Learning Designer x2 (110510-0525)

University of Warwick; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Warwick seeks a Learning Designer to contribute to the development of innovative digital learning resources for its WMG Skills Centre. You will work in a fast-paced, supportive environment, collaborating closely with academic and operational teams to enhance educational offerings. This role offers the opportunity to shape industry-aligned training programs and work with cutting-edge technologies.

Benefits

Attractive pension scheme

30 days holiday plus Christmas closure

Flexible working options

Generous parental leave policy

Onsite childcare facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and developing digital learning materials.
• Skilled in using educational technologies like Moodle and Articulate 360.
• Ability to create accessible learning resources that meet educational standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine high-quality digital learning resources.
• Collaborate with project managers and academic staff for course development.
• Ensure content accessibility for diverse learners.

Skills

Technical expertise

Team collaboration

Digital learning resources design

Education

Relevant degree in education or instructional design

Tools

Moodle

Articulate 360

Adobe Creative Cloud

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About The Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Helen Ure (Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed)) [e-mail]

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

The Learning Designer role will make a significant contribution to the development of online and blended learning for WMG’s Skills Centre.

The Skills Centre is pivotal in workforce development and industry-aligned upskilling programs. ensuring WMG's broader goals drive innovation in delivering cutting-edge training and education courses across a wide range of disciplines, to customers across industry.

This is a fast paced and exciting area working in partnership with Industry to create innovative workforce development courses.

The Learning Designer will work with a range of WMG Skills Centre staff including Project Managers, Academic teaching colleagues, Marketing and Operations colleagues.

About You

You will have experience of providing technical expertise, specialist advice and guidance and you will be experienced in designing, developing, testing and refining high quality digital learning resources, activities, and programmes.

You will be comfortable working with academic teaching colleagues to develop design specifications and create high quality digital learning materials and resources. You will be experienced working within a team to meet required specifications, ensuring that content developed is accessible and provides a high-quality inclusive education experience.

Currently in the WMG Skills Centre we use Moodle as our VLE, Articulate 360 (Storyline and Rise), Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Premier Pro and Audition) for content creation.

The Learning Designer will work in close collaboration with WMG’s Technology Enhanced Learning team (TEL) Education Innovation Group (EIG)

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About The Department

WMG is the largest department at the University of Warwick with over 800 staff, world renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through its research, development and education programmes. Our industry focussed education portfolio includes nearly 3,000 students studying management, technology and applied engineering subjects, at postgraduate and undergraduate level. We have high expectations for our teaching and our courses are regularly ranked top in the UK and amongst the leading courses in their field in the world.

At WMG we are committed to supporting staff to achieve their potential. We currently hold the Athena SWAN Silver Award and the University of Warwick holds an Institutional Silver Award: a national initiative that recognizes the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia.

For further information about WMG, please visit our website.

For further information on the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, please see our website.

Further information about the Energy Innovation Centre can be found here.

We believe there should be no barriers to continuing education, and we strive to ensure that the future workforce has the skills they need to become the UK's upcoming engineers and inventors.

Our unique approach to undergraduate education enables full-time students, Higher Apprentices, and full-time employees to gain an engineering degree.

Our teaching staff deliver educational programmes not just at Warwick, but internationally, and the knowledge we can leverage from our research excellence enables our students to reach their highest possible standards.

Full details of our range of undergraduate and Degree Apprenticeships can be found here.

About The University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021
  
  

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 10th June 2025 at 23:55 (BST)

To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.

Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).

You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.

• Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
• Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
  
  

Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.

To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.

• Interview Date: To be confirmed
• Start Date: September 2025
  
  

What we Offer

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.

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