Senior Learning Designer

Whitetree Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom. If you’ve got a strong background in DSAT design with experience in Defence, Rail, Health or Energy, we’d love for you to apply. This position presents an exceptional opportunity to develop your career with the support of a team of Training Services experts. Since our establishment in 2018, Whitetree has been on a mission to empower clients, make lasting impacts, and provide unmatched career growth opportunities. We’re passionate innovators driven by our values of Trust, Integrity, Innovation, and Excellence. To support effective collaboration and client delivery, you will ideally live within a commutable distance to Bristol.

The Role: Join us and combine cutting-edge techniques with a customer-centric approach. You’ll assist in the design and development of tailored training programs that deliver tangible value for our clients. Day to day, you will collaborate with the team and work with clients providing specialist training consultancy services including:

• Liaising with clients, stakeholders, subject matter experts and colleagues proactively in the design and development of high-quality blended learning solutions (including Instructor Led Training and digital/eLearning).
• Analysing training requirements reports to produce SAT-compliant Learning Design solutions, documentation and reports (DSAT/ADDIE models).
• Developing DSAT Element 2: Design Stages 1 to 3 products.
• Developing digital learning storyboards for the creation of digital and eLearning assets and courses.
• Designing learning solutions for both individual and collective environments.
• Delivering Train the Trainer (T3) courses based on the learning solutions that you have designed.

In your first 3-6 months, success might look like:

• You have built strong working relationships with clients and Whitetree colleagues.
• You have successfully delivered at least one Train the Trainer (T3) session and received positive feedback from participants.
• You have demonstrated a strong understanding of Whitetree’s values and quality expectations, and applied these consistently across your work.
• You have contributed to at least one bid or proposal with accurate and helpful learning design input.

Skills & experience required:

• An understanding of the SAT/ADDIE methodology from Analysis to Evaluation.
• A detailed understanding of the application of JSP 822 and DTSMs (Defence Training Support Manuals 1 - 6).
• Experience in the development of DSAT Design stages 1,2 & 3 elements (or ADDIE equivalent).
• Experience in the design of blended learning solutions.
• Experience in the development of digital learning storyboards.
• Proven experience in leading and managing complex projects from inception to delivery, ensuring alignment with client objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
• Experienced in supporting bid development and identifying resource needs.
• Experience of working in online spaces and understanding of digital/eLearning capabilities.
• Experience gained in the Defence, Rail, Health or Energy sectors.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement and client relationship management, with a track record of influencing senior decision‑makers and delivering value‑focused solutions.
• Expertise/Advanced user of Microsoft Office 365.
• Willingness to learn and grow in a dynamic and fast‑paced environment.
• Ideally located within a commutable distance to Bristol.
• Current right to live and work in the UK.
• Current SC clearance or willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check.
• Willingness and ability to work from home and travel for client engagements, including overnight stays away from home around the UK when required.

Desirable qualities and skills:

• Experience in the use of digital/eLearning development software e.g. Articulate 360, Adobe Creative Cloud and associated applications.
• Experience in developing digital/eLearning objects for integration within learning management systems (LMS’) employing as a minimum both SCORM and xAPI standards.
• A good working knowledge of LMS’ such as MOODLE.

Life at Whitetree: At Whitetree, we are proud to provide a collaborative and supportive environment in which you can grow and develop your career, with the chance to work alongside some of the best people in the industry. We’re proud to have recently become one of the select few Chartered Management Consultancies in the UK. This prestigious accreditation reflects our commitment to the highest standards of professional practice and ethical conduct in consulting. As part of our dedication to your professional growth, we’re eager to sponsor suitable candidates on their journey to becoming Chartered Management Consultants themselves. Whitetree’s success hinges on hiring great people and creating an environment where we can be happy, feel challenged, and do our best work. We hope that excites you enough to apply.

Our competitive benefits package includes:

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and your birthday off.
• Flexible working arrangements with an early Friday finish (client‑dependent).
• 6% matched pension contributions.
• All‑staff annual bonus scheme.
• Private medical insurance for you, option to salary sacrifice for your family.
• Professional development support, including chartership, mentoring and training budget.
• 4 half‑days of paid time for charity work annually.
• £1000 employee recruitment bounty.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity policies.
• Electric car, cycle to work, tech salary sacrifice schemes and exclusive discount vouchers.

Our Commitment to you: We’re proud of our Silver Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award, reflecting our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment and supporting diverse communities, including the Armed Forces. Whitetree values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all applicants and employees, building a culture that values openness, fairness, and transparency. We are a disability confident employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email talent@whitetree.co.uk.

If you don’t meet the role criteria and are still interested in Whitetree careers, contact talent@whitetree.co.uk.

Compulsory National Security Vetting: Whitetree jobs are subject to national security vetting. Your eligibility for Security Clearance may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held, or any time you have spent outside of the UK. Please check your eligibility: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-national-security-vetting-solution-guidance-for-subjects

Are you ready to join us? Click the apply button now or email talent@whitetree.co.uk for more information.