Learning Architect

Thanks for your interest in Children's Mercy!

Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children’s Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.

Children’s Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children’s health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.

Overview

The Learning Architect designs and delivers experiences and resources to solve knowledge and skills gaps that support team members' personal and professional growth through the Berry Institute. This role works closely with internal and external content experts and team members to seek the best content to support the Berry Institute's goals and increase organizational learning and performance. This role uses defined curriculum design frameworks, multiple platforms, and industry best practices to validate, organize, package, promote, and deliver current and relevant content. Learning architects have an eye for visual design, a mind for content creation, and a commitment to clear, concise, and engaging forms of learning and communication.

All interviewing candidates must submit a portfolio of work. 

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

Responsibilities

The Learning Architect:

Creates innovative, human-centered learning experiences and resources to encourage team members to achieve their highest potential:

•  Starts with the performance outcomes, not content.
•  Partners with content experts and stakeholders within and outside the Berry Institute to create deliverables by understanding needs, brainstorming possibilities, and presenting concepts.
•  Leverages problem-solving skills to analyze Berry Institute and organizational needs.
•  Ensures content is accessible to participants.
•  Pilots and audits courses to determine opportunities for updates and improvement.
•  Focuses on relevant information to meet objectives and target audiences.
•  Applies learning theories and current learning research.
•  Communicates with impact to influence key content experts and stakeholders to advocate for human-centered deliverables.
•  Thinks through the end-to-end user experience of a solution and ensures it is a quality experience.

Designs experiences and resources based on learning architecture:

•  Provides a framework for designing experiences and resources aligned with the Berry Institute’s strategic goals.
•  Partners with Learning Operations to conduct needs assessments, performance analyses, course content analyses, learner analyses, and job-task analyses to select the most appropriate instructional solution to a training-related problem.
•  Creates targeted experiences and resources to enhance the skills and competencies required for success in various organizational roles.
•  Ensures the instructional integrity of course development projects through systematic design and clear writing of scripts, narratives, and storyboards.
•  Integrates effective and current learning technologies and tools into experiences and resources.
•  Partners with Learning Operation to understand nursing, allied health, and medical continuing education credit requirements.
•  Creates a culture of continuous learning by encouraging team members to take ownership of their development and growth by providing the necessary experiences and resources through the Berry Institute.

Assesses the effectiveness of learning experiences and resources:

•  Partners with Learning Operations to analyze the effectiveness and outcome measures for experiences and resources.
•  Uses outcome data to make recommendations to improve and/or identify future Berry Institute experiences and resources.
•  Maintains ongoing knowledge of available instructional design tools and technologies and evaluates their benefits to the Berry Institute and organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Human Resources, Learning and Development, Instructional Design, Education or related field, and 5-7 years' experience.
• Experience in the field of education, learning and development, or instructional design.

Benefits at Children's Mercy

The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.

Learn more about Children’s Mercy benefits.

Starting Pay

Our pay ranges are market competitive. The pay range for this job begins at $32.26/hr, but your salaried offer will be determined based upon your education and experience.

Remote Work/Work from Home

This position is not eligible to work remotely, which means that the person hired will be required to work onsite at one of our Children’s Mercy locations and may not work from home.

EEO Employer/Disabled/Vet

Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation all are factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

CM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our patients and families come from all walks of life, and so do we. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability and beliefs.

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