Digital Education Developer

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £32,296 to £34,866 with potential progression once in post to £39,105 

Role Summary

To work 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

• Work independently and alongside other members of the Digital Education Team, academics, and administrators within the College to make best use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas and other relevant tools (including, where appropriate, in the creation of online courses).
• Create learning objects and course content as required (with input from subject staff).
• Liaise with content development specialists (internal or 3rd party), where appropriate, to design high quality, innovative learning objects and activities to be used within College courses.
• Act as point of contact for 2nd line support for VLE users within the College.
• Provide project support and facilitation for digital education within the College. Work collaboratively to deliver bespoke training programmes and workshops for digital education.
• Participate in and contribute to activities and projects aligned to the broader goals and vision of the wider Digital Education team.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

Essential:

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent qualifications) or relevant technical qualification and relevant experience - where no equivalent qualification is held, extensive proven practical and technical experience in a similar role will be required.
• Extensive proven practical experience in instructional/learning design in the context of higher education and a broad disciplinary area. 
• Specialist knowledge of how Virtual Learning Environments (such as Canvas) and other associated systems can be used to support learning and teaching. 
• Evidence of literacy and numeracy, with the ability to write clearly, and to analyse information and data.

Desirable:

• Experience of working with academic staff, ideally in the use of learning technologies in a blended learning environment.
• Media skills (able to film & edit using Premier Pro, Final Cut or similar) for professional finish.
• Content development skills (able to create straightforward content in authoring packages such as Storyline).

Role context 

Roles at this at this level will require proven specialist knowledge gained through either experience and/or formal qualification and this knowledge should be deployed in the provision of a range of high-level technical support activities. You will have the opportunity to exercise a high degree of personal responsibility and initiative which you will use to resolve issues; you will use your judgement to deal with unforeseen problems and circumstances, all with limited guidance/supervision. 

Core competencies/transferable skills

Working at this level, you will be able to develop and successfully use the core competencies/transferable skills outlined in each of the areas shown below. As appropriate for the level, our Birmingham Professionals will take ownership for getting things done. You will be expected to be flexible as required in supporting your department and wider University. 

Informal enquiries to Joseph Spink, email: j.spink.1@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^th February 2025

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