L&D Course Designer and Instructor

Location: Hybrid – MOD Abbey Wood base (Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) with travel to Army HQ in Andover and home-working (2–3 days per week)

Job ID: 312215

Employment Type: Full-Time, 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC)

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum + corporate benefits package

About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

At Supportive Bridge, we connect experienced learning, development, and instructional design professionals with high-impact careers supporting national infrastructure and defence services. Partnering with leading multi-sector service providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, rewarding roles where your training expertise helps shape the capabilities, readiness, and performance of essential personnel across the UK Armed Forces.

Role Overview

As an L&D Course Designer and Instructor for the newly established Armed Forces Recruitment Service (AFRS), you will play a vital role in designing, developing, delivering, and maintaining high-quality learning solutions for both civilian and service personnel.

Working in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), you will create engaging blended learning solutions—including eLearning, videos, guides, workshops, and systems training—while ensuring alignment with the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT), business goals, and external quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Instructional Design & Delivery: Design and deliver comprehensive blended learning solutions, encompassing face-to-face instruction, virtual instructor-led training (VILT), digital assets, and workplace learning.
Curriculum Development: Translate business needs and subject matter expert input into structured, learner-focused designs aligned to DSAT standards.
Content Creation: Produce high-quality design documentation, including storyboards, scripts, lesson plans, and facilitator guides.
Collaborative Innovation: Partner with digital designers, developers, and senior stakeholders to shape requirements, challenge assumptions, and build accessible, engaging learning content.
Quality Assurance: Support delivery planning, evaluate learner feedback and performance data, and drive continuous improvement across all training materials.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a creative, tech-savvy L&D specialist with a solid foundation in instructional design, training delivery, and stakeholder management.

Requirements:

Technical Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of course design methodologies, Learning Management Systems (LMS), and digital learning tools.
Qualifications: An instructional or teaching qualification (preferably DSAT aligned) to a minimum standard of a Level 3 recognized qualification.
Pedagogical Understanding: Solid understanding of modern L&D models, blended learning frameworks, and user-centred design principles.
Communication & Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. Commercial L&D experience and prior exposure to DSAT are highly desirable.
Vetting Requirement: Ability to successfully obtain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and formal Security Clearance (SC), alongside completion of an Occupational Health Questionnaire.

What We Offer You

Financial Package: Competitive starting salary of up to £40,000 per annum.
Working Style: Flexible hybrid working structure (MOD Abbey Wood base, Army HQ travel, and 2–3 days working from home).
Leave & Pension: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, alongside up to a 6% contributory pension scheme.
Training & Career Growth: Access to over 1,100 internal training courses, funding for professional qualifications and apprenticeships, structured mentoring, and clear internal progression pathways.
Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, virtual GP access, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.
Perks & Community: Savings across approximately 1,000 high street retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free payroll giving, and active employee inclusion networks.

Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security clearance exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout the recruitment journey.