Learning Design Apprentice

Job Title:  Learning Design Apprentice

Location: Hybrid between home and Bradford office

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Fixed term

Hours: 37.5

Are you looking for a career where you can use your creative skills, design end to end solutions and work with lots of different people?

We’re looking for a creative, energetic person that wants to help shape our learning offer by working with stakeholders to design engaging, memorable and accessible learning and organisational development solutions for our colleagues. This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop your transferable skills in the workplace, learn about all aspects of a learning and organisational development function within an organisation, and work with a range of teams and people.

The Role:

The role will contribute to ensuring Anchor’s ability to provide a first-class organisational development (OD) service. The role holder will work with the Learning Designers and the wider OD team to design learning solutions in line with organisational requirements and learner needs. This is a varied role, with exposure and interaction with a wide range of projects, colleagues, managers, and other stakeholders. As part of the apprenticeship the role holder will work with other teams to gain a strong understanding of the organisation and build their skills across different learning methods and authoring tools.

This means that day to day you will:

• Actively participate in the apprenticeship scheme, taking responsibility for your personal development and study and meeting training milestones as agreed with the Learning Experience Specialist.
• Assist with and become responsible for designing and developing learning solutions
• Work with the wider OD team to develop your skills and experience in developing bitesize, blended and accessible learning
• Build your skills in the use of our Learning Management System (LMS) to support the Design team to enhance the learning experience
• Work with a range of Subject Matter Experts to ensure learning has the right balance between information and interactivity to engage learners
• Engage learners with on-line solutions
• Be proactive in the development and delivery of our Communication and Engagement plan to increase social learning within the organisation
• You will be expected to demonstrate the following behaviours throughout the apprenticeship:
• Be accountable for your own development
• Respectfully display effective communications and relationship building with all colleagues
• Be courageous and challenge yourself to solve problems
• Act with honesty and integrity
• Fully complete all college work and work-based learning assignments to the best of your ability
• Actively engage in learning opportunities
• Support all teams by participating fully in placements

About Us:

Anchor is the largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life in England, employing more than 9,000 people throughout England. We provide more than 60,000 homes for people who love living in later life and are a trusted care provider with more than 100 care homes.

We know that quality services start with quality people. We work hard to be recognised as a leading employer and are committed to retaining and attracting the best in our industry.

At Anchor we believe in values. We are Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest. We believe our people should be proud of the work they do making a difference to society and our customers.

Hundreds of talented professionals with a range of specialist skills and experience based in our Bradford and London offices make up our Support Services. While we all do very different things, we work towards the same goal of improving the lives of the older people who live with us. 

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and also BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.

As one of England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people, we’re able to negotiate great deals and benefits for our people. Here are just a few of the things you’ll get when you work with Anchor.

• Exclusive discounts on high-street shopping

• 20% off mobile phone contracts

• Cashback on dental and medical expenses

• Discounted Private Medical rates

Click here to find out more about our full benefits and wellbeing package (the link is https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk  )