Instructional Designer - Learning and Development Consultant
Softcat plc
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Job summary
Softcat plc is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer for a 6 month FTC maternity cover within the Learning & Development team. You will help transform our on-demand Sales Academies by designing, building and refining practical learning content that supports sales teams and leaders to perform at their best.
You will craft a range of learning formats—static documents, guides, e-learning modules, videos and workshop materials—using tools like Articulate and Synthesia to create engaging,
Qualifications
- Strong instructional design experience with clear, practical, outcome-focused learning.
- Ability to turn briefs or SME content into high-quality learning assets for academy builds.
- Experience creating learning content for structured academies or capability programmes.
- Confidence producing guides, presentations, e-learning, videos and workshop materials.
- Experience using digital learning tools such as Articulate, Synthesia, screen recording software or similar.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and refine high-quality learning content across sales and sales management programmes.
- Create a blend of learning formats including documents, videos, e-learning and workshops.
Skills
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Job description
6 Month FTC (Maternity Cover)
Would you like to kick startyour career in a supportive,collaborativeand innovative company?
Do you enjoyworking as part of an enthusiastic, passionate,and collaborative team?
Softcat's Learning & Development team sits within a wider People & Property department consisting of People Operations, People Business Partners, Reward, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion and Employee Engagement. The purpose of the L&D team is to champion a learning culture that empowers employees to reach their potential and drive high performance at Softcat. The L&D team plays an influential part in our business, ensuring that Softcat succeeds through our people.
This is an exciting time to join the Softcat Sales L&D Team. As Softcat continues to grow, we're investing in the capabilities that will drive our future success. You'll join a team focused on helping our sales people and leaders build the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to perform at their best and deliver great business outcomes.
Success. The Softcat Way.
It's an exciting time to beat Softcat, one of the UK's most successful technology solutions businesses. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We've reached the £1 billion+ pa revenue milestone, opened our first office outside the UK and picked up a series of industry awards. We've got even bigger plans for the future. So, if you share our drive and ambition, get ready to achieve more from your career.
About theRole:
This is a 6 month FTC maternity cover. We're transforming the way we enable our sales teams and sales leaders to perform, grow and succeed. A key part of that transformation is our on-demand Sales Academies, which will give our people clear, practical and outcome-focused learning when they need it. We've already built the core structure for the academies. By joining theteam that is building the learning assets that sit behind them, you'll help bring the academies to life and turn the structure into practical learning people can access, use and apply.
You'll help shape and agree the briefs, then work from academy plans and subject matter input to design, build and refine high-quality learning content across our sales and sales management capability programmes.
You'll create a blend of learning content, including:
- Static and interactive documents, such as PDF's, guides and presentations
- Videos using user-generated content
- Instructional how-to videos using screen recordings
- E-Learning modules
- AI-generated videos using Synthesia
- AI scenario practice, including scoping, prompting and build
- In-person and virtual workshops, including action learning set design
We'd love you to have:
- Strong instructional design experience, with theability to design clear, practical and outcome-focused learning.
- Experience turninglearning briefs, stakeholder input or subject matter expert content into high-quality learning assets that support academy build and delivery.
- Experience building learning content and resources for structured academies, learning pathways or capability programmes.
- Confidence creating a range of learning formats, including guides, presentations, e-learning, videos and workshop materials.
- Experience using digital learning tools such as Articulate, Synthesia, screen recording software or similar.
- Experience creating e-learning and instructional videos.
We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
- Hybrid working– 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
- Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Anyinformation you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authenticallyyouas possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:
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