Junior Learning Designer

Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 per year

Who are we? 
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company with over £2 billion in annual revenues and over £1 billion per annum invested in our network. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.

At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.

What you will be doing?
As Junior Learning Designer you will support the design and development of blended learning content across Thames Water. This will include being part of the overall design and creative concept, together with scripting and storyboarding of the digital learning components and enabling our levels of accessible and functionality testing.

You will develop and deliver digital learning solutions using visual and audio recording equipment, and Adobe Creative Cloud for design to creating impactful and engaging content. Maintain our quality of learning and version control of content in our LMS (SABA). Working alongside our Design Studio Lead to create an inclusive learning culture to enable our people to succeed at the point of need.

• Work collaboratively as part of a sprint team, together with Learning Consultants and subject matter experts to ensure the end products meet the original design specification

• Work across the learning teams to contribute towards design and learning experience consistency across Thames Water.
• Analyse data and understand learner and client requirements for each blended learning programme.
• Work with the Learning Consultants to ensure the design fits with the overall vision for the project or client requirement.
• Write high quality scripts and develop storyboards for the production of digital learning. This could include video, animation or e-learning formats.
• Work with Learning Consultants to review and evaluate methods and metrics to meet their business needs.
• Help to develop and support Thames Water to have confidence in employee compliance whilst reducing the time spent and volume of learning.
• Ensure that company policy, goals and objectives are being adhered to and represented within design of learning.
• An Interest in learning technologies, innovative learning approaches and modern training techniques

What you will bring to the role?
Essential

• Passion for Learning and Development
• Competent skills in various computer applications such as Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to perform duties with minimal direction, a self-starter and proactive

Desirable

• Experience in digital content production, able to storyboard, design and develop engaging training
• Proven track record and portfolio of training design using tools including Articulate 360 and Creative Cloud
• Specialist skills in video design, graphic design or LMS (SABA)
• Experience using audio and visual equipment to create engaging content

 
What’s in it for you?
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.

We’re also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water. 

We deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and a earn bit of extra money along the way. 

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.