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Learning Experience Lead
The FA
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Job Posted- 26 Nov 2024
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 8 Dec 2024
We have a great opportunity within our FA Education division for a Learning Experience Lead.
The Learning Experience Lead will design and deliver engaging, impactful learning experiences across multiple formats, including face-to-face (F2F), hybrid, and anytime access resources. You will specialise in one of these areas, ensuring the creation of high-quality outputs that align with FA Learning's learning principles and support the ongoing development of coaches and learners.
You will collaborate closely with subject matter experts and cross-functional teams to transform knowledge into learner-centric content, applying your understanding of football, coaching, or game analysis to enhance the learning design.
What will you be doing?
- Lead the design and development of learning experiences, specialising in either F2F, hybrid, or anytime access resources, ensuring that content meets both learner and business needs.
- Champion the creation of innovative learning solutions across a range of delivery formats, moving beyond traditional approaches to provide engaging, blended learning experiences.
- Work closely with SMEs, including coaches and analysts, to integrate football-specific knowledge into learning content, ensuring alignment with the needs of the coaching community and FA Learning principles.
- Translate complex concepts into engaging, accessible learning resources through methods such as storyboarding, content analysis, and design briefs, ensuring clarity of intent across all formats.
- Contribute to the development of learner engagement strategies, ensuring that learning experiences resonate with diverse audiences and are continually improved based on evaluation and feedback.
- Develop and manage a range of learning materials, including those for F2F delivery, hybrid learning, and anytime access, ensuring consistency in quality and alignment with strategic goals.
- Ensure that learning resources are designed for multi-purpose use, enabling them to be adaptable across different delivery formats and learning contexts.
- Work effectively with external agencies and suppliers, where necessary, to ensure high-quality outputs for learning experiences.
- Stay informed about developments in learning design, with a focus on innovations across learning modes that support continuous improvement.
- Executes additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group's changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and well-being can be maintained.
- As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
What are we looking for?
Essential for the role:
Knowledge:
- Degree in a relevant subject area (e.g., instructional design, education, sports science) or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong understanding of learning design principles and instructional methodologies for F2F, hybrid, and anytime access learning.
- Knowledge of football, coaching, or game analysis, with the ability to apply this understanding to learning experiences.
Experience:
- Proven experience in designing and delivering blended learning solutions, with specialisation in one or more formats (F2F, hybrid, or anytime access).
- Experience working with subject matter experts (SMEs), particularly in sports or coaching contexts, to develop learning materials that meet the needs of the target audience.
Skills:
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, ensuring that learning resources are developed and delivered on time.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate learning design ideas.
- Creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to design engaging learning solutions across different modalities.
Beneficial to have:
Knowledge:
- Understanding of modern coach education principles and their application in learning design.
- Familiarity with the football ecosystem, from grassroots to elite levels, and its impact on coach development.
Experience:
- Experience working within a sporting organisation or within an education-focused organisation.
- Experience using data and feedback to evaluate the impact of learning experiences and improve future designs.
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:
- Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
- Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
- Free private medical cover.
- A contributory pension scheme.
- An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
- A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.
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