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Professional expertise: Administration and business support
Department: School of Education
Location: London
Working pattern: Full time
Salary: £43,124 – £51,610
Contract type: Fixed-term
Working type: Hybrid
Available for secondment: No
Closing date: 10 January 2025
The Educational / Learning Technologist will be responsible for supporting and enhancing CLOSER’s online learning provision, with a key focus on consolidating the existing Learning Hub and Training Hub into a single, user-friendly platform, and supporting the development and delivery of a suite of online asynchronous short courses.
This role involves working with the Head of Education and Training (ET) to develop high-quality, accessible online learning materials that meet the needs of researchers, data professionals and policy makers working with longitudinal population studies (LPS) data. The Educational / Learning Technologist will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering effective digital learning experiences, ensuring that all content is pedagogically sound and accessible to all users.
In addition to leading the technical and strategic integration of the Learning and Training Hubs, the Educational / Learning Technologist will provide pedagogic support and guidance on best practices in online education. This includes developing learning resources that adhere to accessibility standards and delivering presentations, demonstrations, and training sessions to our main audiences – students, academics and policy researchers. A key part of the role will involve incorporating user experience (UX) feedback to enable the continuous improvement of the online offerings.
The Educational / Learning Technologist will also be responsible for maintaining engagement with users by providing ongoing support and troubleshooting for the platforms. They will work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure the effective delivery of online learning content, as well as contributing to the wider activities of the CLOSER Education & Training team to support its mission to deliver comprehensive, accessible and high-quality learning resources and training.
The role is available until 30th September 2028 in the first instance.
About you
You will have a relevant degree or significant, equivalent, professional experience and an understanding of how web-based, multimedia and mobile technologies can be used to enhance learning and teaching. You will also have experience of course design using Moodle or other virtual learning environment.
Further information
More information about this role, including the job specification and how to apply, can be found via UCL job listing.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact our Head of Education and Training, Dr Neil Kaye
Unfortunately, there are no current vacancies in the CLOSER partnership.