UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
RECRUITMENT ROLE PROFILE FORM
Job Title:
Learning Technology Support Officer (0.5 FTE)
School/Department:
Graduate School, Research and Graduate Services
Salary:
£22,029 - £26,274 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and
experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to
performance.
Job Family and Level:
Administrative, Professional & Managerial, level 3
Contract Status:
This post will be offered on a fixed term contract until 31 July 2015
Hours of Work:
This is a part-time (18 hours per week) post. A flexible working
pattern is possible, commensurate with the challenges of the role.
Reporting to:
Graduate School Learning Technology Consultant
The Purpose of the Role:
The purpose of the role is to support the Graduate School’s researcher development activities and
provision. To use a range of appropriate technologies to support the continued expansion of the
online learning portfolio and to promote Graduate School’s activities to the researcher community,
University staff working with researchers and external stakeholders with an interest in the broader
research and Graduate School portfolio. To help deliver the Graduate School research training
activities and communications plan using a broad range of relevant media to ensure that
researchers can easily access and use Graduate School provision, and that stakeholders are kept
up to date with Graduate School activities in a relevant and timely manner.
Main Responsibilities
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Develop and maintain the Graduate School’s workspaces, websites and social
media channels to support the researcher community and promote the
Graduate School’s provision both internally and externally..
Ensure that the Graduate School makes innovative use of technology to
support and communicate with the researcher community
Liaise with and support Graduate School staff (including those on the
international campuses) in relation to content development and provide
technical support to other Graduate School teams and projects.
Support the Graduate School’s Learning Technology Consultant in the delivery,
testing and administration of the online learning portfolio in the University of
Nottingham’s VLE. Provide support for webinars and other online events.
Manage and support the Bristol Online Surveys tool and the implementation of
the national researcher surveys (PTES, PRES and CROS) on behalf of the
institution, liaising with internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.
Monitor the effectiveness of the various technologies in achieving their
objectives and suggest changes to ensure a process of continuous
development and improvement.
Any other duties as appropriate to the role and level.
% time
per year
30%
15%
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10%
20%
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5%
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:
Essential
Qualifications/ Educated to HND/HNC/A level standard or
Education
equivalent, with GCSE’s in English and
Maths, or demonstrably relevant experience
Knowledge/
IT, web and online learning knowledge
Skills/Training including:
 Strong general IT skills
 Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
packages Word/PowerPoint/Excel
 Familiarity with the most popular social
media tools and the way in which they
are used
 Knowledge of basic HTML
 Expertise in web content management
 Experience with one or more VLEs
Desirable
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Knowledge of University
accessibility and branding
standards
Experience in photo
editing, image creation
and presentation
Adobe InDesign
knowledge
Contensis CMS expertise
Familiarity with Moodle
High level of numeracy and proven ability to
manipulate figures and data with ease, using
spreadsheets and databases
Very strong attention to detail.
Very strong administration skills.
Strong English language skills and the ability
to quickly create concise, precise and
accurate content suitable for the web and
social media from a range of provided
sources with minimal supervision.
Ability to work with little supervision, to
define priorities and work flexibly and
effectively under pressure.
Excellent communicator with a willingness to
provide help and support to others.
Good problem solving skills.
Experience
Sufficient relevant work experience, in
particular experience of producing web-based
materials to high standards and tight
deadlines, to ensure delivery of a high
quality product.
Other
Decision Making
i) taken independently by the role holder;
Prioritising own workload.
Design and creation of promotional and informational material to assist the researcher support
manager in the delivery of the Graduate School communications plan.
Design and development of structures underlying the Graduate School’s communications plan.
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Design and development of structures underlying Graduate School websites.
Interpretation of University guidelines for branding as pertains to Graduate School materials.
ii) taken in collaboration with others;
Development, appearance and content of web sites and other resources.
Development of web-based materials and other resources to support the delivery of internal and
external projects.
iii) referred to the appropriate line manager by the role holder.
Disciplinary issues/grievances
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