Learning Design and Curriculum Development Adviser

Salary: £35, £46,049.00 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 16 November 2025

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join an inspiring education development team in a world class University as we implement our new Education for Life Strategy. We are looking for creative, people-centred colleagues who will lead on or manage a variety of education development initiatives within the Education Strategy implementation. The post is based in LTDS's Digital Education Projects Team. Your day-to-day work will be in project teams aligned to the implementation of the Leading Edge Curriculum, a major element of our Education for Life Strategy. Working in a friendly team-based environment, you will collaborate with staff and students to support the delivery and enhancement, of a high-quality student learning experience.

The post is a fixed- term, until the 31 July 2028 .

The role is suitable for blended working. Please visit the LTDS web pages to find out more about our work.

For an informal discussion, please contact Nuala Davis ).

To apply please upload a copy of your CV along with cover letter evidencing how your skills and experiences align to the person specifiation as outlined in job description.

Key Accountabilities

• Supporting academic units to deliver a high-quality student learning experience through engagement in innovative teaching, learning and assessment strategies and approaches
• Making a major contribution to the development, approval and implementation of institutional strategy, policy, and practice in relation to digital education and educational development
• Managing a portfolio of quality enhancement and educational development activities and projects at institutional, faculty, academic unit, and programme levels, in line with university strategies and the LTDS Strategic Plan
• Working in partnership with academic and professional services to develop and disseminate innovative and effective approaches to learning and teaching
• Designing and delivering a range of staff development as part of LTDS's Learning and Teaching Development Programme
• Managing and supporting the work of steering groups and user groups relating to digital education, and other educational development projects
• Writing and presenting reports and papers and making presentations to a variety of audiences (internal and external) to promote, influence and support the development of a high-quality learning, teaching and student experience at Newcastle
• Evaluating, and researching into, innovative and effective education practice (including but not limited to digital education)
• Managing internal/external projects to support delivery of University and LTDS objectives
• Any other duties, consistent with the post's grade, as requested by senior colleagues

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• An up-to-date knowledge of policy and practice relating to learning and teaching in higher education
• In depth knowledge and experience of the appropriate use of digital technologies, and resources for learning in higher education
• Knowledge of accessibility and usability issues relating to digital education
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload, to solve problems and use own initiative effectively, and to work in a flexible and responsive way
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to establish, maintain and communicate within relevant internal and external networks of contacts across a wide range of partnerships
• Experience of managing projects and using appropriate tools and techniques to deliver these on time and on budget
• Research skills, including the ability to analyse complex data and experience of applying research techniques in practice
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write detailed evidence-based reports and to deliver effective staff development workshops and presentations
• Ability to become proficient quickly in using new software packages
• Significant experience of training and developing others, and of producing user documentation

Attributes and Behaviour

Gathering Information

• Liaises effectively with stakeholders, colleagues, and customers
• Looks for opportunities and impacts arising from external developments

Communicating

• Encourages and supports a free flow of communication and information across own area
• Tailors communication to the audience, changing style, tone, and format accordingly

Team-working

• Operates effectively in a number of teams and groups

Planning and Organising

• Effective at organising and managing heavy and complex workload
• Sets own priorities in conjunction with team and area objectives

Finding Solutions

• Encourages creative and innovative thinking in self and others.

Qualifications

University degree or equivalent.

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

Requisition ID: 28769