Senior Instructional Designer

Company Description

We are a boutique strategy and leadership consultancy working with Boards, CEOs and senior executives across ASX-listed corporations, global multinationals, government agencies and private firms. Our work is at the intersection of strategy, culture and leadership and we help organisations lift their thinking, align their vision and turn strategy into action through people. We challenge conventional approaches, elevate beliefs and behaviours and design transformational programs that deliver breakthrough business outcomes. Purpose-driven and commercial, we partner with organisations to use their influence wisely and purposefully, creating impact for their people and the planet.

About Our Founder

Aspirall was co-founded by Tanya Diesel, who has over 25 years of experience in strategy, culture and leadership. She has held senior roles with Deloitte Consulting and Braxton and has worked alongside many of Australia's most senior leaders and Boards. Tanya is passionate about inspiring leaders to extend their impact and create lasting transformation. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with Tanya and our team to design and deliver transformational programs that address the complex strategic challenges our clients face.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of organisation development (OD), instructional and leadership development design. A creative, transformational and commercial approach to work and a consultative mentality you will work on design projects focused on strategic outcomes, leadership capability, culture uplift and deep purpose and inner work. Design projects are focused on delivery to senior leaders (c-suite, Boards, ASX listed entities and government agencies) across a diverse mix of industries.

Leading the design approach, supporting and partnering with the consultants, delivering on design, project management and leadership are key parts of the role. The ability to deal with and create systemic transformational programs effectively is essential. Each project is about understanding the client's needs and identifying opportunities. The approach requires strong understanding of integral and systems thinking.

If you're an experienced practitioner in the strategic/transformational and leadership design world and looking for a fantastic opportunity, then this role is designed for you.

Role Description

We are seeking a Lead Designer to join our team at Aspirall Consulting International, a unique design and innovation consultancy practice.

High Level Role Requirements

• Lead high profile strategic design projects for blue chip clients, design that is systemic, transformational and creative
• Take charge of research, head up strategic design and foresight for the team
• Be business savvy, helping create new products and revenue streams
• Provide leadership and coaching to the team specifically around design capability and skills
• Experience in supporting senior management and consultants
• Ability to balance being supportive, caring and 'of service' orientation with assertiveness of own views and ideas
• Interested in and actively pursuing their own personal development
• Flexible outside of core hours

Key Performance Areas

1. Design of leader led transformational interventions following the Aspirall approach
2. Designing programs and content in partnership with consultants and by yourself
3. Consultant Partnering & Support – delivering highly tailored client-oriented design in accordance with the critical path. Set up and maintain relationships, equal and shared partnering, relationship building, conflict management, leadership through difficulty and resistance
4. Intellectual Property Research, Development and Management - creation and management of templates, knowledge of adult learning principles and learning theories, business products and tools and their implementation across all areas of the business
5. Quality control and continuous improvement, ensuring innovations and improvements are captured in templates and shared across the consulting team and the organisation, technical support, editing and proofing of documents
6. Understanding of Master Schedule - macro view of all assignment timings/clashes and implications to delivery of design
7. Resource Management – Preparation of materials and resources for a variety of client engagement needs
8. Continuous Process Improvement on self and others

About You…

• Are passionate about human transformation and delivering transformational learning experiences
• Are resilient, flexible and have a strong personal development orientation being open to feedback to lift performance
• Are curious and broad in your orientation - you are knowledgeable and constantly updating your knowledge on the field of human transformation, while also exploring strategy, management and leadership development and business consulting
• Embrace a global mindset, taking genuine interest in other cultures, worldviews and disciplines
• Embrace a systemic mindset and approach to design
• Warm and personable with very open style
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment with the ability to problem solve in the moment
• Easy and mature sense of self, sorted and stable
• Strong drive for quality performance typical of a high-end consulting practice
• Able to be authentic and honest about self, feelings and thoughts
• Are action-oriented and adept at dealing with ambiguity and emergence
• Strong orientation to deliver impeccable service, with willingness to go the extra mile
• Have a service orientation, a sense of personal purpose and a desire to make a difference in the world

Experience and Skills

• Design and develop, at the speed of the consultancy, innovating learning experiences that improve individual and project outcomes and deliver measurable results
• Exemplary understanding of service and intricate design, underpinned by adult learning principles and how they fit together in a successful design strategy
• Analyse and recommend solutions for performance improvement, addressing knowledge and skill gaps for design capability
• Confidently managing design projects with needs across complex and multifaceted timelines
• Expresses ideas clearly and shares information effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to interpret a message into a visual experience, explaining why your design solves a problem
• Stay on top of trends in the sector and advise on what could benefit Aspirall including product development
• Experience in leadership and coaching
• Experience in designing blended approaches, with an interest in emerging technology
• Ability to be assertive and hold boundaries, influence thinking and resolve conflicts
• Actively listens to others to improve responsiveness and effectiveness of communications
• High organisation skills, memory and attention to detail
• Ability to work efficiently in the detail and also have a systemic overview
• Experience and ability to handle highly sensitive (strategic and psychological) and confidential material
• Ability to give and receive constructive, complimentary and critical feedback
• Self-starting – able to work independently and use good judgement in decision-making
• Proactively identifies problems, ascertains possible causes and recommends solutions for corrective action
• Goes the extra mile in care and service to others, good sense and balance of taking care of self and supporting others
• Takes accountability for achieving results and good with follow up skills
• Continuously strives to improve work methods and new strategies for effectiveness and efficiency
• Can be innovative and edgy
• Meets new challenges and change with an open mind and optimism, anticipates barriers, and identifies ways to overcome them
• Strong business acumen, analytical and problem-solving skills
• A commercial mindset. Know why designs are built, looking to create product that supports the commercial success of the business with a track record of managing design projects successfully
• Are comfortable operating in both the strategic and the tactical and can easily switch between the two
• Worked with and understand leadership and psychometric assessment tools

Technology

• Sound knowledge of IT and can problem solve in the moment
• Advanced skill in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Understanding virtual delivery, AI and emerging technology

Key Relationships

• Head of Consulting
• Consultants
• Project Coordinators
• CEO

Qualifications

• Certificate or Diploma in Instructional Design
• Diploma or Degree in Adult Learning, Learning and Development, Organisation Development and Education, organisation psychology
• 3-5 + years experience designing and implementing leadership content at-scale for leaders across organisational levels in a global environment

Special Aspects About Aspirall and the Role

• Authentic, open and real culture
• Strong learning culture – use of our tools and approaches internally
• Daily direct and specific feedback across all areas of performance to maximise capability and potential
• Involvement and leadership role in the business, see the whole, be part of an exciting and edgy consultancy firm
• Creative and innovative team – always redesigning and continually improving
• High trust and autonomy to get on with the role – high flexibility and respect for each person
• Personal, warm relationships, with clarity and boundaries
• Opportunity to deliver high levels of excellence that will be valued

Aspirall Context

• Strategy and leadership consultancy that balances strategic, business and commercial with psychological and spiritual methodologies - creative, innovative, dynamic and edgy service delivery
• Working at the top end of town with CEOs, Boards, C Suite, cascading down to GM level senior leaders
• Boutique, fast paced and high-end consultancy – times of high intensity and delivery
• Small business, entrepreneurial, everyone supports everyone, flexible and adaptive
• Owner is CEO and Founder – high touch and personal connection and care
• Quiet, small, city office environment
• Professional strategy consultancy working with Boards, CEO's and Senior Executives on lifting strategic thinking for strong alignment and execution