Learning Experience Designer

Home Limited; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Limited in Handforth (Cheshire) is seeking an experienced instructional designer to elevate learning across our pet-care teams. You will blend veterinary knowledge with adult education to create impactful training that drives welfare-first decisions in every interaction.

You will design engaging eLearning, curricula and assessments, working with stakeholders to deliver scalable resources and measurable outcomes for a broad staff audience.

Qualifications

• Animal or welfare qualification at level 3 or above.
• Adult education and training qualification at Level 3+ or CIPD Level 3+ or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of animal health, welfare and pet care.
• Experience designing engaging learning programmes, curricula and assessments.
• Skilled in instructional design, adult learning principles and behaviour change.
• Confident using LMS platforms, digital learning tools and learning technologies.
• Strong content creation and communication across written, visual and multimedia formats.
• Able to create inclusive, learner-centred experiences for diverse audiences.
• Experience evaluating learning effectiveness through feedback, insight and data.
• Well organised, with strong attention to detail and content governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop engaging learning content, eLearning programmes and educational resources.
• Create and deliver communications that promote learning opportunities and drive colleague engagement.
• Build structured curricula aligned to capability frameworks, learning pathways and business needs.
• Apply instructional design expertise to create impactful, learner-focused development solutions.
• Ensure all learning content is accurate, evidence-based, inclusive and aligned to welfare and brand standards.
• Use digital tools and innovative approaches to create accessible, scalable learning experiences.
• Monitor learner feedback, engagement and performance data to continuously improve programmes.
• Partner with stakeholders to create high-quality content that supports colleague development and capability growth.
• Develop engaging multimedia content for educational, outreach and wider business initiatives.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and actively promote development across the business.

Skills

Instructional design

Adult learning principles

Content creation

LMS platforms

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Animal or welfare qualification at level 3+

Adult education/training qualification at Level 3+ or CIPD Level 3+

Tools

LMS platforms

Job description

Hybrid: We welcome applications from those looking for hybrid working, based 1 day (Thursday) per week in our Handforth (Cheshire) Office

About the Role

We put pets first. The pet care, welfare and clinical expertise of our group-wide colleagues is essential to what makes us Pets. This role forms part of a team responsible for strengthening retail colleague capability, guiding a transition towards a confident, empowered workforce who make welfare-first decisions at every interaction.

Requiring a highly specific skillset, this role blends deep veterinary and/or animal care and welfare knowledge with in-depth experience of adult education and creation of learning opportunities that create impact and behavioural change.

You will thrive in a fast-faced, project environment and bring knowledge and expertise in instructional design, content writing, assessment frameworks, workplace learning and user learning experience gained either in a commercial or academic context. Crucially, the post-holder will have a strong visual and written creative flair, capable of designing engaging resources in a range of media.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop engaging learning content, eLearning programmes and educational resources.
• Create and deliver communications that promote learning opportunities and drive colleague engagement.
• Build structured curricula aligned to capability frameworks, learning pathways and business needs.
• Apply instructional design expertise to create impactful, learner-focused development solutions.
• Ensure all learning content is accurate, evidence-based, inclusive and aligned to welfare and brand standards.
• Use digital tools and innovative approaches to create accessible, scalable learning experiences.
• Monitor learner feedback, engagement and performance data to continuously improve programmes.
• Partner with stakeholders to create high-quality content that supports colleague development and capability growth.
• Develop engaging multimedia content for educational, outreach and wider business initiatives.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and actively promote development across the business.

About You

Educational Qualifications

Essential

• Animal or welfare related qualification at level 3 or above, AND
• Relevant qualification in adult education and training at Level 3 or above or CIPD qualified at level 3 or above.

Experience, Knowledge & Expertise – Essential

• Strong knowledge of animal health, welfare and pet care.
• Experience designing engaging learning programmes, curricula and assessments.
• Skilled in instructional design, adult learning principles and behaviour change.
• Confident using LMS platforms, digital learning tools and learning technologies.
• Strong content creation and communication skills across written, visual and multimedia formats.
• Able to create inclusive, learner-centred experiences for diverse audiences.
• Experience evaluating learning effectiveness through feedback, insight and data.
• Well organised, with strong attention to detail and content governance skills

Desirable

• Experience operating in a commercial, clinical and/or regulated environment
• Experience in train-the-trainer programme development

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.