PUBLIC is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants of all different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Candidates from non-traditional backgrounds and underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Role

At PUBLIC and the Public School of Technology (PST), we help public sector bodies transform their areas of work, and the services they offer, in order to create a better society for everyone. PST’s current learning offer has three core components: we build learning and training programmes from scratch, we integrate our learning methodology across PUBLIC’s wider transformation work and projects, and we also help governments and public sector organisations evaluate their current training offer, and to gather enhanced workforce insights, in order to advise them on required improvements. 

Based in London (with hybrid working flexibility 2-4 days per week, work dependent) and reporting to the Deputy Director of Learning, you will work closely with the wider PST team, and internal and external partners to bid for learning projects, and to produce learning content (in-person, digital and online) that is evidence-informed and highly impactful. Our mission is to empower and equip our end learners with the knowledge and skills they need to carry out their roles effectively, and to drive innovation and digital transformation in the public sector. PST learning programmes offer a unique opportunity to develop training that is multi-faceted in nature, and which offer excellent exposure for any curriculum or learning design specialist looking to expand their skillset and capabilities. 

We are looking for a curriculum and learning design specialist with a depth of understanding about what evidence-informed, effective training looks like, and who is able to apply this understanding to the varied learning content which we design and deliver. 

Support and work alongside the PUBLIC and the Public School of Technology to:

• Drive strategic transformation, design and delivery of face-to-face (F2F), online and e-learning training across the range of courses

• Collaborate with external experts and partners to design, deliver and quality assure learning content

• Design and, when appropriate, deliver train-the trainer programmes for cascaded delivery models

• Contribute to bids and proposals to win work via new learning projects

• Improve user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) for all learning content (in person/online; live/on demand)

• Help establish mechanisms and processes to deliver consistently high-quality training content in line with our quality assurance standards

• Work closely with the PST team to measure the impact of learning content in order to inform iterative improvements to all content

• Ensure evidence-informed pedagogy underpins learning design and delivery

• You will act as liaison and contact for internal and external experts and partners, from governmental and non-governmental organisations, for the purposes of developing impactful learning content

• Collaborate with external partners to identify outcomes for training and to develop effective, efficient and impactful training content

Person Specification

What you will bring to PUBLIC:

• Depth of understanding in relation to evidence-informed learning and training design

• Demonstrable experience in education, pedagogy or learning design, ideally designing and delivering adult learning/training as a teacher/lecturer/educator/trainer

• Confident orator, trainer and facilitator with the ability to influence and motivate others through passion and enthusiasm

• Experience of building fast and strong positive relationships with stakeholders at all levels

• Excellent attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• A high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to manage external stakeholders

• Detail focused, highly flexible, well organised and analytical

• Highly motivated, organized, and able to work strategically and decisively

• Keenness to roll up sleeves and work as part of team to get the work done

• Desire to grow with PUBLIC, and maximise our impact through close mission-alignment

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience working with or in the public sector, or in a professional services environment

• Experience working in the technology sector

What you don’t need 

• A traditional educational background 

This role is based in the United Kingdom, and as such starting employment will be conditional on the successful candidate’s Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. However, for those otherwise eligible to obtain the Right to Work in the UK, we offer the facility to borrow up to £2,000 towards visa-related expenses.

Salary and benefits

Salary for this position will be £51,500 - £66,950 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.

Like the rest of the company, you’ll benefit from:

• EMI share options scheme, giving you a stake in our success.

• 25 days per year, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days (in addition to bank holidays)

• Six days of paid L&D leave per year and a £300 per year learning budget to keep on building your skills through our learning platform, Learnerbly.

• A ‘Wellness Budget’ of £300 a year to spend on things which support your wellness, such as gym membership, yoga, mindfulness or whatever works for you. 

• Mental Health support - via our EAP, Lifeworks. We also run a “duvet day” policy for days when you are not feeling up to work.

• Access to discounts & financial support using our EAP, Lifeworks

• A Cycle to Work Scheme - giving you a tax efficient way to get a new bike.

• A work MacBook, and a £300 “working from home” budget to make sure you have all the equipment you need to work safely when you’re not in the office. We also offer a £40 per month allowance (added to your salary) as part of our BYOD policy.

• Flexibility to work up to 20 days per calendar year outside of the country in which you are employed. 

• Hybrid working flexibility which can be agreed with your line manager when you start.

• Community groups such as Women at PUBLIC, Parents and Carers, LGBTQ+, Race & Ethnicity Group.

• Regular All Team socials and other team-led events.

• Company pension scheme

• Discretionary bonus scheme

About PUBLIC

PUBLIC helps reimagine and build digitally-enabled public services. We started life as an accelerator and investor and have evolved to become Europe’s leading government-focused technology company. 

Our mission is to help public sector bodies transform the services they offer in order to create a better society for everyone. We strongly believe that public service can be pursued both inside and outside of government. 

Led by Daniel Korski, ex-deputy head of the No.10 policy unit and venture investor Alexander de Carvalho, PUBLIC is a ‘policy-to-product’ business - keen on shaping policy, transforming systems and finding and developing the products that can bring the policy to life. 

We built PUBLIC amidst Europe’s startup ecosystem, helped shape “GovTech” into a critical sector and firmly believe new companies are critical to government transformation, from welfare policy, through online harms to climate change. 

Our London home is PUBLIC Hall, a buzzing co-working space in the centre of Westminster; in Berlin we co-founded the government’s GovTech Campus. We continue to foster these communities, support innovators and provide the public sector with easy access to a pipeline of innovative solutions.