Learning Experience Design Partner at Zutari

About the job

Zutari: Co-creating an engineered impact.

Zutari is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years’ experience. As human-centred engineering consultants and advisors, we are trusted by our clients, business partners, communities and other stakeholders across Africa.

We co-create engineering solutions that have a positive impact and improve people’s lives. Zutari values inclusion and recognises the importance of a diverse, talented workforce, believing that people need other people to succeed.

What kind of talent do we pursue?

We employ people with the right attitude and a positive mindset, who are motivated by doing the right thing, getting things done and share a sense of urgency. People who have an impact in our teams and broader community. People who think differently and connect with those around them to co-create new opportunities and leave a meaningful legacy.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible to support the Learning Experience (LX), People & Leaders in developing and implementing on strategic skill, development and career plans.

• Coaches’ leaders and teams on evolving practices and processes, aligned to culture, codes and strategic imperatives. 

• Learning curation, collaboration and partnering to develop and deliver exciting internal learning opportunities 

• Lead design, develop and implementation instructional design journey map (end-to-end independent and partnered approach) design for multi-delivery approach to learning offerings

• Champions inclusive learning program approaches

• Grows usage and specialist contribution towards Zutari’s online digital library and live events by way of upskilling and partnering with internal and external learning partners, developing and marketing ongoing user awareness of functionality.

• Learning Management System (LMS) functional, reporting, and administrative functions to ensure accurate skills development reporting

• Implements and facilitates internal learning programs such as Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Culture, Power skills etc.

Minimum Requirements

• Appropriate tertiary qualification (Minimum)

• Minimum of 5 years or more experience in Learning, and Development within a consulting environment at a corporate level with minimum of 2 years design experience working with Articulate Rise, and Storyline.

• Accredited Coach in Leadership, and High Performance (advantageous)

• Experience with Workday (People Management System) would be advantageous

• Experience working with cloud-based tools such as OneNote, SharePoint, and MS Teams (advantageous)

• Advanced Excel (Advantageous)

• Excellent command of English

Skills, and Characteristics

• Demonstrates exceptional skills in stakeholder management, project management, budget and commercial management, negotiation, and delegation.

• Strong consulting and analytical skills and uses data to inform decision making. 

• Expert knowledge of latest trends in organisational learning and its alignment to strategy, at an international and local standard level. 

• Expert understanding of different delivery modalities (i.e., classroom, virtual, blended and self-directed delivery) and adult learning principles to ensure best design approach is applied in the scoping and design of the program.

We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our business success.  We seek the best people for our jobs based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.  We embrace the principle of equal opportunity in employment, and we work towards eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination in our employment practices.  In support of diversity and the equal opportunity principle, preference will be given to individuals from designated groups within South Africa.