Instructional Designer – Training Support Services

Southern Company • Birmingham, AL

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Instructional Designer will apply instructional design, adult learning, and multimedia expertise to analyze learning needs and design, develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain high‑quality learning solutions that support organizational performance and business outcomes. Collaborating closely with business stakeholders, subject matter resources, and instructors, this role translates instructional, learning, and performance objectives into effective instructor‑led, virtual, blended, and digital learning experiences. Deliverables could include slide decks, eLearning modules, facilitator and participant guides, job aids, and multimedia development. All learning solutions are engaging, accessible, instructionally sound, and aligned with established standards, templates, and branding guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Learning Technologies, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with authoring tools (such as Articulate 360), animation software, and/or other similar development tools required.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience required.
• Experience managing projects is required.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and relationship management skills required.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

• Training development experience (formal or informal) in technical and non-technical disciplines, such as power generation, power delivery, construction, business functions, compliance, safety, or associated fields, preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, narration software, and implementation of AI software in an instructional design environment highly desired.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Experience/proficiency with Learning Management System strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage in curriculum planning and development, training design, and development. Includes specification of learner outcomes (goals and objectives), content specification and design, selection of instructional delivery formats, strategies and media, materials, and ensuring continuity from course to course.
• Execute project plans and adhere to timelines for all learning projects, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Apply tested instructional design theories, practices, and methods in the design of a variety of instructional materials for instructor-led courses, online modules, web-based learned aides, or other products/learning technologies.
• Ensure online materials comply with system requirements for the various learning technologies used by the operating companies while applying accessibility standards.
• Collaborate with customers, subject matter resources, instructors, and business leaders to develop materials based on information provided.
• Upload and maintain content documentation and course folders in various systems such as SharePoint and Learning Management System (LMS).
• Maintain courses by editing content and publishing updated courses as needed per customer need or governance process.
• Manage projects and meet timelines with minimal supervision.
• Apply various aspects of adult education, including classroom and e-learning technologies as related to specific content.
• Initiate, plan, organize, monitor, and report own work and provide leadership to project teams, when appropriate.
• Research and advocate for new innovations in both learning design and education, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement

Benefits

• Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s).
• A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf.
• Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level