where new ideas and collaboration are encouraged.
• An instructional design expert skilled at analyzing, interpreting, and summarizing the assigned course content developed by subject matter experts.
• An excellent communicator, able to display proficiency in grammar, vocabulary and spelling with both official languages (English and French).

Salary: Within the range of $105,380 - $127,695 (CCOHS-11) per annum

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier‑free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please contact Human Resources at [e-mail]. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

If you are a bilingual candidate in English and French, we want to hear from you. Please indicate on your application if you are fluent in both official languages.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

Code of Conduct

As public servants, all employees of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) have a duty to conduct themselves in a way that bears the closest public scrutiny and upholds our Code of Conduct. At the hiring stage, candidates are required to disclose any situation or circumstance that could result in any real, potential or perceived conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any situation where CCOHS employees have private or personal interests that could influence or impair their judgement, decisions or actions within their official duties or use of their position, or undermine the neutrality of CCOHS. This may include political activity, directorship, other outside employment (with competitors, and/or suppliers) and certain personal relationships (with other CCOHS employees, clients and/or stakeholders). Please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] for more information regarding conflict of interest responsibilities and how to make a disclosure