Learning Technologist
Job Description
Faculty / Department
Academic Services
Salary
£45,700 – £55,240 per annum
Location / Campus
South Kensington Campus – Hybrid
Contract Type / Work Pattern
Full time – Fixed term
Closing date
21-Oct-2024
About the role
This is a great opportunity to join the Library Services learning and teaching support team. As the Learning Technologist for the department, you will contribute to the successful delivery of the library’s Information and Digital Literacy teaching programmes, working closely with library liaison teams, Faculty Educational Technology (EdTech) teams, and academic and teaching staff across the university.
You will support the learning and teaching remit of Library Services in providing a holistic programme encompassing a range of information and digital literacy skills and competencies, which is delivered in line with the university’s Learning and Teaching Strategy. Library Services works in collaboration with academic departments, EdTech teams and other units to strategically integrate its offer into taught courses across the university. Working with library staff with teaching responsibilities you will provide essential expertise in learning design and development of learning and teaching content.
What you would be doing
You will be responsible for the design, delivery and implementation of appropriate digital technologies for teaching and training activities across all student levels (undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research), and provide advice, guidance and training where necessary to library staff. You will have a wide portfolio of work including:
Planning, developing, and deploying innovative online learning resources
Providing learning technology support for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement on online learning content
Supporting library staff in their use of e-learning technologies, including VLEs, lecture capture, personal response systems, and multimedia authoring software, where appropriate
Evaluating the effectiveness of learning resources and technologies used in teaching, including developing feedback mechanisms, the collation of statistics, data analysis and report writing
Advising library staff in the development and use of process maps and roadmaps for the delivery of technology projects
Contributing to the development and delivery of advocacy material for learning and teaching initiatives
Championing good practice for inclusive pedagogy across the Library
Keeping up to date of developments in learning technologies in HE and beyond in order to improve and enhance learning technologies support provision
What we are looking for
You will have a proven track record of supporting teaching, learning and assessment with technology, ideally in a higher education environment and:
Proven ability to work as part of a team in the management and successful delivery of project outcomes
Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal and presentation skills
Excellent problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
Excellent time management skills, with the ability to track multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise own work.
Excellent skills in the use of technologies relating to teaching, learning and assessment: these may include, for example, HTML, CSS, Articulate, Panopto, Blackboard Learn, Coursera, Qualtrics, LaTeX
Excellent general IT skills, knowledge of Office 365 and administrative abilities
What we can offer you
The university received the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award in 2021, and has a2021-2026 action plan in place.
There are several staff representation networks:
Imperial As One for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff,
Able for staff with disabilities
Imperial 600 for LGBTQ+ staff
Networks for women
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Centre provides advice, guidance and training for all staff to raise awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion, with senior leadership support including that of the Associate Provosts for EDI.
Library Services have hosted internal staff events focussed on the topic of decolonising the curriculum and what that means for libraries and library staff.
There is an online channel where staff share readings and events.
Library staff have collaboratively developed a visualisation tool to raise awareness of geographic bias in reading lists, and co-deliver a workshop which encourages discussion of reading lists and the curriculum for academic and teaching staff.
Library staff work with Imperial As One to support and maintain the Imperial As One reading list.
Library staff are actively encouraged to attend external and internal training and development events on equality, diversity and inclusion.
There are internal talent development programmes: IMPACT for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff or those who identify as being from a minority ethnic group, and Calibre for disabled staff.
The Imperial Essentials staff training programme includes a key module on equality, diversity and inclusion.
The university has family leave policies which are available to staff irrespective of gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, biological sex or if you are transitioning.
The university has a flexible working policy.
Further information
The post is full-time and fixed-term for a minimum of two years, to cover an internal secondment posting. For internal candidates, applications on a secondment basis are welcome. Please ensure you have spoken with your line manager prior to application.
Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Coco Nijhoff, [email protected]
Available documents
Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.
Download: Learning Technologist Job Description.Pdf
Download: Employee Benefits Booklet.Pdf
Download: Application Guidance.Pdf
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.
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