Digital Learning Lead required for 35 hours per week, Homebased in Northwest England - Driver
| Posting date: | 06 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,560 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 August 2025 |
| Location: | North West England, UK |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Alternative Futures Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ID:1145 |
Summary
Job Purpose:
The Digital Learning Lead will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing digital learning initiatives across the organization. This role requires a strategic thinker with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences, develop performance and drive organisational digital success.
You will have a strong background in instructional design, e-learning development, and project management with a good understanding of adult learning theory and exceptional digital skills to enable and enhance a range of training and development initiatives.
Key Accountabilities:
• Develop and Implement Digital Learning Strategies:
Create and execute a comprehensive digital learning strategy and policy that aligns with the organisation’s goals and objectives.
• Design and Develop E-Learning Content:
Utilise instructional design principles to create engaging and effective e-learning modules, videos, and other digital learning materials.
• Manage Learning Management System (LMS):
Oversee the administration and maintenance of the LMS, ensuring it meets the needs of the organisation and its employees.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders:
Work closely with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to identify learning needs and develop appropriate digital learning solutions. Present digital learning analytics to inform and recommend areas for improvement.
• Lead Digital Learning Initiatives:
Communicate and promote personal and professional digital learning and development opportunities using digital eLearning guides and training prospectus.
• Monitor and Manage Compliance:
Effective compliance monitoring of our digital learning through accurate data and training records. Compliance includes induction, mandatory, business as usual and recertification training.
• Collaborate on our Learning Hub:
Support ongoing improvements to our Learning Hub to develop and promote our digital learning offer using multimedia videos, podcasts, infographics and guides.
• Evaluate and Improve Digital Learning:
Continuously assess the effectiveness of digital learning through feedback, analysis and performance metrics, and make necessary improvements.
• Stay Current and Creative with Industry Trends:
Keep up-to-date and respond to current research, emerging technologies, trends and best practices in digital learning to understand the future impact for the organisation.
Responsibilities Common to all staff members
• Demonstrate good judgment and sound decision making by reflecting an appropriate situational awareness, understanding of context and making informed choice when reaching decisions.
• Lead and promote initiatives that support our organisational aim to be socially and environmentally responsible.
• Lead and support initiatives/projects that promote the use of technology.
• Establish, maintain, and develop professional working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Contribute generally to the development of quality services.
• Uphold the values, mission and vision of AFG at all times.
• Adhere to AFG policies and procedures and to operate within the law at all times.
• Demonstrate continuous professional development, encouraging others to do the same and to operate within the AFG performance management framework.
• Work effectively with others to ensure the best outcome for the people supported.
• Comply with Equality and Diversity policy.
• Comply with Code of Conduct.
• Work flexibly in accordance with organisational need.
• Travel within the operational and business area of AFG.
• Hold team meetings and disseminate corporate messages, feeding back issues and recognising staff achievement.
• Comply with AFG recruitment and selection policy and process.
• Act with integrity and transparency at all times.
Person Specification - please only apply if you meet the criteria detailed below:
Skills and Knowledge
• Specialist knowledge of digital / eLearning platforms.
• Methodical approach to creating engaging digital and eLearning content.
• Knowledge of Storyboard design and develop engaging and interactive eLearning and microlearning using various multimedia content and activity
• Effective planning and prioritisation skills with the ability to set to and work to deadlines.
• Ability to deal with complex, and ambiguous information where an answer isn’t immediately clear.
• Excellent oral and written skills to produce data insights, reports, content and presentations.
• The ability to understand and explain complex technological scenarios into simple end user content.
Experience
• Experience at working with various stakeholders at different levels in the organisation.
• Managing digital Learning Management Systems and understands future potential software/applications for microlearning.
• Proven experience in delivering digital adoption solutions.
• Experience of analysing digital learning and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of digital learning.
• Experience of simplifying the “complex” into easy-to-understand language for end users.
• Experience of working as part of a high performing team.
Qualifications & Training
• Degree in Education, Computer Science, Instructional Design, Learning Technologies or a related field. Equivalent professional knowledge or experience within the digital, eLearning, microlearning field.
• Strong proficiency of Microsoft 365 suite and associated applications.
