Learning Design Specialist

College of Policing

South Western Scotland

Remote

Expires: Expiring in less than 2 weeks

Education

Flexible

£36,520 per year

Job summary

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

This role is available as a designated homeworking role. Please note, some travel may be required to our college sites at Ryton on Dunsmore, near Coventry CV8 3EN or London E14 4PU or to visit police sites across England and Wales.

The College of Policing.

At the heart of everything we do is our mission: Leadership, Standards, and Performance. This mission drives our work with individuals, police forces, and partners as we strive towards our vision of delivering trusted and effective policing that cuts crime and keeps people safe.

We play a vital role in equipping police officers and staff with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to provide the highest level of service to the public. Through strong leadership and a commitment to excellence, we empower people across policing to reach their full potential and make a meaningful impact in their communities.

Despite being a relatively small organisation, operating across just a few sites in the UK, our influence and reach is extensive. The work we do shapes standards, strengthens performance, and supports policing at every level—helping to build a safer, more confident society.

The role

We have Learning design specialist roles available within the Learning design team available as 1 year FTC and permanent basis.

Are you interested in becoming part of a talented and dedicated team of learning design specialists?

Our team are committed to creating training products for classroom and our online learning platform for use by College trainers both in the UK and overseas and by forces.

The team are based across the UK and are predominately home-based workers however design specialists will be expected to travel for projects and departmental meetings as required.

Vetting

The role requires vetting level NPPV3 and SC and you may need to complete further vetting forms if you do not already have this level.

Job description

Our work spans a diverse range of specialist areas within policing, and we are looking to recruit Learning Design Specialists to join our friendly and collaborative team.

As a Learning Design Specialist, you will be involved in every stage of the design process across a range of learning products — from researching, designing, planning, evaluating, and handing over final products to trainers for delivery. You will contribute to both the enhancement of existing learning products and the creation of new programmes aligned to the National Policing Curriculum.

These programmes will be delivered both in the classroom and through our internal learning platform, supporting the professional development of police officers and staff to serve and support the public.

Our work is high profile and can sometimes be pressured, working to tight timelines in a fast-paced environment. We are a supportive team who meet regularly online and in person to support each other in sharing knowledge, guidance, ways of working, problem solving and successes.

A key aspect of the role involves a collaborative approach working closely with policing professionals, academics, and subject matter experts to build an understanding of complex policing topics and to ensure all design content is accurate, relevant, and impactful and is aligned and appropriate for police professionals’ learning needs.

You will also apply project management principles to track progress, manage risks, and deliver high-quality outcomes.

To succeed in this role, you will bring excellent communication and engagement skills, experience in creating learning materials, and a commitment to supporting the policing profession. You will be confident in building strong working relationships, analysing learning needs, and applying your knowledge of adult learning to design creative, high-quality solutions that deliver measurable impact.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Design, develop and maintain high quality learning products applying innovative design solutions for face to face and online delivery. Maintain up to date knowledge of learning methodologies, emerging learning practices, digital trends, evaluation, assessment and quality assurance strategies and apply to learning products under design and development.
Confidently engage and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to share information, resources and support.
Co-ordinate and project manage aspects of the learning design process to ensure projects are completed on time, to customer requirements and within quality parameters
To be selected from accountabilities on the JD

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

A Level 5/6 qualification in Education, Learning Design, Professional Development or related discipline and/or significant equivalent experience
Demonstrable experience of creating learning resources which utilise a wide range of learning methodologies to inspire and develop learning in new ways
Skills in research, consultation and analysis of information from multiple sources to identify clear, appropriate learning and prepare supporting options papers.
Proficiency in MS Office suite, Microsoft 365, learning design software and knowledge of remote learning platforms such as MS Teams.

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Demonstrable experience of creating blended learning solutions which utilise a range of learning methodologies appropriate to adult learners.
Experience of co-ordinating projects or working on multiple projects to meet deadlines.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, challenge and build effective working relationships with internal and external senior stakeholders and staff to achieve timely results.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,520, College of Policing contributes £10,579 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits. The benefits we can offer include:

Defined benefit pension scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
Educational funding and study leave
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Flexi-time (for certain grades)
Flexible working hours
Childcare vouchers
Benenden Healthcare
National Dental Plan
Discount scheme which provides cut-price on-line shopping
Free employee support line
Interest free loans for travel.
Staff networks: You will have the opportunity to join our employee-run networks to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be heard. There are currently 6 staff networks; Diversity Champions, LGBT, Carer’s, Women’s, Parenting and our Diverse Ethnic Action network. Each network has access to an executive level sponsor.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Vacancy reference: 7140, 7145, 7175

Anticipated interview dates: 18th June, 19th June and 24th June 2026

The role is available as a Permanent position. It can also available as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity and is open to:

colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application.

How to apply and contact information:

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Claire Smith (Claire.Smith@college.police.uk), Head of Learning Design.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Salary range

£36,520 per year