Part-Time Training Designer

HMS Collingwood, Fareham

Part time, c. 25hrs pw (open to discussions)

About us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Our business

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers' toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Through advanced technology and our people's expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what's possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.

The role

In this role you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference to the Royal Navy Training Design Service. As the Training Designer you'll support the Integrated Training Design Service to deliver learning that is blended, active and provides customer delight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for all training courses assigned to you with regards to training transformation. An advocate for the creation of training content that is not only active and engaging, but also inclusive and learner centric.
• Ensuring the processes that support the review and change of training courses follow the end-to-end training design process, are DSAT (Defense Systems Approach to Training) compliant, considering media enhancements and adherence to quality. Proactively addressing, resolving and escalating any challenges that may impact delay to delivery.
• Responsible for the production and development of high-quality Training design, e-learning and courseware materials (as required). Developing and designing training courseware using a variety of media and technology.
• Contribute to the development of overall instructional strategy, being able to analyse and implement changes to training programmes, identifying effective and ineffective instructional design training methodologies.
• Proactively seeking feedback and impact stories to further enhance training courses and to continuously improve and celebrate the work completed. Ensure that any changes derived from internal and external validation are incorporated into all training design activity to ensure that training remains up-to-date and satisfies operational / workplace performance requirements.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships with subject matter experts to positively contribute towards training transformation.
• Identify opportunities to provide accreditation for new and/or amended training as designed, and/or any amendments or implications for existing accreditations following Training Design changes.
• Responsible for the continuous professional development of yourself.
• Employees are responsible for their own Health and Safety and that of work colleagues and customers.
• Follow security standards and system requirements to protect data and ensure smooth operations.
• Any other duties required to support the Integrated Training Design Service.

Essential

The Training Designer will be able to:

• Demonstrate a passion for training transformation and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate an enthusiasm to learn, collaborate, communicate, demonstrate best practice within the business, customers and the wider team.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, a passion for quality, be able to plan, multitask, deliver on time and work independently.

• Adopt a flexible approach to the role and be able to adapt to evolving priorities.

Desirable

Should have some experience of:

• A previous role within a Learning and Development environment.
• ADDIE model and Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT).
• Training and/or Instructional Design.
• Programme management tools and applications.
• Knowledge and practical experience of UK Ministry Defence procedures and policies.
• Contributing to a team environment for the purpose of developing creative solutions to technical problems.