Learning Designer (Fixed-term)

Posted 4 months ago

Location: Cape Town (Hybrid model: 2 days in-office and 3 days remote) | Candidates outside Cape Town will still be considered.

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract

Job summary: 

In this role, you will deliver world-class service and sector-leading digital products to our portfolio of global clients. This could include designing and building high-end blended MBA programs, supporting clients in creating life changing MOOCs, developing competency-based job training.

You will work closely with internal role players on multiple client and in-house projects and be responsible for delivering high-quality course content. While you will be part of a highly supportive environment, as a Learning 
Designer, you will be expected to: 

  • take full ownership of your work, 
  • contribute to the supportive environment by offering coaching and peer support,
  • develop an area of specialisation in which you can provide a high level of coaching to peers and/or external stakeholders.

Core Learning Design tasks:

  • Apply advanced learning and design knowledge and skills to create technology-enabled learning experiences for a range of learners that meet best practice standards.
  • Effectively engage in regular interactions with internal role players to translate a course blueprint into a detailed course atlas/storyboard which supports an effective and efficient digital course building process.
  • Taking a lead in internal Construct team initiatives.
  • Reviewing course documentation to familiarise yourself with the broader context of the course.
  • Collecting content aligned to learning outcomes by creating and reviewing content request documents for your clients.
  • Creating instructionally sound and engaging online learning experiences by presenting content coherently, creating relevant activities, and proposing necessary graphic and video content.
  • Designing and writing grammatically correct learning content in partnership with external subject matter experts (SMEs).
  • Populating course atlas/storyboard and writing scripts, according to Construct’s learning and visual design principles.
  • Author directly on the LMS or support the learning technologist team as they build the course.
  • Regularly engaging with the production team to create a course graphics guide and video graphics guide according to Construct’s design principles.
  • Supporting internal role players through QA processes. (For example, processing client feedback and mapping all design activity to Construct’s quality standards)

Additional tasks:

  • Provide additional support for learning strategy for a project by reviewing course deliverables and ensuring they are aligned with the learning cycle design and other required internal and external (client) standards.
  • Build and maintain strong client and partner relationships 
  • Provide advanced expertise (such as use of specific technologies, learning design approaches or tasks, etc.)

Requirements

You have: 

  • 5 years + working experience in online or blended Learning Design, or similar role. 
  • Strong consultancy and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Ability to develop and/or design courses for multiple LMSs (EdX, Canvas, and Bridge, etc.)
  • Proven ability to self-motivate, work autonomously and demonstrate leadership qualities with a multidisciplinary team.
  • Deep knowledge of best practices for online and blended learning design.
  • Ability to coach peers and external role players on best practices.
  • Demonstrable interest in and understanding of agile L&D design and delivery, especially technologically enhanced L&D.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • A passion for great learning and a solutions-orientated approach to learning and design challenges.
  • Proficiency in Spanish would be advantageous

Benefits

These are some of the perks you can expect when you join the team:

  • Flexible working hours
  • Generous annual leave policy
  • Paid maternity, parental, and study leave benefits in line with policy
  • Learning and development opportunities within a global team
  • Fun events organized by the Construct Social Committee

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