At Jefferson Lab, you’ll champion cutting-edge science and operational excellence while shaping the future of discovery. Join us and make your mark – where excellence meets purpose, and great minds truly matter.

The good-faith pay range for this role is $74,400 - $108,400 per year. Actual compensation may vary and may be above the posted range based on factors such as a candidate's skills, experience, education, certifications, and work location.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Apply instructional design expertise to create, update, and sustain engaging, effective training materials that support organizational learning. Contribute to a wide range of projects and programs by designing solutions that strengthen employee development, maintaining accurate and current content within the Learning Management System, and ensuring a smooth user experience for learners and stakeholders. Provide responsive support to internal customers by addressing training inquiries, clarifying learning resources, and recommending appropriate solutions. Partner closely with HR colleagues and Learning & Development stakeholders to advance enterprise learning initiatives, improve training processes, and deliver high‑quality educational experiences aligned with organizational needs.

In This Job You Will

Utilize instructional design expertise to design and update engaging web‑based learning content using Articulate, ensuring materials are instructionally sound, user‑friendly, and aligned with organizational learning objectives.
Partner with Subject Matter Experts to conduct needs assessments and analyzes findings to establish goals, create project plans, and establish timeline for project.
Create training solutions-job-aids, instructional materials, and resources following the appropriate adult learning methodology.
Maintain and update Learning Management System content as needed, including publishing courses, updating links, managing training credit, and generating accurate reports.
Provide responsive support to internal customers by addressing training inquiries, clarifying learning resources, and recommending appropriate solutions.
Analyze course feedback, resulting in updates that are tangible improvements to course materials, delivery, and the learner experience.
Deliver engaging in-person and virtual learning programs /workshops across the lab through effective oral and visual communication.
Support Learning & Development team projects and programs as needed (New Employee Orientation, Supervisor Academy, etc.)
Maintain project documentation, course folders, files and resources used to include updating all systems and records repositories.

Additional Responsibilities

Ad hoc project support for Human Resources.

Experience

Required: 5 or more years relevant experience
Required: Demonstrated experience working with Learning Management Systems and maintaining training records and document control.
Required: Demonstrated experience developing effective and engaging online courses utilizing authoring tools such as Articulate (Storyline, RISE) . Experience using AI assisted learning tools is preferred.

Education

Required: Bachelor's Degree

Experience And Education Exchange

Education above the minimum may be substituted for experience. Relevant experience may be substituted for education.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge and use of adult learning methods when creating learning materials, courses, and resources across all delivery modes (eLearning, virtual and in person).
Proficiency with eLearning authoring tools (Articulate Storyline and Rise), Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel and SharePoint).
Strong attention to detail and ability to edit content with a critical eye and consistent version and record control.
Ability to work effectively with a wide rage of diverse lab community stakeholders.
Strong interpersonal skills with ability to exercise professionalism and tact.
Sound decision making and organizational skills.
Knowledge and ability to develop accesible content aligned with ADA and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 standards.
Demonstrated ability to adapt to shifting priorities and adjusted timelines.

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by SURATech, LLC, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab

Benefits

At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave) 
401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
Flexible Work Arrangements

(Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available) 

Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs 
Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches,

mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast

SURATech, LLC manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). SURATech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

SURATech is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.

Employment with SURATech is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.

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