Department: School of Engineering and Materials ScienceSalary: £42,405 - £49,785 per annum (Grade 5)Reference: 2648Location: Mile EndDate posted: 20 June 2024Closing date: 9 July 2024
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About the role
The School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London has a vacancy for a Digital Learning Technologist. The purpose of this role is to ensure that our staff and students receive excellent support in their use of digital technologies for learning, teaching and assessment. This post is responsible for driving and supporting digital learning innovation and development and the continued maintenance of core learning and support systems essential to the successful delivery and continuous improvement in the quality of our programmes.
About You
You will need to have authoritative knowledge of the key principles of technology-enhanced learning, experience of using virtual learning environments (Moodle expertise desirable) at administrator, designer, instructor and user levels. Experience delivering educational development and training in the effective use of learning technologies is required. You should have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, be able to communicate sympathetically with staff and students of different backgrounds and knowledge of learning technology.
About the School of Engineering and Materials Science
This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with 110 academics and a similar number of postdoctoral research staff. There are around 1500 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and 220 PhD students. These are supported by an administrative and technical staff team of 45. The staff and student body are international in make-up.
Staff in the administration office work on campus a minimum of three days a week.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form. Benefits In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.