Learning Design Analyst

Location: Milton Keynes

Closing Date: 14 April 2023 - 12:00

Remote and flexible working is an option but willing to travel to Milton Keynes as required.

Change your career, change lives

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

Learner and Discovery Services (LDS) is the award-winning unit of The Open University responsible for the production and delivery of the University’s curriculum; it also has a central role in the design of learning materials.

The role

The main purpose of the Learning Design Analyst role is to inform and support module design discussions and decisions by academics, Learning Designers and Senior Learning Designers by analysing and reporting on data and evidence from sources such as: student facing Open University systems (e.g. Virtual Learning Environment), data manipulation tools (e.g. SAS VA, SAS Enterprise, Power BI dashboards, Tableau, SPSS); qualitative data (e.g. student feedback or student generated content) and published research. 

Skills and experience

• Proven experience of working within creative and/or cross-functional teams
• Knowledge and experience of engaging with academics/clients, eliciting and analysing needs, and proposing appropriate and achievable solutions

• Experience of presenting data in a visually appealing way using Excel, or bespoke software such as Tableau, SAS Visual Analytics or Power BI
• Information management skills including the ability to gather, analyse, interpret and present qualitative and quantitative information from a wide range of sources effectively
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and to work independently using own initiative

More information can be found in the Job Description

If you would like to discuss the application or recruitment process before making an application, please contact Jo Beach at Resourcing Hub on 01908 655544 or jo.beach@open.ac.uk quoting reference VRF 20829.

What you get in return

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link).

We offer a range of inclusive employment policies which include family and carer friendly flexible working arrangements and have many supportive staff networks and wellbeing services. We also endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity. Our Staff Benefits page under Employment provides further links and information.

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