Learning Technologist

3 weeks ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time

Lancaster Medical School are about to launch a new postgraduate Anaesthetics Associate course. We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Learning Technologist to help in the development and delivery of this new course. We have plans for significant developments as we introduce, develop and expand our offering of distance learning.

You would be joining an agile, innovative team working to provide services which have high impact and visibility. The role holder will sit in the Faculty of Health and Medicine in a small team. The faculty is committed to supporting our new team members and have built an environment that fosters knowledge sharing and consideration of others. This is a great opportunity for an experienced learning technologist to have a transformative impact on the student experience of digital learning and further their own career with a global leader in Higher Education.

The Campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside and is only a short distance from the historic city of Lancaster and within an hour’s drive of the lake district, a UNESCO world heritage site. We are:

- Encouraging of a positive work/life balance and enable flexible working from home, or elsewhere, whenever appropriate and possible.
- Supportive of your personal and professional development; we foster an environment where you will be encouraged to learn new skills and technologies.
- Recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package that includes 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and University closure days), a generous pension scheme, and a flexible benefits package that includes options for travel, childcare, wellbeing and the purchase of additional leave.

The Faculty provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.

The position is available for immediate start and we are open to discussing job share opportunities/part-time working and flexible working arrangements including working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours. The role could be undertaken as a blended position with a mix of working remotely and working on campus, although solely working on campus is also an option_._