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On behalf of Network Rail, we are looking for a Learning Experience Designer - (INSIDE IR35) for a 12- month contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of 3 days attendance in the Waterloo, London or Milton Keynes office. Travel will be required for this role and rail tickets will be provided

About GBR

Great British Railways (GBR) will be a new publicly owned company that will unite responsibility for providing safe and reliable passenger services with efficiently managing and optimising infrastructure as a critical UK asset.

GBR will provide a service that touches millions of lives daily. It will be charged with improving train performance, growing revenue, unlocking new house-building opportunities, and increasing the use of rail freight. GBR will bring together track and train to deliver a railway that is Reliable Affordable, Efficient, High quality, Accessible and Safe.

At its heart, GBR is about transforming the passenger experience – making every journey seamless, safe, and satisfying.

The Role 

As part of the journey to GBR, we face the have the once generation opportunity to equip leaders across the railway system with the knowledge, skills and behaviours that will be needed for the future

We need a high-quality Learning Experience Designer who can turn design concepts into polished, delivery-ready materials —especially simulation packs and facilitator/participant assets.

This role is perfect for someone who loves building the “real thing”: decks, workbooks, templates, scenario artefacts, and materials that make learning experiences run smoothly in the room.

The role is to produce high-quality learning assets and simulation materials at pace to support the mobilisation and piloting of the Academy’s immersive learning days and turn into a scalable proposition for delivery to ~1600 senior rail leaders.

We’re building an immersive GBR Leadership Academy and need a high-quality producer who can turn design concepts into polished, delivery-ready materials — especially simulation packs and facilitator/participant assets.

This role is perfect for someone who loves building the “real thing”: decks, workbooks, templates, scenario artefacts, and materials that make learning experiences run smoothly in the room.

The role is to produce high-quality learning assets and simulation materials at pace to support the mobilisation and piloting of the Academy’s immersive learning days and turn into a scalable proposition for delivery to ~1600 senior rail leaders.

Person Profile 

A production-focused learning professional who can rapidly turn concepts into polished assets — especially simulation materials and facilitator/participant packs.

Experience & Background: 

• Experienced in content production / instructional design / learning materials development.
• Strong practical skills producing:
• PowerPoint decks and facilitator scripts
• Workbooks and templates
• Scenario packs and artefacts
• Digital assets for virtual delivery (where needed)
• Experience working in fast-paced design sprints and managing version control.

Skills & Strengths: 

• Production excellence: clean, professional outputs with consistent branding and layout.
• Simulation build: creates artefacts that make scenarios feel tangible and usable.
• Organisation: disciplined file management, version control, and release readiness.
• Speed with quality: can iterate quickly without degradation.
• Working Style:
• Reliable, delivery-oriented, the production engine.
• Comfortable taking direction from the Director and Senior LXD and turning it into assets quickly.

As a Learning Experience Designer - (INSIDE IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Produce and format delivery-ready assets:
• decks, workbooks, facilitator guides, handouts, templates

Build simulation artefacts: 

• Scenario briefs, data packs, decision cards, role profiles, “injects”, timers, checklists
• Maintain design templates, document standards, and brand alignment.
• Manage content versioning and ensure a clear “single source of truth”.

Support pilot readiness: 

• Print packs (if needed), digital packs, and final QA checks
• Coordinate with virtual delivery colleagues to prepare online-friendly assets.

Deliverables: 

• Complete asset packs for pilot modules and immersive day(s).
• Simulation artefact library ready for re-use and scale.
• Version-controlled repository of materials and templates.

Essential requirements 

• Experience of Developing learning material for leadership audiences
• Experience of turning insights into case studies and engaging exercises
• Exceptional quality standards and attention to detail

Desirable 

• Rail/transport understanding and experience.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Network Rail is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. They welcome applications from everyone.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Network Rail guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Network Rail guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".