The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Faculty Digital Education Lead to join the central Digital Education team, based within Education Services, working in an embedded way with one of LSHTM's Faculties. You will act as a bridge between institutional strategy and local practice, working in close partnership with Faculty Education Administration Teams, Module Organisers and programme staff to enhance digital teaching, learning, and assessment and improve our utilisation of digital learning platforms.
The main purpose of the role is to support colleagues to design inclusive and engaging student learning experiences, championing digital pedagogy, and promoting consistent and effective use of the School's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and related tools.
You will serve as the primary digital learning contact for the Faculty, building strong relationships with Faculty Education Administration Teams, Module Organisers, and programme teams. You will provide technical advice on the use of the VLE (Moodle) and associated platforms (e.g., Turnitin, Panopto, Zoom, MS Teams) and support staff to design accessible, consistent and engaging module content. Additionally, you will facilitate the adoption of inclusive and innovative approaches to assessment and feedback.
You should have experience supporting or advising staff in digital learning within Higher Education and experience facilitating and delivering training sessions. Strong working knowledge of Moodle and associated tools is essential, as is an understanding of digital pedagogy and principles of inclusive online/blended learning. Further particulars are included in the job description.
The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and permanent.
The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984 - £45,728 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.
Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.
The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.
Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.