Learning Technologist - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

UE06; £29,619 - £34,308 per annum

Moray House School of Education & Spor t
/ The Centre for Open Learning**
Full-Time; 35hrs per week

Open Ended

The Centre for Open Learning and the Moray House School of Education & Sport have a shared Learning Technology Team based at the Holyrood Campus of the University of Edinburgh, we are seeking two Learning Technologists to join our expanding team.

The Opportunity:

The post holder will provide pedagogic, technical and practical advice, guidance and support to academic and professional services staff on the use and development of technology enhanced learning tools for the delivery and development of teaching and learning.

The Learning Technologist will provide ongoing support, encouragement and dissemination of good practice as well as carrying out project-based work on specific course and programme developments.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Proven experience in supporting users to make the most of the capabilities of the Learn Ultra VLE or similar, and in the use of eLearning tools, such as blogs, wikis, collaboration tools, within a pedagogical framework.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate with students and staff with a wide range of technical expertise
Experience of organising and running staff development training (onetoone and group), writing documentation and giving presentations
Ability to identify, prioritise, plan and manage work independently without direct supervision, and flexibility to accommodate peaks and ad hoc changes in workload

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Application Process
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for the role, international applicants will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme
, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more.

Click to access our
staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges.

Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

The Centre for Open Learning supports the educational life cycle by working with people at the transitional points in their lives.

We aim to make the University seamless and are academically ambitious, student focused and outward looking. We enable our students to be actively engaged in their education locally and globally. Our environment nurtures excellence and supports open learning for all.

The department delivers the following programmes;

Part-Time Access Programme
This skillsbased programme offers a route for adult returners into undergraduate degrees offered by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
English Language Education (ELE)
Providing a range of general, academic and specialist English courses, for undergraduate and postgraduate students, professionals and groups;

International Foundation Programme

This fulltime programme prepares International students for undergraduate degree study within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences;

Short Courses

The University's extensive continuing education programme offers courses throughout the year in Languages, Science, Art and Design, Humanities and Social Sciences, available to all;

Seasonal Provision