Education Program Designer: Growth, Innovation

Posted: 05/03/2025

Closing Date: 23/03/2025

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sydney CBD

Job Category: Content Design, Digital Design, UX Design & Front End Developer

**About the RACP**
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) connects, represents, and trains physicians and trainee physicians across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The RACP provides services to support the delivery of training, continuing professional development, and health policy and advocacy to medical health professionals.

**Our Values**
Accountable | Collaborate | Indigenise and Decolonise | Lead the way | Respect

**Why Join Us?**

**Our 3-2-1 Hybrid Working Model**
- 3 days from anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand per week,
- 2 days from an RACP office location per week,
- 1 of the two days per week in office spent with your team.

**Shape the Future of Learning - Join us as an Education Program Designer**

Are you passionate about designing engaging, data-driven, and learner-focused educational experiences? Do you thrive in an agile, evolving environment, where innovation and continuous improvement drive real-world impact? If you're looking for an opportunity to collaborate, create, and lead in digital learning, this role is for you

**About the Role**

We’re looking for an Education Program Designer to lead the design, development, and implementation of innovative learning experiences within Professional Practice. This role ensures that educational content is learner-centric, technologically advanced, and continuously improved based on data and customer insights.

Operating in a member-centric, data-informed, and agile environment, the Educational Designer collaborates with program teams, service and UX designers, educational technologists and digital learning specialists to enhance learning effectiveness and accessibility.

As an Education Program Designer, you will:

- Design frameworks and guidelines to ensure high-quality, contemporary learning experiences.
- Prototype and iterate online courses, ensuring they align with learner needs, industry standards, and best-practice pedagogy.
- Embed data-informed decision-making, leveraging learner analytics, program feedback, and industry insights to optimise course effectiveness.
- Collaborate with IT and Digital Learning teams to ensure learning technologies are intuitive, accessible, and seamlessly integrated.
- Support and train facilitators, educators and program teams, building capability in contemporary learning design and technology adoption.
- Stay ahead of emerging trends in digital learning, gamification, adaptive learning, and AI-driven education tools.
- Drive change management initiatives, helping teams transition to new learning methodologies, tools, and platforms.
- Champion continuous improvement, ensuring learning experiences remain engaging, flexible, and responsive to evolving learner expectations.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Who We’re Looking For**

We’re not just looking for someone to design courses—we need someone to shape learning experiences that create impact for our customers. You are a strategic thinker, an agile innovator, and a collaborative problem solver who is passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based education.
- Be an instructional design expert, with strong knowledge of digital learning technologies and pedagogy.
- Thrive in an agile, evolving environment, iterating on solutions based on feedback, data, and emerging best practices.
- Be a confident communicator, able to translate educational concepts into actionable strategies.
- Balance creative and technical skills, designing interactive, engaging, and visually compelling learning experiences.

**What You’ll Bring**

Our ways of working are member-centric, data-informed, and agile. You’ll bring these principles to life, ensuring educational experiences are designed for impact, innovation, and engagement.

Additionally, you’ll bring:

- Experience in learning design and educational development, with expertise in instructional design methodologies.
- Proficiency in designing for digital learning environments such as Moodle or Canvas LMS.
- Expertise in blended learning methods, integrating video, podcasts, quizzes and webinars.
- A data-driven mindset, leveraging analytics and learner feedback to refine courses.
- Change management experience, helping teams adopt new digital learning tools and strategies.
- Experience working in regulated sectors, such as education, healthcare, or professional accreditation.

**Ready to Apply?