Senior Curriculum Design Specialist

Closing Date- 2025/11/03- Reference Number- SHO251027-4- Job Title- Senior Curriculum Design Specialist- Job Type- Permanent- Location - Country- South Africa- Location - Province- Western Cape- Location - Town or City- Brackenfell, Cape Town- Purpose of the Job- Job Advert Details- Job Category- Human Resources- 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.
- 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**Essential**
- Degree in OD, L&D, Graphic design or equivalent.
- Experience**Essential**
- +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.
- Knowledge and SkillsPreffered
- Experience within the FMCG, retail sector, or similar.