Senior Technology Enhanced Learning Officer

King's College London; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College London, within the IoPPN CDI, seeks a Senior Technology Enhanced Learning Officer to support the development, maintenance and QA of blended and online postgraduate provision, with a focus on distance-learning MSc programmes and online short courses. Some on-campus support may be required.

Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will assist academics and professional services to develop Moodle pages and digital learning activities, contributing to the CDI digital strategy and

Qualifications

• A relevant higher education qualification.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with broad stakeholder liaison.
• Proven Moodle administration experience for teaching, learning and assessment in HE.
• Proven experience with Turnitin and Feedback Studio for assessment and feedback in HE.
• Experience delivering training and digital-education support to staff.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Moodle course pages and digital learning activities.
• Quality assure blended and online postgraduate provision.
• Support academics and professional services with online learning delivery.
• Contribute to the CDI digital strategy and curriculum development for online environments.

Skills

Excellent written and oral comms

Liaise with stakeholders

Project management

Prioritise under deadlines

Autonomous workload management

Training delivery

Education

Relevant higher education qualification

Tools

Moodle

Turnitin

Feedback Studio

Job description

The Senior Technology Enhanced Learning Officer provides efficient Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) support within the Centre for Curriculum and Digital Innovation (CDI) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). The role supports the development, maintenance and quality assurance of blended and fully online postgraduate taught provision, with a particular focus on distance-learning MSc programmes and online Short Courses. Some support for on-campus programmes may be required. Working with a high degree of autonomy, the post holder supports academics and professional services colleagues to develop and maintain Moodle course pages and associated digital learning activities, contributing to the CDI digital strategy and wider curriculum development in online and virtual learning environments. This is a full time time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant's own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience

• A relevant further or higher education qualification.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Proven knowledge, experience and skills in VLE administration using Moodle and plug-ins for teaching, learning and assessment in a Higher Education institution.
• Proven knowledge, experience and skills in supporting Turnitin and Feedback Studio for assessment and feedback in a Higher Education institution.
• Proven knowledge, experience and skills in delivering training and providing digital-education support to academic and administrative staff.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to foster positive working relationships with colleagues.
• Ability to balance competing priorities under pressure from deadlines and workload demands.
• Ability to plan, initiate and complete high-quality projects; manage own workload autonomously; resolve problems; and exercise sound judgement about when to refer decisions upwards.

Desirable criteria

• Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT).
• Practical understanding of curriculum and instructional-design methodologies, including the ability to translate instructional-design requirements into Digital Education developments.
• Knowledge, experience and skills in designing learning using web- and mobile-responsive tools and standards, for example Adobe Creative Suite, Articulate Storyline, iSpring, HTML, CSS, SCORM, Tin Can API and open-source authoring tools.
• Practical knowledge, understanding and skill in audio and video editing.
• The Curriculum & Digital Innovation (CDI) team at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN, King's College London), is meeting the growing demand for blended and online learning material. Our team works with world-class academics to design and develop blended and online courses, programmes and learning experiences.
• At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

Grade and Salary : £39,755 - £44,685 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Job ID : 162486