L&D Instructional Designer - Onboarding Program Specialist

APA Group is seeking an L&D Instructional Designer - Onboarding Program Specialist for a 6-month contract in Sydney. The role involves designing and implementing onboarding solutions that integrate with Workday, collaborating with stakeholders, and managing instructional design projects. Candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in onboarding programs, particularly with Workday. The company promotes a safe, inclusive workplace and offers career development opportunities.
The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is simple: to strengthen communities through responsible energy.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a L & D Instructional Designer - Onboarding Program Specialist to join our People Safety and Culture team in Sydney on a 6 month fixed term contract.

As part of the Leadership and Capability team, you will support the design, build and implement engaging on boarding solutions that integrate Workday and other APA systems, ensuring new employees are set up for success from pre-onboarding through to their first 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate on the design, build and implementation of an engaging, structured on boarding process, from pre-boarding to the completion of the first 6 months
• Implement the onboarding journey through Workday to drive the overall employee experience and ensure a seamless integration between Workday processes and company-specific procedures and resources
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to obtain relevant information to develop the onboarding solutions
• Provide training and resources for internal trainers, managers, and HR teams to effectively support new hires during the onboarding process
• Manage and track the instructional design projects from concept to implementation, ensuring that timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met
• Design feedback and measurement mechanisms to enable the collation and analysis of feedback from new hires and stakeholders to evaluate the effectiveness of the on boarding solutions

Your background:
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Resources, Organisation Development or a related field
• Experience designing and delivering onboarding programs, with a focus on integrating systems like Workday into the process
• Hands-on experience with Workday, specifically HCM and Learning modules and the ability to incorporate it into an effective onboarding experience
• Proven experience in developing both online and instructor-led training, with a strong understanding of blended learning techniques

Working at APA

At APA we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We'll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $27 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia.

And we own over 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to families and industry across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we're focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and their businesses offering reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia's energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers.

We prioritise sustainable outcomes so that APA, our people, customers, and communities can thrive - now and in the future.

Join our team and be part of Australia's energy transition!

We'd love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

Role closes Sunday 23rd March 2025. Role Reference number JR2140

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.