Instructional Designer

CIPD Enterprises Limited; Wimbledon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Personal development allowance

Award-winning pension

Wellbeing cashback

Enhanced parental leave

Fertility and family‑forming support

Caregiver support

Job summary

CIPD in Wimbledon seeks an experienced Instructional Designer to create engaging digital and classroom learning products. The role focuses on learner experience, efficiency, budget and speed of development, and collaboration with colleagues and clients to shape content.

You will lead design initiatives, apply current learning theories, and drive innovation while ensuring quality and inclusivity across all projects. Hybrid working supported; 35 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in instructional or learning design.
• Experience with senior stakeholder management and client-facing learning pathways.
• Ability to manage diverse projects with contributors from sales and delivery.
• Solid understanding of learning theory applied to modern solutions.
• Portfolio demonstrating up-to-date innovative learning design.
• Experience using Evolve Authoring system tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of HR, L&D and OD roles and needs.

Responsibilities

• Support development and delivery of CIPD’s learning strategy with engaging products.
• Lead the instructional design process from analysis to solution.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external organisations to shape content.
• Develop content with efficiency, budget and speed in mind.
• Review learning solutions using data and metrics.
• Leverage emerging technologies for innovative learning solutions.
• Incorporate evidence-based thinking to content.
• Support the team across tasks including client-facing calls.
• Champion diversity and inclusion throughout the work lifecycle.

Skills

Senior stakeholder management

Project management

Learning theory

Innovative learning design

Written communication

HR/L&D knowledge

Education

Instructional design degree

Tools

Evolve Authoring

Job description

Instructional Designer

£50,000 - £55,000 + benefits

6 months fixed-term contract

Full-time (35 hours per week)

Wimbledon (flexible and hybrid working)

The role

The Learning Experience Team at the CIPD is responsible for the development of digital and classroom/virtual classroom-based learning products, courses and programmes. Many of these products are available to our members to support their skills development as well as their CPD, and many are commercially available to organisations and individuals. This small but engaged and creative team therefore has accountabilities for member satisfaction and commercial revenues.

The Instructional Designer is responsible for the effective and efficient design of digital and classroom-based programmes and courses, ensuring the learner experience is engaging and impactful whilst designing with consideration for efficiency, budget and speed of development. The position demands a commitment to quality, creativity and agility in instructional design approach, whilst meeting deadlines. You will be working alongside Learning Experience Team colleagues including an Instructional Designer, leading on the development of new products and programmes and supporting business development, including client‑facing calls.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the development and delivery of CIPD’s learning strategy by creating effective, engaging, and accessible learning products.
• Lead the instructional design process from analysis to solution for CIPD’s products, including re-use and repurposing of existing material.
• Liaise with colleagues from across CIPD learning and external organisations as required to shape content into effective instructional approaches.
• Develop innovative approaches to creating content and instructional design, with efficiency, speed, budget and effectiveness in mind.
• Review and improve the effectiveness of learning solutions using relevant insights, data and metrics.
• Leverage emerging technologies to create innovative, future‑focused learning solutions.
• Incorporate the latest insights and evidence‑based thinking to shape learning products and content.
• Support the team across all tasks in creating learning as required.
• Continually demonstrate our commitment to EDI by ensuring that diversity and inclusion is considered throughout the lifecycle of your work and enable all our people to be their best and feel empowered to bring their authentic self to work.

What you'll need to be successful

• Academic foundation with a degree or equivalent in instructional or learning design
• Experience of senior stakeholder management, working with sales team and clients to inform learning product pathways and programme design
• Able to manage diverse projects
• Sound knowledge of learning theory applied to developing leading‑edge learning solutions
• Proven ability to innovative in learning design, evidenced by an up‑to‑date portfolio
• Experience of using Evolve Authoring system tools
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Understanding of the role and needs of “people professionals” working in human resources, learning and development and organisational development and design, and line managers.

About us

We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With over 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.

We offer an inclusive and collaborative working environment, a wide range of development opportunities and a competitive benefits package, including 28 days’ annual leave (with the option to buy and sell), a personal development allowance, access to an award‑winning pension scheme and a strong focus on wellbeing, including a cashback health scheme. We also support colleagues at different life stages, with enhanced parental leave, fertility and family‑forming support, and support for those who are full‑time carers for their loved ones.

We value everyone as an individual and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, ensuring fair opportunities for all and strengthening how we work and deliver impact together.