Senior Learning Designer
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
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*The application page will give you a single 'Upload your CV' option. Please use this CV upload option to upload a single document that includes both a Cover letter and a CV within a single document. Please use the Cover letter to outline how your skills, experience and knowledge meets the essential criteria of the role *
*We require the successful candidate to work at least 1 day per week in the London office (Flexibility to attend the office more regularly on occasion may be required to meet business needs)”
Job purpose
An opportunity to lead the design, development, and integration of digital learning courses for the RCVS Academy online learning management system (LMS).
Working within the Academy team and collaborating with stakeholders to create innovative and engaging digital learning to meet identified learning outcomes and applying best digital learning design practice. Working with the digital team to lead the front-end LMS design to ensure relevant, up-to-date applications for optimal learner experience.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Academy team, leading the digital design and development of the LMS. Working within the team will involve some line management responsibility. A creative mindset with a flexible, positive approach is required to meet the varied responsibilities of this role. Innovation and an enthusiasm to explore the use of new digital learning and development solutions is essential to support the continuous improvement of the Academy.
Key responsibilities
1. Manage the design and improvements of digital learning content within the learning management system.
- Apply instructional design theories, practice and methods.
- Manage the application of relevant, up-to-date tools and methods for interactive learning solutions.
- Design content that supports the learner journey and enhances the learner experience.
- Create content in line with branding and ensuring consistency across the Academy platform.
2. Work with stakeholders to understand and respond to learning outcomes and project requirements.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with college departments.
- Work with subject-matter experts to develop content, ensuring best digital learning practice.
- Advise on and implement appropriate digital learning tools to maximise content efficacy.
- Work with the Digital team to ensure that materials are hosted in a way that best meets practice.
3. Manage continuous improvement of content to increase learner engagement and experience.
- Implement, test and maintain digital learning content to ensure functionality.
- Review learner feedback to identify and suggest any digital learning improvements.
- Explore digital learning solutions in response to data and the learning needs analysis.
- Maintain an awareness of emerging best practice and innovations in digital learning design.
4. Work across multiple projects and teams to ensure high-quality content is delivered on time.
- Organise and prioritise workload to meet the deadlines within each project.
- Support other team members to meet project requirements.
- Work with project plans, maintaining accurate and up-to-date documentation.
- Work collaboratively and productively with multiple teams to ensure project completion.
- Work within a quality assurance framework that ensures relevant and high-quality content.
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or worked in an industry where you have led in multimedia design, digital learning design or web design/development.
Essential Criteria-Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of leading and managing others
- Proven experience with a range of IT systems and Microsoft packages
- Experience of graphic and multimedia design for educational purposes
- Experience of working with a learning management system (Moodle)
- Knowledge and experience with authoring software/creative programs
- Excellent written and oral development skills and experience writing instructional text, effective audio and video scripts.
- Knowledge and understanding of developing storyboards to reflect the learner journey.
- Ability to work autonomously and organise own workload effectively across multiple projects.
- Ability to work accurately with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience of working as part of a team and willingness to provide support to colleagues.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, positive and solution-focussed
- Creative mindset and innovative with an enthusiasm for own professional development
Desired Criteria-Skills, knowledge and experience
- Experience of working within the veterinary or medical sectors
- Experience of working within an educational establishment
- Experience with editing video content, using HTML and Adobe packages.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders
* 1st Interviews will take place online - 17th & 18th July 2024*
* 2nd Interviews will take place in person - 25th July 2024*
The organisation
Here at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, improving animal health and welfare by advancing the ethical, professional, and clinical standards of the veterinary professions is at the heart of all our work. We also strive to advance veterinary standards with programmes of work around mental health, leadership, environmental sustainability, diversity, and innovation.
We set the standards for and monitor the quality of veterinary education; we hold Registers of those vets and veterinary nurses who are qualified to practice; we set professional standards for vets and veterinary nurses, and we help practices raise their standards through our Practice Standards Scheme.
Team benefits
We're pleased to offer an attractive benefits package to all members our team. A few of these are listed below, however you can click here to see a full list and find out more!
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