Learning Designer

ENGINEERINGUK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks innovative Learning Partners to join their Capability team. This role focuses on designing and developing learning solutions that empower colleagues and managers across the organization. With a blend of creativity and strategic thinking, you'll analyze learning needs and implement cutting-edge solutions that enhance skills and behaviors. You'll collaborate with diverse stakeholders and external experts to ensure the learning experience is engaging and effective. If you're passionate about learning and development, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity and adoption leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end learning design and needs analysis.
• Strong understanding of diversity and inclusion in learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of learning solutions for colleagues and managers.
• Manage complex learning design projects with various formats.

Skills

Learning Needs Analysis

Blended Learning Design

Stakeholder Management

Diversity and Inclusion Knowledge

Creative Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Education or related field

Job description

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View more categories | View less categories | Sector: Retail and Wholesale | Contract Type: Permanent | Hours: Full Time

About the role

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for Learning Partners to join our Capability team at Tesco. There are permanent and fixed-term contract opportunities available.

The successful candidates will be responsible for leading the scope, design, and development of strategically aligned learning solutions for colleagues and managers across the Tesco group. Building blended solutions that equip colleagues and managers with the right skills, behaviors, and values to deliver our strategic priorities. With significant experience in blended, innovative learning design, you'll be able to balance a more strategic perspective with a pragmatic approach in providing expert advice and suggesting creative solutions to colleague and manager development gaps.

This role suits someone creative with end-to-end learning needs analysis and a blended learning design background.

You will be responsible for

1. Contributing to the creation of a capability strategy that builds critical colleague and manager capabilities for now and the future (both skills and behaviors).
2. Translating data-informed development needs to learning solutions that align with key initiatives at a strategic level.
3. Using your experience of developing critical capabilities to curate and/or design leading-edge learning interventions in partnership with external experts and stakeholders across the business, utilizing creativity, latest thinking, and technology to enhance the learner experience.
4. Managing end-to-end complex learning design to address development needs, utilizing a variety of learning formats (digital, F2F, video, etc.). Acting as the SME on design content, drawing on external thinking to create sustainable and innovative solutions.
5. Working across all markets to ensure products are researched and designed to be fit for purpose and sustainable across the group.
6. Collaborating with TBS (Tesco Business Services) to develop the right blend of solutions that help colleagues and managers build their ability to self-serve on learning.
7. Being accountable for ensuring centrally owned development programs are designed and delivered within agreed timescales and budgets.
8. Acting as the SME for core learning products, ensuring the right level of engagement, sign-off, and sign-up across all markets and areas in the Tesco group.
9. Partnering with delivery teams to build trainer capability and understanding of products by running pilots and train-the-trainer sessions for new material.
10. Partnering with markets and senior stakeholders, providing credible advice and recommendations on leading-edge development solutions to support bespoke development needs.
11. Supporting the sign-off and engagement of new learning solutions within the people team and across the business.
12. Working with subject matter experts to ensure both skills and behaviors are incorporated into learning solutions, providing the best learning experience for colleagues and managers.
13. Ensuring a learner-led, simple, and accessible group capability offer that is data-driven and supports our strategic priorities.
14. Working seamlessly across the people operating model and wider capability PoE (UK, Group & TBS) to respond to changing business needs in an agile manner, always keeping the learner experience at the core.
15. Maintaining expertise and professional development, being a thought leader, and striving for continuous improvement across the capability catalog.
16. Using data and analytics to critically review and evaluate existing development solutions, presenting data compellingly to report back, recommend improvements, and support future business cases.
17. Championing and role modeling our Win Together behaviors, contributing to a cultural change program across Tesco, and actively promoting a culture of learning.
18. Collaborating with the learning governance and delivery teams to ensure content is on the capacity plan and effectively deployed.
19. Working with the learning technology team to champion a digital learner experience.
20. Partnering with other PoE teams (Talent, D&I) to ensure learning solutions connect with the wider business agenda and align with inclusion priorities.
21. Engaging and managing relationships with external partners to ensure value for money and adherence to sourcing processes, managing budgets and forecasts.
22. Staying updated with digital skills trends to incorporate relevant competencies into solutions.
23. Curating high-quality content from various sources to keep learning solutions current and relevant.

You will need

• Creative, end-to-end learning needs analysis and blended learning design skills.
• Strong learning design across various formats and levels—virtual, blended, online—using latest thinking and approaches.
• Proven ability to incorporate external best practices and maintain a focus on CPD.
• Expert understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges and opportunities.
• Knowledge and experience in both technical and behavioral learning design.
• A strong network of talent and development specialists for external best practice insights.
• Senior stakeholder management skills, especially building trusted relationships with diverse international stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the latest learning trends and how people learn.

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What's in it for you?

We prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Annual bonus scheme up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day and bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, plus statutory leave options, and 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and mental wellbeing support

References

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