Senior Digital Education Developer

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £35,880 to £45,163 with potential progression once in post to £47,874

Role Summary

Reporting to the College Head of Digital Education, the post holder will be a member of the College Digital Education Team and a member of the wider Digital Education Department represented in the five main Colleges within the University. 

The post holder will utilise their passion for learning and teaching working as part of a multidisciplinary digital education team in addressing the University’s strategic ambition to expand its portfolio and develop its digital education capability through targeted investment and more effective use of existing resources. 

Main Duties

• The role will be working both independently and alongside other members of the Digital Education Team in the creation of online courses in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas to include the use of relevant digital education practices, working in conjunction with academics and administrators within the College to make the best use of Canvas and other relevant tools.
• Creation of learning objects and course content (with input from subject staff).
• Point of contact for 2nd line support for VLE users within the College.
• Facilitate bespoke training programmes and workshops for digital education within the institution.
• Lead on and contribute to activities and projects aligned to the broader goals and vision of the wider Digital Education team.
• Project Management and facilitation for digital education within the College.
• Liaise with content development specialists (internal or 3rd party) to design high quality, innovative learning objects and activities to be used within college courses.
• To undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time to further the work of digital education in the institution.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent qualifications) or relevant technical qualification and considerable relevant experience. Where no equivalent qualification is held, significant practical relevant experience and expertise in a series of more demanding roles will be required demonstrating the conceptual understanding required.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day-to-day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.
• In-depth and up to date specialist knowledge and understanding of pedagogic and academic practice, and digital learning design as applied to higher education. 
• Well-developed expertise and detailed knowledge of how Virtual Learning Environments (such as Canvas) and other associated systems can be used to support learning and teaching.
• Ability to quickly become a product specialist for new digital education systems.
• Experience of developing and facilitating specialist face to face and remote training, ideally in the use of learning technologies.
• Experience of advising academic staff or senior stakeholders with authority, ideally in the use of learning technologies in a blended learning environment.
• Provide professional and specialist advice and foster positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders and colleagues to enable effective collaborative working.

Informal enquiries can be made to Puiyin Wong, email: p.y.wong@bham.ac.uk 

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We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.

Closes: 20/02/2025

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