Digital Learning Specialist

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The Crick is currently seeking a proactive and enthusiastic individual to design and develop digital content for online and hybrid technical training courses for our external audiences, as well as to manage and maintain our Learning Management System (LMS). As an expert in digital learning content development, you will be responsible for turning complex information into digestible and accessible resources, designing graphics, and coordinating the creation of videos and other media. You will apply instructional design methodologies and adult learning principles to create content and courses that are engaging, interactive, and impactful. You will use your experience and expertise with LMS platforms to manage, maintain, and further develop the Crick’s LMS, including uploading courses, registering delegates, solving technical issues, and training subject matter experts to drive full utilisation of our LMS platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Help grow the Francis Crick Institute’s digital training presence by administration and development of our External training Moodle-based Learning Management System (LMS), integrating where required with the internal teams and LMS to ensure a smooth and consistent user experience and consolidated training records.
• Support the creation of e-learning storyboards, in collaboration with the STP External Training Lead and STPs staff.
• Work closely with the STP External Training Lead and subject matter experts to design, develop, test, evaluate and implement effective, interactive and engaging online content.
• Design and develop engaging multimedia for online learning and social media.
• Coordinate the production of videos for online learning and social media, writing the script in collaboration with the subject matter expert(s), managing the recording sessions, drafting editing instructions and approving the final product.
• Source and coordinate external vendors.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 25.10.2023
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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