Instructional Designer

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- Manchester (Remote with occasional travel to the Runcorn Office)

Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/CR1/152668/21158

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent
- Full Time

Weekly contracted hours:

37.5

Location:

Manchester (Remote with occasional travel to the Runcorn Office)

Closing Date:

19/11/2026

Job Category:

HCRG
- Corporate

Service type:

HCRG
- Corporate - P1

Business Unit:

HCRG
- Corporate

As a Instructional Designer, you’ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group.

You will feel valued as a Instructional Designer within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £40,000 - £42,000 with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support – at locations across the country
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Are you passionate about creating impactful and accessible digital learning experiences? Do you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday work?

We're looking for an experienced Instructional Designer to join our team at HCRG Care Group. You’ll be at the forefront of designing, developing, and enhancing engaging digital and blended learning solutions that align with our organisational goals and support a diverse learner population across the business.

From shaping learning journeys to leading end-to-end design projects, you’ll use the latest tools and instructional design principles to bring learning to life.

Design and deliver engaging digital, blended, and face-to-face learning solutions using best-in-class instructional methods.

Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs), managers, and stakeholders to identify learning needs and define objectives.

Develop a wide range of learning formats: eLearning, microlearning, videos, infographics, simulations, gamification, virtual classrooms, and more.

Use authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Vyond, Camtasia, Canva, and Synthesia to create interactive learning content.

Ensure accessibility (WCAG AA), ED&I, and learning theory are embedded in all design solutions.

Apply learning evaluation models to assess impact and continuously improve content based on analytics and user feedback.

Contribute to digital learning standards, templates, and style guides across the team.

Support junior team members and line manage where required.

Use SCORM/xAPI standards and work with…