Learning Development Specialist

A-G Associates Inc. • Columbia, MD

7d • $60 - $90

About The Position

The Learning Development Specialist supports the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of workforce learning programs for the Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Talent and Organizational Development. The role leads defined workstreams that translate workforce needs into practical instructor-led, virtual, and web-based learning solutions. The position combines instructional design, stakeholder coordination, facilitation, project discipline, and client-ready writing.

The specialist conducts learning needs assessments; develops curricula and learning resources; creates and supports delivery of learning products; coordinates with client stakeholders and subject-matter experts; manages assigned workstreams and deliverables; and evaluates feedback and learning data to recommend improvements. The position is part-time or project-based and may be engaged as a W-2 employee, 1099 contractor, or subcontractor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial or organizational psychology, adult education, instructional design, business, public administration, or a closely related professional field.
• At least seven years of relevant professional experience in training, learning development, organizational development, leadership development, or workforce development.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, managing, or assessing learning programs and products.
• Experience developing agendas and facilitating meetings or working sessions to achieve defined outcomes.
• Strong writing, synthesis, presentation, project coordination, and client-service skills.
• Ability to work within the United States.
• Ability to complete applicable client suitability or background requirements before beginning assigned contract work.
• Instructional-design and adult-learning expertise.
• Strong organization, quality control, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and review cycles.
• Collaborative client service and sound professional judgment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a federal agency or another large, complex organization.
• Experience with virtual learning platforms, learning-management systems, accessibility standards, and hybrid learning delivery.
• Experience with competency models, career mapping, onboarding, leadership development, or knowledge-management programs.
• Portfolio samples demonstrating clear, visually effective learning products and facilitator-ready materials.
• Clear writing, synthesis, and visual communication.

Responsibilities

• Conduct training and learning needs assessments and translate findings into recommendations, priorities, and training plans.
• Apply adult-learning and instructional-design principles to create learning experiences for a dispersed, hybrid workforce.
• Translate FTA competencies, career guides, and leadership-development priorities into curricula, learning pathways, and development resources.
• Design and develop instructor-led, virtual instructor-led, and web-based learning products.
• Create lesson plans, facilitator and participant guides, presentations, job aids, checklists, evaluation tools, and other client-ready materials.
• Support course implementation and learning administration, including materials preparation and coordination with learning-management platforms.
• Lead assigned workstreams from requirements gathering through design, review, revision, implementation support, and evaluation.
• Coordinate with subject-matter experts, facilitators, program leads, and client stakeholders, from staff to senior executives.
• Maintain schedules, action logs, document versions, status reporting, and level-of-effort controls across concurrent deliverables.
• Gather and analyze participant feedback, learning data, and stakeholder input.
• Recommend improvements that strengthen learning-product quality, consistency, accessibility, and effectiveness.
• Ensure final deliverables are accurate, usable, and aligned with approved scope and client expectations.
• Develop agendas and facilitate meetings or working sessions to achieve defined outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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