Digital Learning Specialist

Department of Defence; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Digital Learning Specialist role within the Department of Defence focuses on shaping the learning culture for digital professionals and delivering high-quality digital learning materials. You will manage and create engaging eLearning experiences, working with stakeholders and production teams to drive outcomes.

Ideal candidates will have strong instructional design, multimedia production, and project management skills, plus hands-on experience with major authoring tools and LMS platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven experience applying contemporary instructional design methodologies, adult learning principles, and learner-centred design.
• Extensive experience in eLearning development, digital learning design, and content creation.
• Strong project management skills to plan, prioritise, schedule, and manage multiple projects with stakeholders.
• Ability to translate learning requirements into detailed scripts, storyboards, and engaging eLearning experiences.
• Proficiency in eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or Lectora.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience with LMS platforms and understanding of SCORM standards and compliance.
• Ability to lead teams through analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of digital learning projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across geographically dispersed teams.
• Proven track record delivering multiple projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Experience managing team workloads and developing team capability.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop digital learning content to support enterprise-wide learning.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Defence to shape learning strategies.
• Lead projects through analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Ensure digital content is accessible, engaging, and aligns with SCORM standards.

Job description

About our Team

Defence Learning Branch (DLB) aims to cultivate a robust learning culture by offering high-quality, accessible, and career-relevant learning experiences, and by developing learning strategies.

We focus on fostering a supportive learning environment and measuring the impact of learning to enhance employee performance and engagement.

The Digital Learning Solutions team provides access to inclusive corporate and enterprise training to an all of Defence audience. Our mission is to achieve learning outcomes through multi-faceted platforms that are easy to find, understand, use and learn – and to design and develop products that genuinely increase capabilities across Defence.

The Digital Learning Specialist role

The Digital Learning Specialist will play a crucial role in shaping the learning culture for digital professionals, designing, innovating, enabling development, and implementing high-quality digital learning materials within Defence.

This role requires a blend of stakeholder’s management, planning, creativity, technical expertise, and instructional design skills to manage and create engaging, interactive and visually appealing digital learning content.

Defence roles cover a diverse range of workplace environment requirements. These may include physical tasks or working in conditions that are not typical of an office environment. Candidates should consider these requirements when assessing their suitability for the role. For more information, please contact the nominated contact officer.

Computer Use, generic screen based, sitting at desk.

The Digital Learning Specialist role is in the Digital Learning Production team within Digital Learning Solutions. We design and develop digital learning content to support Enterprise-wide learning.

Our Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in instructional design, digital design, multimedia production, e-learning technologies, learning platform experience and stakeholders management.

This include having:

• Proven experience applying contemporary instructional design methodologies, adult learning principles, and learner-centred design practices to develop effective learning solutions.
• Extensive experience in eLearning development, digital learning design, and content creation.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, prioritise, schedule, and manage multiple projects simultaneously while balancing stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, and delivery timeframes.
• The ability to translate learning requirements, course outlines, and subject matter expert content into detailed scripts, storyboards, and engaging eLearning experiences.
• Proficiency in eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or Lectora.
• Advanced skills in digital content creation tools, including the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working with LMS platforms and a sound understanding of SCORM standards and compliance requirements.
• The ability to lead teams through the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of digital learning projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrated success in delivering multiple projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Proven experience managing team workloads, developing team capability, and supporting high-performance outcomes.

Security Clearance

Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Baseline Vetting” level.

Getting to know the Department of Defence

The Department of Defence employs around 18,000 Australian Public Service (APS) employees. Defence APS employees work in a wide variety of critical roles, Australia wide, enabling our three services Navy, Army and Air Force, to do their job. Defence has a range of Australian Public Service (APS) career opportunities that offer interesting, challenging, and unique work. Our workforce includes administrative support, accountants, intelligence analysts, engineers, policy advisors, graphic designers, lawyers, social workers, IT specialists and contract managers to name a few. We offer a rewarding career that includes professional development, work-life balance, recognition, a flexible and supportive work environment and a diverse workforce. To find out more about a career with Defence please visit https://www.defence.gov.au/jobs-careers