Learning Developer – Faculty of Health & Wellbeing (Canterbury)
Permanent
Full time (37 hours)

REQ00387

£33,199 - £35,211 per annum

Full-time, 37 hours per week

Background

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Student Learning Development & Research Support team within the Library and Learning Resources (LLR) Department as a Learning Developer for the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing, based at the Canterbury campus.

The Student Learning Development & Research Support team is responsible for providing discipline-specific academic support to students and staff within the University Schools and Faculties. The team includes the faculty based Learning Developers, a Learning Developer with an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) focus, and a team of Learning & Research Librarians.

The Role

The Learning Developers work closely with academic and professional services staff to support sustainable learning development practices for both students and lecturers with a particular emphasis on embedding and enhancing academic literacies to ensure students and staff are supported across the campus network, embedding and enhancing academic literacies.

Learning Developers provide consultancy and guidance to staff and students in the specialist field of language, literacy and academic practices. Each developer has responsibility for a particular School or Faculty, working closely with programme teams to enhance and reduce barriers to learning. They contribute to inclusive curriculum development, embed academic literacies and deliver tailored workshops and tutorials to students as appropriate.

The advertised post will provide a sustainable model of learning development within the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing.

The Person

You will be a qualified teacher who has significant experience of teaching and/or facilitating learning within an academic context. A specialist language qualification (e.g. CELTA, PG Dip. TESOL), or demonstrable equivalent experience, would be advantageous given the focus of the role in developing the language skills of both native and non-native speakers of English within an academic context. You will be a proactive developer who, as an agent for change, is able advocate, influence and persuade others, and will be resilient in creating and maintaining relationships within your Faculty and the wider university. The role will require taking a strategic perspective that will enable you to prioritise your time effectively to enhance student learning. You will also have an awareness of current issues which affect Higher Education and the role of a learning developer, as well as knowledge of the relevant resources and academic disciplines supported.

Additional Information
The post-holder will be based in Canterbury, but will be required to work peripatetically, working across the Canterbury and Medway Campus as appropriate.
How to apply

Closing date for applications: 31 March 2019
Date of Selection Event: TBC

For posts of this nature you will be required to fill in the main details section as well as upload your CV, covering letter / personal statement detailing your suitability for this post and any other supporting documents.

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Liam Greenslade, liam.greenslade@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ00387

If you require further information regarding the application process please contact the Recruitment Team at hr.recruitment@canterbury.ac.uk quoting reference number REQ00387 Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University's redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.