Digital Capability and Future Skills Lead

Digital Learning @ UWE Bristol will be a catalyst, enabler, and connector, enriching and enhancing problem-based learning and the wider student experience. All our students will benefit from a high quality digitally enabled learning and teaching environment which fosters innovation, collaboration and inclusion.

This is a full time, permanent post and is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.

You will be involved in many Digital Capability and Future Skills projects within this new Digital Learning Service and there will be plenty of opportunities to have an impact by using innovative approaches, working with an inspiring and passionate group of people whilst working on some very exciting projects as we work towards achieving the objectives below: 

• We will ensure that all students have access to inclusive and dynamic digital and problem-based learning opportunities as part of their programmes of study.
• We will develop and deliver a sector-leading digital education service to ensure digitally-enabled learning and teaching is well supported, agile and transformative.
• We will provide learning environments and spaces that foster collaborative learning and teaching, bringing together learners, educators, professional technical staff and external partners to develop and deliver practice-led, problem-based programmes that prepare them for the real world.
• We will enrich the delivery of our programmes through simulation, virtual labs, studio spaces and specialist facilities.
• We will support our students and staff to be confident and capable, with the skills, knowledge and behaviours that support them to become active and enterprising digital producers and citizens.
• We will have robust and supportive approaches and actions to address digital poverty.
• We will use our innovative learning approaches to build partnerships and networks which will benefit our students, helping them to connect with the world and with each other.

About you:

You are ambitious, inclusive, innovative, collaborative, and enterprising and experienced in leading educators and students in Digital Capability and Future Skills with the ability to embed these within learning and extra curricula activities including vendor certifications and micro-credentials.  You will have a strong growth mindset, be open-minded, motivated and a creative leader, whilst also being an excellent problem solver and great with people. You will be key in driving change and mindsets by using innovative and authentic, Digital Capability and Future Skills to deliver on outcomes and employability skills.

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus in Bristol. 

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe. We are both globally connected and regionally embedded, with a strong network of employer and partner connections.

We have a lot to be proud of at UWE, our achievements include scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we are ranked 36^th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2022 and 39^th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits.

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