• Offering a competitive salary starting from $112,400 (commensurate with skills and experience) plus 11.5% superannuation 
• Full time fixed term contract until 30 June 2026 
• Flexible location, work from home (Australia-wide)   

Are you ...

• Passionate about transforming education through world-class professional learning?
• Want to use your design expertise to support teachers and educators across Australia?
• Join us and help shape the future of evidence-informed practice in schools and early childhood settings.

About The Organisation 

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) is Australia’s national education evidence body. AERO is working towards excellent and equitable outcomes for all children and young people by generating and making high-quality evidence accessible and enhancing the use of evidence in Australian education.  

AERO is bringing together people who are passionate about evidence-informed policy and practice for schools and early childhood services. Our team is collegial, creative and committed to fulfilling AERO’s potential to make an impact. We value agile thinkers who can help shape AERO as a new, dynamic organisation, and team players who enjoy working across projects and in diverse, interdisciplinary teams. Many of our people have ongoing connections to research, policy and practice organisations, helping us to bridge the gap between evidence generation and translation. 

For more information about AERO, please see https://edresearch.edu.au .

Purpose of the role 

The Senior Learning Designer will play a key role in a new Learning Design team, using their expertise in adult learning to create high-quality, evidence-based professional learning for school and early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals.

Working closely with subject matter experts, researchers, and educators, they will translate complex education research into accessible, relevant learning experiences, while continuously improving design processes that centre on the real-world needs and contexts of teachers, leaders and educators across Australia.

Accountabilities: 

• Design professional learning products that help educational professionals in school and ECEC settings to implement evidence-based practices.
• Work with subject matter experts and AERO publications and communications teams to ensure consistent user experiences across AERO professional learning products.
• Develop and undertake quality assurance activities, including user testing, to inform product development and design and ensure deliverables are of a high standard.
• Provide strategic advice to inform the design of learning products across the organisation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

Essential requirements: 

• Degree level qualification in education, learning/instructional design, educational psychology, or another relevant discipline.

Desirable knowledge and experience:

• Extensive experience in all aspects of designing learning products for adults, with a strong knowledge of evidence-based approaches for designing effective learning.
• Experience in user-centred design processes for learning products, including developing and leading user testing.
• Experience, and/or knowledge, of the complexities of schools and/or early education and care settings, including working with teachers and educators in these environments.
• Experience in making complex information accessible to audiences with varying degrees of background knowledge, including through the development of visual representations.

Skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills, with an ability to translate technical and complex information for audiences with a range of learning needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders including subject matter experts and production teams.

AERO welcomes applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. 

How to apply?  

Please submit an online application:  

• CV and a Cover Letter describing your interest in and suitability for the role addressing the Skills and Experience below.  
• A brief (approx.150 words) Response to the following question:

1. What approaches do you use to ensure that materials you develop are relevant for their intended audience? Describe an example of how you’ve applied these approaches.

Notes   

• Respectfully, No Agencies please.  
• Please only apply for this role if you are an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have unrestricted work rights in Australia.  
• Appointments are subject to a National Criminal Record Check (NCRC) and having or obtaining a current valid working with children check (WWCC).  
• If you require any additional information to above or have technical difficulties applying, please contact: [email protected]  using the subject line: Senior Learning Designer - Australia Wide / Work from Home enquiry via EthicalJobs.
• Please do not send applications to this email address, apply through advert.