THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Recruitment Role Profile Form
Job Title:
E-Learning and Media Officer
School/Department:
Health Sciences
Salary:
£22,029 to £26,274 per annum, 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:
Permanent
Hours of Work:
Full-Time
Location:
Medical School, QMC
Reporting to:
Kirstie Coolin (TBC)
Purpose of the New Role:
The E-Learning and Media Officer will support learning technologists within the Health E-Learning and
Media (HELM) Team in the delivery of all modules hosted on the Moodle VLE platform in the School of
Health Sciences in line with the E-Learning Strategy, School Quality strategies and the Moodle
Everywhere programme.
The role holder will work closely with the E-Learning and Project Development Officer to implement
support/training plans and to provide administrative support to ensure students and staff have
appropriate access to the e-learning systems and materials they require on our systems (Moodle, Rogo,
Turnitin, Pebblepad).
The role will be ‘front-facing’ as the role holder will work closely with students and staff to support and
also to ascertain requirements to feed back to the Learning Technologists. This will also involve providing
first-line support for any E-Learning queries and in particular, coordinating the HELM ‘help account’.
In addition the role holder will support the implementation of, and maintain, a new media repository to
support the team and School staff in accessing and discovering rich-media materials that can be used in
their courses. The role holder will support and disseminate copyright information to staff and students
within the School and will provide day to day advice with the support of HELM Team members.
This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms
part of the contract of employment.
Main Responsibilities
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Providing E-Learning Support (VLE, e-assessment system, Turnitin, PebblePad, Curriculum
Mapping), maintaining Moodle module content (e.g. core course documents and
handouts), ascertaining staff requirements, liaising with Learning Technologists to share
and disseminate information.
Media repository - working with team members to identify and implement the most
suitable solution; populating and maintaining this resource. Providing advice and guidance
on copyright for staff and students in using resources for teaching and learning.
Staff and Student support and training; providing front-facing support for the HELM team
and answering/investigating queries.
Working with the HELM manager to manage the team’s intranet pages, including
documentation of systems and processes related to e-learning.
Keeping track of projects as they arise and liaising with the E-Learning and Project
Development Officer to support maintenance of the HELM project list.
Provide support for e-learning academic leads in the evaluation (e.g. electronic surveys)
and dissemination of research projects.
% time
per year
50 %
20%
15%
5%
5%
5%
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Essential
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Higher
above)
Skills/Training
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Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel
and PowerPoint.
Knowledge
of
a
virtual
learning
environment such as Moodle
Knowledge of E-Learning
Proven ability to build good working
relationships
across
teams
and
departments.
Excellent
written
and
spoken
communication skills and an ability to
communicate effectively with people at all
levels.
Proven analysis, planning, organisational
and problem solving skills.
Demonstrable ability to work accurately
under pressure and to meet tight
deadlines.
Understanding of different file formats and
media types
Understanding of the challenges or
copyright in an educational setting.
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Experience
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Statutory/
Legal
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level
qualification
Desirable
Qualifications/
Education
(HND/C
or 
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Experience of working within a customer- 
facing environment to provide a high
quality level of support.
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Experience of working to deadlines.
Experience
of
working
within
an
educational context and using e-learning
systems such as Moodle.
Experience of working with a wide range
of people at different levels.
Experience of contributing to policy or
best practice guidance for using different
modalities of e-learning
Experience in managing own workload and
developing efficient processes.
Experience in delivering training, either
one-to-one or to groups.
Experience in developing materials for
training.
Sound understanding of the relevant
professional,
legal
and
regulatory
requirements of own field of work.
Awareness of accessibility and usability
issues and of any legal restrictions placed
upon electronic publishing and academic
use of the Web
Higher Level media or
learning-related qualification
e-
Knowledge
of
E-Learning
pedagogy
Ability
to
use
HTML/web
development skills
Ability to work with academics to
produce online materials for
Moodle
or
similar
learning
environment
Knowledge
of
a
graphic
application such as Photoshop
Knowledge of copyright and data
protection legislation.
Experience with a
media
repository
Experience in working with a
Higher Education context or
within education for healthcare.
Decision Making
i)
taken independently by the role holder
Day to day support and advice where appropriate. Supporting and maintaining media repository.
Development of documentation. General maintenance of Moodle modules.
ii)
taken in collaboration with others
Maintenance of the HELM project list in collaboration with the E-Learning and Project Development Officer.
Training and support undertaken with the team where appropriate. Decisions on arising issues (e.g.
copyright decisions) in conjunction with colleagues.
iii)
referred to the appropriate line manager (Kirstie Coolin (TBC)) by the role holder
Changes to procedures or processes where they affect HELM; structure and final decisions on the Media
repository; new projects; overall staff and student training plans; issues arising.
Training needs for keeping abreast of current legislations, for instance copyright in the HE context.
Additional Information
The E-Learning and Media Officer is a key role within the HELM team. The HELM team provides an
important service within the School developing and delivering high-quality and high-volume e-learning
provision to all staff and students.
HELM work with a broad range of teams across the School to ensure a smooth experience for students,
and support staff in creating and delivering their online content.
The HELM team deliver a diverse set of projects. The role holder has the opportunity to be involved in a
range of activities and to participate in whole team projects, such as a MOOC.