Learning Designer

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This role is available to current employees within the Digital Education Service at the University of Leeds only

Salary: Grade 7 (£37,099 to £44,263 p.a. depending on experience)

This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

The University of Leeds is one of the top 100 universities in the world and top 10 in the UK. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries, over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities, and more than 281,000 alumni in 190 different countries. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

In the Digital Education Service, we enable the University’s 10 year strategy for the growth of fully online education, through the provision of specialist online learning design and development expertise. Our focus is on engaging, accessible and inclusive learning experiences, underpinned by innovative digital pedagogies and technologies. We work collaboratively with academic partners, learners and across our teams through an evidence-based, solutions-focused, design-led approach.

As a Learning Designer in the Online Learning Team, you will bring a passion for online education to design and create innovative, inclusive and impactful online learning experiences in collaboration with academic colleagues and other specialist teams in the Service. You will explore teaching and learning approaches across disciplines and for a range of online and professional learners, drawing upon evidence, research, theory and practice to apply a sound understanding of pedagogy and instructional design to course design and development. You will support and lead colleagues in the early stages of programme and course proposals, through to course design, authoring and quality assurance of final outputs from a learning design and learning experience perspective. You will also lead on course refresh and provide learning design input for course evaluation.

We are a large team, with a commitment to quality online education and learning from each other. We work flexibly to understand learners’ needs and academic colleagues’ aims and work in partnership to achieve the shared goal of an effective and enjoyable online learning experience that enables our students to succeed.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Matt Cornock, Head of Online Learning

Email: [email protected]

Location:  Leeds – Main Campus
Faculty/Service:  Professional Services
School/Institute:  Digital Education Service
Category:  Professional & Managerial
Grade: 
Grade 7
Salary: 

£37,099 to £44,263
per annum
Post Type: 

Full Time
Contract Type:  Ongoing
Release Date:  Wednesday 18 October 2023
Closing Date:  Wednesday 01 November 2023
Reference:  CSDLS1261
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