Technical Design Team Leader

Working in close partnership with Organisation and Employee Development (OED) as the central capability function, the postholder will build trusted, collaborative relationships that connect Service Delivery technical training with organisational learning strategy, professional standards, learning technology, data and evaluation. They will develop strong working partnership with OED, help ensure Academy products are aligned with wider learning priorities, avoid duplication, share good practice and support a consistent, joined-up learner experience across HM Land Registry.

They will need to build and maintain relationships with subject matter experts, technical trainers, operational leaders and other stakeholders to translate complex land registration policy, process and systems knowledge into clear, engaging and accessible learning solutions. The postholder will also retain responsibility for designing selected new technical learning materials, particularly where work is complex, high priority or supports development of new team capability.

Main duties include; (please see attached job description for full details)

• Lead, manage and develop a team responsible for designing, developing and assuring high-quality technical digital learning products for the Academy, providing clear direction, coaching, performance support and line management.
• Develop strong working relationships with OED as the central capability function, ensuring Service Delivery technical training is aligned to the wider organisational learning strategy, professional standards, learning technology approach, data and evaluation framework.
• Maintain and assure standards for technical learning design across Academy products, ensuring consistency, quality, accessibility, inclusion, usability and alignment with organisational expectations.
• Design, develop and maintain engaging digital learning content, including eLearning modules, interactive resources, videos, simulations, assessments and supporting materials.
• Manage the end-to-end technical learning design and development process, ensuring work is prioritised effectively and delivered to agreed timescales, quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
• Lead team performance, monitor progress, remove blockers and ensure resources are used effectively to meet business, learner and Academy priorities.
• Work collaboratively with subject matter experts, Organisation and Employee Development and other key stakeholders to identify learning needs, agree shared priorities and translate complex technical information into clear, accessible and effective learning experiences.
• Apply instructional design principles, learning theory and user-centred design approaches to create technical learning that supports knowledge retention, behaviour change, professional capability and improved performance.
• Develop and oversee storyboards, scripts, learning journeys and design specifications that clearly set out learning objectives, content structure, interactions, assessment approaches and evaluation measures.
• Use eLearning authoring tools, multimedia software and learning technologies to build high-quality digital learning content that is visually engaging, accessible and compatible with learning management systems.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Please complete the technical box explaining your Experience of using digital learning software, e-learning authoring tools or learning content platforms to design, develop or maintain digital learning products.

In the event of a high number of applications received, this will be used as a pre-sift.

Then please complete your CV to include your work history and qualifications. We will be scoring your CV against the following technical and essential experience:

• Experience of line management, people leadership or coaching colleagues to deliver high-quality technical learning products.

Complete the Personal Statement section (in no more than 750 words), please demonstrate:

• Knowledge of instructional design methodologies and adult learning principles, with the ability to apply these in practice.
• Ability to coach others in the effective use of digital learning software, design approaches and quality standards.
• Ability to interpret complex information and convert it into clear, accurate and engaging learning content for operational audiences.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application.

Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications –this is 23:55 on the advertised date.

Sift

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.

In case of a high volume of applications, we will complete a pre-sift on the first essential technical criteria and your CV.

Interview

If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview. There will also be a technical scenario which we will send to the interviewees to do before the interview which we will then discuss with the candidate. The blended interview will test the essential experience and behaviours listed in the Job Description.

We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing the 30 November 2026.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people.

If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.