Join Our Team: Instructional Designer
Are you passionate about learning, development, and playing a key role in shaping how colleagues build knowledge, skills and capabilities for the future?
Stepnell is seeking an Instructional Designer to lead the design and development of exceptional learning experiences across our business. This is a proactive, impactful role where you will translate complex technical content into compelling, blended learning (both face-to-face and digital solutions) to support ambitious business growth.
The Role
As our Instructional Designer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development of training programmes, from training needs analysis through design, development, validation and release.
Working closely with subject matter experts (SMEs), our training team, and internal stakeholders, you won't just create content; you will act as an internal consultant, leveraging modern learning methodologies and technologies to develop impactful and accessible, high-quality learning solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing High-Quality Content: Apply proven instructional design methodologies to ensure all learning materials are engaging, effective, and aligned with measurable business objectives.
- Curriculum Ownership: Own the end-to-end development of all learning projects, including both digital solutions and face-to-face curricula. Create tutor notes, workbooks and activity guides to maximise the impact of tutor-led sessions.
- Strategic Alignment: Customise learning materials to directly align with corporate strategic objectives, embedding company values using Stepnell’s specific branding and language.
- Compliance & Risk Mitigation: Ensure all compliance and technical training is robustly designed and accurately mapped to industry standards to mitigate corporate risk.
- Pipeline Management: Manage the end-to-end production pipeline from initial needs analysis, storyboarding, and scriptwriting, through to alpha/beta user testing and final platform deployment.
- Interactive Media & Corporate Comms: Support company-wide engagement by developing interactive media solutions for use in learning programs and wider corporate communication strategies (e.g., Corporate Safety Induction Videos).
- Innovation & Emerging Tech: Drive innovation by exploring, piloting, and integrating emerging technologies—such as VR, Augmented Reality, and AI—into learning solutions.
- Impact Evaluation: Analyse learner performance data and training analytics to measure the ROI of programs, reporting findings to stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
- E-Learning & LMS Tracking: Ensure all digital learning assets comply with SCORM and xAPI standards. Manage, upload, test, and maintain the LMS content library for seamless user access.
- Commercialisation: Transition and scale our face-to-face and e-learning training assets into commercially viable digital products that can be sold to supply chain partners and external customers to generate new revenue.
Who We Are Looking For
We need a creative, detail-oriented professional with a strong pedagogical background, a commercial mindset, and the communication skills to extract knowledge from busy internal SMEs efficiently.
Your Profile
- Experience:
- Demonstrated experience as a dedicated learning professional managing the full instructional design lifecycle, with proven success in developing both face-to-face and fully digital modules.
- Strong background in end-to-end project ownership, utilising recognised frameworks (e.g., ADDIE, SAM).
- Hands-on experience and a strong portfolio showcasing work with modern e-learning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate 360, Rise, Storyline).
- Proficient in LMS administration, including uploading, testing, and troubleshooting SCORM/xAPI packages.
- Experience creating and editing media assets, such as safety induction and engagement videos
- Proven ability to collaborate with and build trusted relationships across stakeholders and subject matter experts to gather requirements, influence decisions, and drive business solutions.
Why Stepnell
At Stepnell, we’re passionate about empowering our people to thrive. We believe in building fulfilling and rewarding careers by investing in talent, nurturing growth, and inspiring innovation. With the prestigious Investors in People Gold accreditation, we’re proud to place our people at the heart of everything we do. Every team member is valued, and curiosity and collaboration are central to our team culture. We’re committed to enabling our people to make a real impact and drive meaningful change throughout our business.
To show our appreciation, we offer generous and competitive benefits including, an enhanced pension scheme with a Stepnell contribution of 7% to help secure your financial future, annual leave that increases with service and the flexibility to purchase more, a market leading employee referral scheme, and for eligible roles comprehensive health coverage, adjustable start and finish times and a car allowance or company car.
Join us in a collaborative and inclusive environment where your well-being is our priority, and your contributions are truly valued.
About Stepnell
As a family-owned business with over 155 years of history, Stepnell is built on stability, trust, and long-term thinking. We make decisions with the future in mind for our people, our clients, and our communities.
Our capabilities span construction, property development, energy solutions, joinery, and concrete repair, allowing us to offer integrated services that meet a wide range of client needs. Operating through six regional offices in Rugby, Nottingham, Liverpool, Wantage, Bristol, Southampton, Exeter and across three core business units, we maintain a strong local presence while delivering consistently high standards. Today, repeat clients account for 75% of our turnover, a testament to our reliability and the quality of our relationships.
