Instructional Designer (Contract)

Seven Consulting Pty; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Seven Consulting is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer to join our Change Management Practice on a contract basis. You will work directly with clients and our Change Management team to deliver high quality learning solutions across engagements.

You will design and develop learning materials, analyse audience needs, engage stakeholders, and lead learning strategy while maintaining schedules and reporting on success measures.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years’ experience in instructional design, learning development, or organisational learning roles with an understanding of adult learning principles.
• A related degree or certification in Education, Instructional Design, Learning & Development, Psychology, Change Management, Communications, or a related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word and PowerPoint; proficiency in LMS and eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate 360, Rise, Storyline or Adobe Captivate
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A desire and ability to contribute to the Change Management Practice

Responsibilities

• Taking briefs from clients with the ability to provide direction about our structured learning services
• Analysing a client's business, specifically looking at audience needs (current capabilities and learning gaps to meeting project outcomes)
• Engaging stakeholders and subject matter experts around learning requirements
• Leading the learning strategy and advising project and business leaders on learning approaches, capability uplift, and adoption risks across complex change initiatives
• Design and develop learning materials, training programs and supporting resources
• Reviewing and refining learning solutions based on feedback and testing
• Executing on plans, scheduling learning sessions, reporting on progress and success measures, raising risks and issues, maintaining effective relationships, and being a supportive project team member
• Providing post-learning support to the recipients of change as well as business leaders including knowledge transfer and embedment

Skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Resilience

Inquisitive nature

Empathy

Problem analysis and solving

Influencing and negotiating

Education

Education/Instructional Design/LD/ psychology/ change management/ communications degree or certification

Tools

Articulate 360

Rise

Storyline

Adobe Captivate

MS Office (Word, PowerPoint)

LMS

Job description

Full Time Instructional Designer (Contract)

Following the success and growth of Seven Consulting, we built a Change Management Practice in 2023 to complement our Program Delivery, Program Management Office (PMO) and Consulting services. Established in 2002, Seven Consulting is Australia's best program delivery company. Our recent results show client satisfaction at 99.62% and team satisfaction at 98.51%, and those figures continue to hold firm.

We specialise in the successful delivery of large-scale, complex IT-enabled business transformation projects. We manage over $4 billion in transformation programs that range from $1m to $500m. We have offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Manila.

We are looking for talented Instructional Designers with relevant experience, who share our passion for delivering quality outcomes through business change.

Your New Role

As an Instructional Designer, you will work directly with our clients and Change Management team to deliver high quality outcomes. Each engagement is different, but typically an Instructional Designer is expected to be able operate independently (autonomously) on a project with responsibilities that include:

• Taking briefs from clients with the ability to provide direction about our structured learning services
• Analysing a client's business, specifically looking at audience needs (current capabilities and learning gaps to meeting project outcomes)
• Engaging stakeholders and subject matter experts around learning requirements
• Leading the learning strategy and advising project and business leaders on learning approaches, capability uplift, and adoption risks across complex change initiatives
• Design and develop learning materials, training programs and supporting resources
• Reviewing and refining learning solutions based on feedback and testing
• Executing on plans, scheduling learning sessions, reporting on progress and success measures, raising risks and issues, maintaining effective relationships, and being a supportive project team member
• Providing post-learning support to the recipients of change as well as business leaders including knowledge transfer and embedment

What You Bring

Coming into the Change Management Practice as an Instructional Designer means that you will bring professional experience in consulting and/or knowledge of project delivery and the end‑to‑end delivery of instructional design and learning development. Typically, Instructional Designers have:

• 3 – 5 years’ experience in instructional design, learning development, or organisational learning roles with an understanding of adult learning principles
• A related degree or certification (Education, Instructional Design, Learning & Development, Psychology, Change Management, Communications, or a related field)
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and PowerPoint. Proficiency in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate 360, Rise, Storyline or Adobe Captivate
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A desire and ability to contribute to the Change Management Practice

You will also possess the following essential attributes for managing change at this level

• Resilience
• An inquisitive nature
• Empathy
• Problem analysis and solving
• Influencing and negotiating

To be eligible for employment, you must either be an Australian citizen or permanent resident or have a visa with work rights.

What We Offer

Seven Consulting is committed to building a community of high calibre Program Delivery, PMO, Change Management and Consulting professionals and providing a rewarding career by offering:

• A continuous learning and development environment
• A collaborative and inclusive culture
• Paid overtime
• Recognition and rewards for high performance
• A team charity initiative – Project 7 – to support the community

Seven Consulting embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or on the basis of disability.

Seven Consulting is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members. All applicants are required to provide any relevant checks and COVID immunisation certificates.

Our Team Satisfaction Results:

https://www.sevenconsulting.com/team-satisfaction-survey/