Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

The BOLD (Bridging Organization, Learning, and Design) team has an opening for an Educational Learning Designer to join our national K-12 design team.

Location(s):

• California Office Locations (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Riverside, and Sonoma)

Position Summary

The Educational Learning Designer will fill an important role on our interdisciplinary team working with schools and districts across the country to implement positive, organizational changes as they occupy new/different learning space designs. The BOLD discipline works as a partner of DLR Group’s integrated design team(s) to ensure continual alignment between the building’s design and the teaching and learning goals of the campus.

The BOLD process is the continuation of our partnership with our district clients through coaching and workshops as educators and learners begin to utilize new learning environments. An ideal Educational Learning Designer will have first-hand experience implementing change and/or leading a school operating with innovative spaces. As a member of our team, you would be leading our BOLD process by working directly with school stakeholders, interfacing with members of the design teams, and sharing your experiences along the way.

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The successful candidate will:

• Collaborate both virtually and in-person with a national BOLD team and integrated design teams across DLR Group
• Possess an entrepreneurial approach when taking on challenges and risks for both personal and professional growth
• Demonstrate confidence and a forward-thinking approach to produce creative, purposeful, and meaningful work with accountability and responsibility
• Facilitate virtual, in-person, or hybrid meetings and workshops using the BOLD process with district leaders, principals, and staff to implement organizational change when considering new spaces and/or changes in teaching and learning practices
• Provide 1:1 mentoring/coaching sessions with school stakeholders
• Develop and design resources and content that support the DLR Group process for workshops at the campus or district level.
• Manage multiple ongoing projects in different geographic locations and of different scales
• Travel to workshops, interviews, conferences, meetings, etc.
• Collaborate with members of integrated design teams to translate teaching and learning needs into physical spaces
• Support the development of client communications; participate in marketing and business development opportunities as needed
• Participate in district interviews to assist in winning new K12 design projects
• Share the BOLD process by submitting and speaking at state and national conferences
• Know that your daily hours can fluctuate due to working across multiple time zones

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Educational Leadership, Change Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction, or related fields
• PK-12 teaching, administration, and central office experience
• Experience teaching in or leading a school/district with an innovative learning environment design
• Experience leading spatial and organizational change at a campus or district level
• Good listening and communication skills; proficient in Microsoft Office tools
• Experience presenting to large groups/audiences
• Knowledgeable around curriculum and instruction
• Frequent and regular travel may be required approx. 25-75%, based on business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on a virtual team and presenting professional learning virtually
• Previous experience as a K-12 campus principal
• Previous experience in a central office position

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

Our ambition is to use our collective design voice to bring about a better society and create stronger communities by recognizing and addressing longstanding inequities in our nation. Leading this change – to deliver a more equitable culture – aligns with DLR Group’s Core Values and our brand promise to elevate the human experience through design. By exploring, discovering, sharing, and ultimately resolving inequities identified within our firm and the broader A/E/C industry, we can develop a more diverse and inclusive design culture to better fulfill our brand promise.

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations take into account market location, experience, and skills. The potential pay range for this role is $145,000 – $185,000.

DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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