Online Learning and Design Officer
Education Development Officer – Search and Rescue
Work from any Surf Lifesaving New Zealand office
$85,000.00 FTE
- Passionate about saving lives and developing and supporting great New Zealanders?
- Represent and advocate on behalf of 1000’s of amazing volunteers
- Work within a supportive, focused and driven team.
- Exciting opportunity to work for a highly respected New Zealand organisation.
- Bring your passion for providing great education and learning experiences to our Search and Rescue volunteers.
Across Aotearoa, our surf lifeguards have saved thousands of lives and ensured millions have come home safe after a day at the beach since 1910!
Surf Life Saving New Zealand is truly unique, delivering proactive surf lifeguarding and essential emergency rescue services, a range of public education beach safety programmes and campaigns, member education, training and development as well as being a highly respected sport.
We do all this as a for-purpose organisation and while we are well supported by central and local government we are not fully funded, so rely on the generosity of the public, commercial partners, foundations and trusts for donations and financial contributions in order to lead and support our incredible front line volunteer lifeguarding services.
This is a great opportunity to join a passionate and talented team who are dedicated to helping achieve our vision that “no-one drowns at the beach in Aotearoa New Zealand”, whilst taking the next step in your career.
If you enjoy doing work that lifts performance, online learning experiences and collaborating to build quality learning that delivers value, you'll be a great fit for our education team. We are looking for a Online Learning & Design Officer to support the effective development of the SLSNZ online learning platform throughout our qualifications and awards framework. If you have a passion for supporting online learning experiences, providing high quality LMS support, applying design thinking and reviewing curriculum content, this role could be for you.
The role can be based at any SLS Office (Auckland, Mt Maunganui, Gisborne, Wellington, Christchurch or Dunedin)
Permanent full-time, 30hrs per week.
The skills we are looking for include:
- 4+ years learning and development experience.
- Qualifications and working knowledge that support the understanding and application of pedagogical and learning design principles.
- Education, training development and online learning design experience.
- Experience administering a Learning Management System (LMS).
- Instructional design experience across a range of contexts, course design and delivery systems (self-paced, eLearning, face to face)
- Experience in facilitating and enabling change through learning.
- Proficient using Adobe suite, Articulate 360, Rise and Storyline.
- Proficient using Microsoft suite especially excel.
- Ability to analyse training/learning needs, identify learning objectives and design and implement learning solutions to meet these.
- High level oral and written communication skills, including attention to detail.
- Project management experience and skills.
- An ability to develop and present content to a range of audiences.
- Strong digital literacy and experience developing learning material with a range of software and digital platforms.
- Strong time management skills
- Demonstrated capacity to develop strong internal and external stakeholder relationships.
- Able to take the initiative, prioritise competing work demands and meet deadlines.
- Integrity to work unsupervised.
- Passion to perform and contribute to SLSNZ.
- Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to relate to people at all levels.
- Respect from the clubs / or will earn respect quickly (credibility).
- Nonbiased approach towards any club or activity within SLSNZ.
- Broad base of knowledge and experience across charitable, not-for-profit, sporting or volunteer organisations.
If you are keen to join our amazing team and make your mark, please send in a cover letter and CV by 5pm Friday 24th January 2025 via qjumpers.
Interviews will be held during the week of 10th February 2025.