Digital and Blended Learning Designer

Platform Housing Group; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Housing Group is seeking a Digital & Blended Learning Designer to join the Learning & Organisational Development Team. This home-based role involves designing engaging learning content, drafting storyboards, and building resources that align with our Group strategy and values.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage drafts through reviews, and tailor materials for different audiences. Occasional travel to Birmingham or Worcester offices may be required, with flexibility to

Qualifications

• A clear passion for supporting business and individual growth.
• Proficient in instructional design/eLearning using Articulate 360 and Adobe.
• Ability to simplify technical information for varied audiences.
• Experienced in creating clear content scripts and storyboards.
• Experience in designing Compliance and Health & Safety training.
• Ability to monitor impact of learning projects.
• Interest in using AI tools ethically to enhance learning design.
• Experience collaborating with managers, SMEs and stakeholders.
• Solid project management skills with multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build learning content from requirements.
• Draft storyboards and scripts for training modules.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Platform to tailor resources.
• Manage drafts through reviews, updates, and approvals.
• Create customised content for different audiences.
• Support capability needs for new technologies and regulatory changes.
• Travel to offices 2–4 days per month.

Skills

Instructional design

eLearning development

Storyboarding

Stakeholder collaboration

Performance-based training

Compliance training

Health & safety

AI in learning design

Project management

Communication

Tools

Articulate 360

Adobe software

Storyboarding tools

Job description

Digital & Blended Learning Designer

Up to £44,159 per annum depending on experience
Home based, commutable distance to Worcester/Birmingham for occasional travel as required
Permanent, Full Time

Show us your strengths! Can you at your best help us bring our best?
Do you have a passion for designing & developing learning content and working with others to bring it to life?

We are excited to announce a new vacancy for a Digital/Blended Learning Designer to join the Learning & Organisational Development Team at Platform Housing Group.

We have several key essential projects which we are supporting, as well as objectives to help deliver our Colleague Strategy and a cultural transformation on the go, so we need to expand the Design & Delivery Team. We need creative and innovative people to help us create engaging learning activities and course content so that it aligns with the Group strategy and our values & behaviours.

This exciting role within the team is where you will design and build learning that takes the requirements and transforms them into engaging learning content.

You will work within a strategic, future focused, proactive, highly valued Learning & Organisational Development (LOD) Team with responsibility that includes enabling a culture of continuous learning, unlocking potential, managing talent, developing management and leadership capability, and embedding our values and behaviours into our Platform DNA.

So, what are we looking for?

You should be an agile, creative thinker with demonstrated ability to convert information into easily understandable learning content. If you are comfortable being curious and asking questions to make sure you get outcomes, then we hope that you are interested in joining us.

We want you to work collaboratively with stakeholders across Platform and within the LOD team to design engaging learning resources and solutions that meet the training and performance needs of Platform.

You will draft storyboards, scripts, and build training content and proactively manage drafts through stakeholder reviews, updates, and approvals. Where necessary, you will be required to create customised versions of related content for different target audiences.

There will be opportunity for you to use your skills to support capability requirements, for example, to support new technologies, processes, essential (not soft) skills, behaviours, mindsets and regulatory changes.

• A clear passion for supporting business and individual growth through the development of people
• Be proficient in instructional design/eLearning development using design software & authoring tools (Articulate 360, Adobe etc)
• The ability to communicate abstract or technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• You should be experienced in carrying out instructional design processes and creating clear content scripts and storyboards
• Proven experience in the design and development of performance-based training including Compliance and Health & Safety content
• Ability to monitor and evaluate results and business impact of projects and learning
• An interest in and ability to utilise AI tools effectively and ethically to enhance learning design would be a strength
• Experience in implementing and delivering innovative and relevant learning objectives/solutions/interventions
• Experience in working with managers, SMEs, and stakeholders to identify performance gaps
• Solid project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams

While this role is home based, you should have the ability to travel to Offices and other locations as required. It is anticipated that you will be required to travel between 2-4 days per month. Our Group offices are located at Birmingham Business Park, Solihull and Central Park, Worcester.

For more information or to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Carolyn Parkes-Walley (Design & Delivery Manager) via email: [e-mail]

Closing date for applications is 21st October with face-to-face interviews to be scheduled from w/c 2nd November for those shortlisted.

We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.