Senior Curriculum Design Specialist needed at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

Employee Centric Delivery

• Provide input into the Learning Strategy for the portfolio as required.
• Build effective and fit-for-purpose curriculums through ongoing stakeholder engagements (L&D Business Partners, relevant business, and People team functional areas) to extrapolate the necessary inputs.
• Develop a roadmap of learning initiatives for the portfolio as input into the consolidated roadmap of learning initiatives in collaboration with the Divisional Training Managers.
• Work closely with the Instructional Designers and Instructional Training Designers to bring the learning experience to life and create unique and effective experiences across the curriculum.
• Develop a training plan for the portfolio as input into the consolidated training plan.
• Allocate and ensure that the right resources are attached to the right curriculum and/or make the necessary changes at a curriculum level.
• Conduct research on the skills development programs and identify trends and best practice to inform learning solution development.
• Manage the development and implementation of learning material in alignment with the Learning Strategy for the portfolio. Managing the development of learning solutions and curriculums.
• Managing the definition of learning solutions architecture and design.
• Develop learning solution standards for the portfolio and support all stakeholders to understand and apply the standards as required.
• Collaborate closely with ETQA to ensure adherence to quality assurance of learning solutions and overarching curriculum processes.
• Evaluate the development and effectiveness of learning solutions and ensure alignment with the standards and processes.
• Manage the evaluation of learning solutions and curriculum approaches and experiences.
• Moderate learning solutions, delivery, and feedback and ensure the process’s effectiveness.

People (Self, Team & Organisational)

• Collaborate closely with the L&D team and ensure alignment of the service delivery solutions to the business.
• Manage L&D initiatives that foster an innovative, agile, and employee-centric culture where employees are supported, empowered, and valued.   
• Participate in various L&D team activities that foster a wellness culture to ensure that the L&D team mentally, physically, and emotionally feel supported.
• Provide input to the open and transparent culture with transparent communication within the L&D team.

Financial, Reporting & BI

• Ensure accuracy in data input and relevant reports as applicable to the L&D team.
• Using official data sources to inform administrative outputs.
• Prepare and compile reports for senior management engaging the broader People team and providing inputs on the department’s efficiency
• Consolidating costs, proposals, or data as required by the L&D team or other stakeholders.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with relevant labour relations frameworks and legislation.
• Ensure compliance with organisational and legislative governance frameworks and standards including the H&S requirements and POPI Act.
• Manage the identification and mitigation of Instructional Design risks.

Future-Fit

• Participate in the integration and effective flow of work with other service areas and businesses.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in Instructional Design services.
• Suggest or share ideas related to relevant Instructional Design technology requirements where required. 

Qualifications

• Degree in OD, L&D, Graphic design or equivalent – (essential).  

Experience

• +4 years in a formal Curriculum Design role or similar with exposure to the end-to-end learning design and development process as well as exposure to training delivery within an end-to-end curriculum context – (essential)