Digital Education Specialist

About the Directorate

The Centre for Learning Enhancement and Educational Development (LEED) provides a central hub to energise and support the delivery of effective education policy and practice across Manchester Metropolitan Universityandsharesour good practice with the wider highereducationsector.

The Digital Education team's leadership in implementing the DELTA Strategy, develops high-quality guidance, resources and training for staff to support excellent digitally enhanced education. The team collaborates with four faculties and education-facing professional services teams across the University and co-organises the Annual LEED Learning and Teaching Conference for educators. Key focusses, in the implementation of the DELTA strategy include, but not limited to, Moodle Baseline development and analysis, Digital skills, AI, Man Met's Apps for teaching and learning package, Hyflex, inclusivity and accessibility, video, and Adobe Creative Campus.

You will report to the Associate Head of Digital Education, joining a team of 9 Digital Education Specialists, led by the Digital Education Senior team including Assistant director for LEED:
Digital Education, Associate Head of Digital Education, and 2 Senior Digital Education Specialists. The team operate on a hybrid working model, attending key days on campus each week with the flexibility of working other days remotely.

As a member of the Digital Education Team in LEED, you will have a key role in supporting academic and professional services colleagues to effectively utilise the institution digital education infrastructure and tools in support of learning, teaching and assessment aligned with the DELTA Strategy and wider Education Strategy.

Under the leadership of the Digital Education Senior Team, you willcontributespecialist expertise in Digital Education to the team's work in designing, developing and delivering professional development opportunities for academic and professional services colleagues throughout the university. This will include a strong focus in providing bespoke support with an academic faculty that you will be linked to.

Digital Education Specialists work collaboratively with the wider LEED team in support of the Centre's wider strategic aims and operational activities.

You will build successful partnerships with institution wide academic leaders,externalagenciesand professional bodies to engage in collaborative work and enhance the reputation of the University.

• Drive digital innovation in teaching, learning and assessment across the university, representing the Digital Education team on key projects including leading key deliverables into faculties.
• Implement, ope rationalise and evaluate the DELTA strategy through collaborative working with faculty stakeholders, provisioning excellent pedagogic and technical advice, training and guidance on the use of digital tools to enhance learning, teaching and assessment practice and educational outcomes.
• Develop and maintain up to date guidance and resources in our digital spaces relating to digital education tools and pedagogy, including Moodle, AI/Generative AI, MS Teams, Apps for Teaching and Learning Toolkit and Adobe Creative Campus.
• Collaborate on the design, development and delivery of LEED's and the Digital Education team's continuing professional development (CPD) programme, of face-to-face and online workshops.
• Provide contributions to wider LEED initiatives including: PGCert/MA programmes and other CPD offers;
  AdvanceHE Fellowships and Professional Standards Framework programme;
  Curriculum development CPD offerings e.g. Curriculum Assessment Framework (CAF).
• Build partnerships with external collaborators and…