Learning Designer

Acknowledgement of Country 

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation. 

Role highlights

• Create innovative, multi-mode learning experiences that upskill CSIRO’s workforce.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver learning solutions that hit strategic goals.
• Drive engagement through modern, digital learning that delivers real results.

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The opportunity 

As the Learning Designer you will be a key part of CSIRO's Learning Academy team, reporting to the Learning Academy Manager. The role is responsible for the design and implementation of innovative learning solutions across compliance, digital, facilitated, and multi-mode offerings. You will directly support the development of critical capabilities within CSIRO, working within an agile, diverse, and high-performing team dedicated to meeting the organisation's learning needs.

Through delivering engaging, impactful, and strategically aligned learning solutions, you will significantly contributes to enhancing workforce capability across CSIRO. Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, the Learning Designer helps ensure learning solutions align with strategic objectives and emerging capability requirements. Providing advice and direction, this role champions a modern, digitally-enabled approach to learning that enriches the learner experience and drives tangible outcomes for CSIRO.

Your high-level duties will include: 

• Contribute to the design, development and implementation of innovative, high quality and engaging learning solutions that enables the development of future critical capabilities aligned to the CSIRO Workforce Strategy.
• Work collaboratively as part of a high-performing learning solutions team to deliver outcomes to CSIRO through the delivery of a consistent, modern and digitally enabled learning approach to build an engaging People Experience.
• Design, develop, and deliver engaging facilitated workshops, specialising in action mapping, Learning Needs Analyses (LNAs), instructional design, and capability building, ensuring impactful learning experiences.
• Support the development and delivery of robust data and evaluation methodology to measure learning solution impact against the CSIRO Workforce Strategy.
• Actively partner with external vendors ensuring that outcomes are delivered in line with agreed budgets and timelines. 
• Work with key partners within the business and builds partnerships, seeking input, sharing ideas and providing strategic input to addressing critical learning needs. 
• Liaise with clients using discipline expertise to anticipate their needs and develop and review policies, procedures, systems and make recommendations to guide management decisions.
• Proactively respond to client feedback and satisfaction, taking responsibility to make corrections or propose solutions within a timely manner.
• Establish networks with other professionals in their field to ensure that the service provided continues to add value.

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: 

Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart or Adelaide. Other locations by negotiation

Hybrid/flexible working options available

Salary: AU$96k – AU$109k per annum (pro rata for part-time), plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure & work schedule:

Indefinite Full time

Reference: 100954

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

Essential criteria

1. Relevant experience in learning or instructional design roles, including intermediate to advanced skill in key authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Adobe Captivate / CC suite, or Chameleon Creator. 
2. Instructional design experience with a demonstrated ability to create original, high-impact learning solutions that are innovative, visually engaging, and grounded in adult learning principles. Proven capability in designing experiences that challenge conventional approaches – not just templated or compliance-driven content – using creative storytelling, interactivity, and user-centred design.
3. A proven ability to design, facilitate, and deliver effective and cost-efficient learning programs, monitor their effectiveness, and track ROI.
4. Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with stakeholders to identify learning needs and solutions, including the facilitation of discovery sessions, workshops, and learning activities to inform and shape design outcomes.
5. Strong project coordination capabilities, including the ability to plan, track, and deliver concurrent learning projects in complex environments.
6. Demonstrated experience in partnering with external vendors and subject matter experts to co-design and deliver learning experiences. Ability to manage vendor relationships, develop clear briefs, monitor deliverables, and ensure outputs meet quality and contractual requirements.
7. Demonstrated experience administering and developing learning solutions within enterprise Learning Management Systems (LMS), particularly SAP SuccessFactors, including course deployment, user management, reporting, and integration with other platforms.
8. A demonstrated and sustained track record as a learning design professional who champions the strategic use of learning technologies to enhance user experience and learning outcomes – including the design, facilitation, implementation, and continuous improvement of digital learning ecosystems, including accessible learning experiences.
9. Demonstrated experience applying iterative design methodologies, such as the Successive Approximation Model (SAM), to develop high-quality learning solutions – including rapid prototyping, stakeholder co-creation, and continuous feedback integration – using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Figma to manage agile workflows and collaborative development.
10. Demonstrated intermediate to advanced proficiency in multimedia and graphic design, with a focus on developing original assets for eLearning – including infographics, complex interactions, video content, and learning guides – that align with organisational style guidelines and apply strong visual and instructional design principles.
11. Experience using compelling copywriting and marketing techniques to boost the uptake and adoption of learning  
12. Intermediate to advanced digital literacy, including the effective use of generative AI to amplify and streamline design workflows.
13. Proven ability to design and build accessible learning experiences, with demonstrated application of accessibility principles and integration of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements throughout the development process.

 
For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description. 

Not sure if you meet all the criteria?

While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Wade.Barker@csiro.au let us know how we can support you.  

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Eligibility 

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.   

Child safety 

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy. 

How to apply 

Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.

Applications close 

7 September 2025, 11:00pm AEST