With our extended flexible working options, you can also choose to work a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week, supporting our employees with their work life balance. Homebased working but will at times need to travel so a driver is required.
The Digital Learning Lead will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing digital learning initiatives across the organization. This role requires a strategic thinker with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences, develop performance and drive organisational digital success.
You will have a strong background in instructional design, e-learning development, and project management with a good understanding of adult learning theory and exceptional digital skills to enable and enhance a range of training and development initiatives.
Key Accountabilities:
• Develop and Implement Digital Learning Strategies:
Create and execute a comprehensive digital learning strategy and policy that aligns with the organisation’s goals and objectives.
• Design and Develop E-Learning Content:
Utilise instructional design principles to create engaging and effective e-learning modules, videos, and other digital learning materials.
• Manage Learning Management System (LMS):
Oversee the administration and maintenance of the LMS, ensuring it meets the needs of the organisation and its employees.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders:
Work closely with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to identify learning needs and develop appropriate digital learning solutions. Present digital learning analytics to inform and recommend areas for improvement.
• Lead Digital Learning Initiatives:
Communicate and promote personal and professional digital learning and development opportunities using digital eLearning guides and training prospectus.
• Monitor and Manage Compliance:
Effective compliance monitoring of our digital learning through accurate data and training records. Compliance includes induction, mandatory, business as usual and recertification training.
• Collaborate on our Learning Hub:
Support ongoing improvements to our Learning Hub to develop and promote our digital learning offer using multimedia videos, podcasts, infographics and guides.
• Evaluate and Improve Digital Learning:
Continuously assess the effectiveness of digital learning through feedback, analysis and performance metrics, and make necessary improvements.
• Stay Current and Creative with Industry Trends:
Keep up-to-date and respond to current research, emerging technologies, trends and best practices in digital learning to understand the future impact for the organisation.
Responsibilities Common to all staff members
• Demonstrate good judgment and sound decision making by reflecting an appropriate situational awareness, understanding of context and making informed choice when reaching decisions.
• Lead and promote initiatives that support our organisational aim to be socially and environmentally responsible.
• Lead and support initiatives/projects that promote the use of technology.
• Establish, maintain, and develop professional working relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Contribute generally to the development of quality services.
• Uphold the values, mission and vision of AFG at all times.
• Adhere to AFG policies and procedures and to operate within the law at all times.
• Demonstrate continuous professional development, encouraging others to do the same and to operate within the AFG performance management framework.
• Work effectively with others to ensure the best outcome for the people supported.
• Comply with Equality and Diversity policy.
• Comply with Code of Conduct.
• Work flexibly in accordance with organisational need.
• Travel within the operational and business area of AFG.
• Hold team meetings and disseminate corporate messages, feeding back issues and recognising staff achievement.
• Comply with AFG recruitment and selection policy and process.
• Act with integrity and transparency at all times.
Person Specification - please only apply if you meet the criteria detailed below:
Skills and Knowledge
• Specialist knowledge of digital / eLearning platforms.
• Methodical approach to creating engaging digital and eLearning content.
• Knowledge of Storyboard design and develop engaging and interactive eLearning and microlearning using various multimedia content and activity
• Effective planning and prioritisation skills with the ability to set to and work to deadlines.
• Ability to deal with complex, and ambiguous information where an answer isn’t immediately clear.
• Excellent oral and written skills to produce data insights, reports, content and presentations.
• The ability to understand and explain complex technological scenarios into simple end user content.
Experience
• Experience at working with various stakeholders at different levels in the organisation.
• Managing digital Learning Management Systems and understands future potential software/applications for microlearning.
• Proven experience in delivering digital adoption solutions.
• Experience of analysing digital learning and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of digital learning.
• Experience of simplifying the “complex” into easy-to-understand language for end users.
• Experience of working as part of a high performing team.
Qualifications & Training
• Degree in Education, Computer Science, Instructional Design, Learning Technologies or a related field. Equivalent professional knowledge or experience within the digital, eLearning, microlearning field.
• Strong proficiency of Microsoft 365 suite and associated applications.
With our extended flexible working options, you can also choose to work a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week, supporting our employees with their work life balance. Homebased working but will at times need to travel so a driver is required.
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