Learning Designer

at  Kings College London

Job id: 095206. Salary: £43,205 - £50,585 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 16 September 2024. Closing date: 29 September 2024.
Business unit: King’s Digital. Department: King’s Digital.
Contact details: Gennadii Miroshnikov. gennadii.miroshnikov@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Strand Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
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About Us
King’s Digital is a truly collaborative team. We partner with academics and professional services staff across the university to design, develop and deliver a wide range of educational programmes in line with King’s Education Strategy.
We produce online master’s degrees, short CPD courses and other online programmes. You will be joining us at an exciting time as we seek to realise our strategic ambition of being a UK leader in online and blended education, specifically in the areas of learning design, development, and partnerships.
We are a dynamic team with ambitious growth targets in a priority area of development for King’s. We proudly foster a supportive culture and community which prioritises both individual and collective wellbeing. We actively work to protect and improve the wellbeing of all staff; be it physical, mental or social, and recognise this as central to our work and success.
King’s offers a wide variety of support to employees, including flexible working arrangements, paid maternity/shared parental leave, menopausal support, an active wellbeing programme, training and development opportunities and much more. All of our staff benefit from a generous pension contribution as well.
As part of King’s trial of hybrid working, all team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish.
About the role
The post holder will work collaboratively with academics from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), content developers and creative media designers to develop effective and engaging online courses. They will play a crucial role in shaping the learning experience of our online students: ensuring that the content is presented in a clear and memorable way, with meaningful interaction to prepare students for success on their course and in their careers.
We are looking for someone with a sound understanding of pedagogical theory and evidence, who is keen to apply their experience creating e-learning to substantial postgraduate programmes and innovative short courses for professionals.
The ideal candidate would be naturally curious and keen to use their analytical and creative skills. Their primary responsibility will be to ensure the high pedagogical quality of online programs, modules, and short courses.
The role holder will have the opportunity to work closely with academic leads, module teachers and King’s Digital project team members in a collaborative, consultative manner. They will support the development of effective learning outcomes and assist in adapting or creating content, activities, and assessments suitable for online learning. When designing online lessons and activities, they will also need to consider the features and limitations of the King’s learning platform, preferred software, and accessibility requirements.
This is a fixed-term 2-year post.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Undergraduate degree in any subject (minimum 2:2 and ideally 2:1 or above or international equivalent).
• Significant experience designing and/or developing asynchronous e-learning content and activities, including the creation of storyboards or similar visual planning tools.
• Experience supporting students and/or academics in Higher Education.
• Experience producing planned, project outputs to competing deadlines both autonomously and collaboratively as part of a dynamic team.
• Good understanding of the instructional design role, including substantial knowledge and application of learning/ instructional design frameworks, relevant pedagogy for online education and adult learning theory and ability to demonstrate how their experience is relevant to the role
• Familiarity with how virtual online learning environments, eg Moodle and authoring tools eg Articulate, can be used to support active learning
• High level ability to select information relevant to specified learners and to present complex ideas clearly and creatively in a logical, coherent way.
• Excellent English language skills and attention to detail: able to express themselves accurately and effectively in both written and verbal communication.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate degree or qualification in a relevant discipline e.g. Education, Instructional Design, with pedagogy and learning technologies as a substantial part; alternatively equivalent level of experience in HE e-learning field.
• Experience with creating visual elements in Adobe Creative Suite (i.e. Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop).
• Knowledge of how to design learning experiences to maximise inclusion of diverse learners’ needs
• High level ability to negotiate and communicate well with others in a higher education environment, including good presentation and facilitation skills
• Demonstrable commitment to creative innovation, constructive reflection and/or continuous improvement

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