Salary: £42560 per annum
Job Purpose:
The Digital Learning Lead will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing digital learning initiatives across the organization. This role requires a strategic thinker with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences, develop performance and drive organisational digital success.
You will have a strong background in instructional design, e-learning development, and project management with a good understanding of adult learning theory and exceptional digital skills to enable and enhance a range of training and development initiatives.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop and Implement Digital Learning Strategies:
- Create and execute a comprehensive digital learning strategy and policy that aligns with the organisation’s goals and objectives.
- Design and Develop E-Learning Content:
- Utilise instructional design principles to create engaging and effective e-learning modules, videos, and other digital learning materials.
- Manage Learning Management System (LMS):
- Oversee the administration and maintenance of the LMS, ensuring it meets the needs of the organisation and its employees.
- Collaborate with Stakeholders:
- Work closely with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to identify learning needs and develop appropriate digital learning solutions. Present digital learning analytics to inform and recommend areas for improvement.
- Lead Digital Learning Initiatives:
- Communicate and promote personal and professional digital learning and development opportunities using digital eLearning guides and training prospectus.
- Monitor and Manage Compliance:
- Effective compliance monitoring of our digital learning through accurate data and training records. Compliance includes induction, mandatory, business as usual and recertification training.
- Collaborate on our Learning Hub:
- Support ongoing improvements to our Learning Hub to develop and promote our digital learning offer using multimedia videos, podcasts, infographics and guides.
- Evaluate and Improve Digital Learning:
- Continuously assess the effectiveness of digital learning through feedback, analysis and performance metrics, and make necessary improvements.
- Stay Current and Creative with Industry Trends:
- Keep up-to-date and respond to current research, emerging technologies, trends and best practices in digital learning to understand the future impact for the organisation.
Responsibilities Common to all staff members
- Demonstrate good judgment and sound decision making by reflecting an appropriate situational awareness, understanding of context and making informed choice when reaching decisions.
- Lead and promote initiatives that support our organisational aim to be socially and environmentally responsible.
- Lead and support initiatives/projects that promote the use of technology.
- Establish, maintain, and develop professional working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
- Contribute generally to the development of quality services.
- Uphold the values, mission and vision of AFG at all times.
- Adhere to AFG policies and procedures and to operate within the law at all times.
- Demonstrate continuous professional development, encouraging others to do the same and to operate within the AFG performance management framework.
- Work effectively with others to ensure the best outcome for the people supported.
- Comply with Equality and Diversity policy.
- Comply with Code of Conduct.
- Work flexibly in accordance with organisational need.
- Travel within the operational and business area of AFG.
- Hold team meetings and disseminate corporate messages, feeding back issues and recognising staff achievement.
- Comply with AFG recruitment and selection policy and process.
- Act with integrity and transparency at all times.
Person Specification - please only apply if you meet the criteria detailed below:
Skills and Knowledge
- Specialist knowledge of digital / eLearning platforms.
- Methodical approach to creating engaging digital and eLearning content.
- Knowledge of Storyboard design and develop engaging and interactive eLearning and microlearning using various multimedia content and activity
- Effective planning and prioritisation skills with the ability to set to and work to deadlines.
- Ability to deal with complex, and ambiguous information where an answer isn’t immediately clear.
- Excellent oral and written skills to produce data insights, reports, content and presentations.
- The ability to understand and explain complex technological scenarios into simple end user content.
Experience
- Experience at working with various stakeholders at different levels in the organisation.
- Managing digital Learning Management Systems and understands future potential software/applications for microlearning.
- Proven experience in delivering digital adoption solutions.
- Experience of analysing digital learning and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of digital learning.
- Experience of simplifying the “complex” into easy-to-understand language for end users.
- Experience of working as part of a high performing team.
Qualifications & Training
- Degree in Education, Computer Science, Instructional Design, Learning Technologies or a related field. Equivalent professional knowledge or experience within the digital, eLearning, microlearning field.
- Strong proficiency of Microsoft 365 suite and associated applications.
With our extended flexible working options, you can also choose to work a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week, supporting our employees with their work life balance. Homebased working but will at times need to travel so a driver is required.