Learning Designer [Milton Keynes or London]

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Learning Designer [Milton Keynes or London]

Sector: Transport and Logistics
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail
Here at Network Rail, we believe that investing in our people is key to improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the railway. This in turn, means that we can serve the needs of our customers and the travelling public.

Network Rail Training is committed to this goal. We aim to create an environment where every individual is able to succeed and is encouraged to reach their full potential, helping the company to become a natural choice for talented people to join.

We deliver a wide range of learning solutions from technical and vocational skills, through to professional development, safety, leadership, new entrant programmes and higher education designed and developed to enable continuous improvement of safety and business performance across the business.

Brief Description
This is an exciting opportunity to create impactful learning experiences in Milton Keynes or London.

Main Responsibilities

1. Analyse training, assessment, and assurance requirements using approved Network Rail tools and practices to create innovative and cost-effective training solutions that meet prevailing organisational imperatives and learner needs.
2. Provide instructional design expertise for the analysis, design and implementation of learning and assurance solutions to agreed time, budget, and quality standards, for use in online, virtual, blended, or face-to-face events.
3. Lead training design workshops to agree design specifications, technical requirements, and deliverables.
4. Interface professionally, and communicate project progress as required, to the relevant Learning Architect, or other personnel within Network Rail Training, and subject matter experts as appropriate.
5. Manage and assure the work of training design suppliers for time, cost, and quality.
6. Continuously review the effectiveness of analysis and design activities to identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
7. Proactively research new training delivery methodologies and demonstrate application of this knowledge when evaluating training design options.

Essential

1. Demonstrable experience in designing, developing, and implementing creative, innovative, and effective learning and development solutions.
2. Experience of successful customer/stakeholder relationship management skills.
3. Good organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
4. Demonstrate personal accountability when striving for results.
5. Assess and challenge risky or unsafe actions, or poor behaviours of others.
6. Ability to travel across Great Britain to meet and discuss with customers their requirements.

Desirable

1. A learning and development qualification (e.g., CIPD).
2. A relevant project management qualification (e.g., APM).
3. Knowledge of the railway industry or a related engineering discipline.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• Discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers and healthcare offers.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.