Northumbria Police
Learning Design Specialist
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Salary: Band 9, £42,861 – £49,716 (Please note it is Northumbria Police policy to appoint at the beginning of the band)
Location: Agile, Ponteland and homeworking (moving to Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend 2027)
Regular travel to forcewide locations will be required.
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week Monday – Friday
Contract: Permanent
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we’re transforming the way we support learning and development across the organisation. We’re looking for a creative and forward-thinking Learning Design Specialist to help shape how we develop skills, capability and performance across the force.
You’ll work closely with leaders, managers and teams across the organisation, using a performance consulting approach to identify challenges, understand root causes and develop innovative solutions that drive meaningful improvements in performance, behaviours and workforce capability. Working with a wide range of stakeholders, you’ll influence decision-making, challenge thinking and help ensure learning interventions deliver measurable business outcomes.
You’ll design and develop engaging learning solutions using a variety of approaches including facilitated learning, digital content, video, infographics, eLearning and immersive learning experiences. As part of our ambition to embrace emerging learning technologies, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of learning within the force, exploring innovative approaches including interactive and immersive technologies, simulation-based learning and virtual reality solutions. You’ll also play a key role in promoting and marketing learning products and services, helping drive engagement and embed a learner-led culture across the organisation.
What you’ll do
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to identify performance challenges and opportunities, using a performance consulting approach to recommend learning and non-learning solutions that deliver measurable improvements.
- Build strong relationships with leaders, managers and subject matter experts, influencing decision-making and challenging thinking to drive positive behavioural and organisational change.
- Design and develop engaging learning solutions using a range of approaches including digital learning, instructor-led training, blended learning, video, infographics and immersive learning experiences.
- Create high-quality digital learning content using modern authoring tools, multimedia technologies and emerging learning platforms.
- Support the development and adoption of innovative learning technologies, including immersive and interactive learning tools, with opportunities to shape future developments in areas such as virtual and augmented reality.
- Project manage multiple learning and organisational development initiatives simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery and positive business outcomes.
- Market and promote learning products and services across the organisation, encouraging engagement, adoption and the development of a learner-led culture.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of learning interventions and use data and feedback to continuously improve products, services and learner experiences.
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What you’ll bring
Essential
- Experience working in performance consulting, learning and development, organisational development, instructional design or a related field.
- Experience engaging with and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including the confidence to challenge constructively and drive change.
- Experience designing and developing engaging learning solutions using a variety of methods and technologies.
- Excellent digital content creation skills, including the development of learning materials, videos, infographics, presentations and other multimedia resources.
- Experience with tools such as Articulate 360, Adobe Creative Cloud, Camtasia or similar digital content authoring platforms.
- Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities to deliver successful outcomes.
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- A creative and innovative mindset with a passion for improving performance through engaging learning experiences.
Desirable
- Experience creating video content, animation, interactive learning resources or immersive learning solutions.
- Experience in the use of 5Di, or a sound understanding of its application.
- Knowledge and experience of applying AI tools within a learning and development environment.
- Experience managing Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Learning Experience Platforms (LXP).
- Experience marketing, promoting or driving adoption of learning products, services or organisational initiatives.
- Experience in immersive learning technologies, simulation-based learning, virtual reality or emerging learning technologies.
- A recognised qualification in Learning & Development, Learning Design, Organisational Development, Educational Technology or a related discipline.
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Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Learning Design Specialist with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, working together to improve the lives of disabled employees. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. In cases of very high application volumes, we may prioritise those who most closely meet the criteria, applying the same fair approach for all candidates.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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