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Digital Accessibility Assistant

Queen Mary University of London - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Location: London
Salary: £36,348 to £42,592 per annum
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 31st January 2023
Closes: 24th February 2023
Job Ref: QMUL31862
 

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to ensure that online teaching content in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is made accessible to the students. The postholder will be responsible for identifying content in need of accessibility improvements, prioritising and making appropriate changes to those resources and providing recommendations for any additional steps required.

About You

You will have experience of using virtual learning environments (Moodle expertise desirable) across various user levels of access. You will also have knowledge of the principles of accessibility and the effective use of learning technologies in an educational setting.

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London consists of the following schools: Business and Management, Economics and Finance, English and Drama, Geography, History, Law, Politics and International Relations and the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film.

About Queen Mary

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ annual leave, season ticket loan scheme, staff networks and access to a range of development opportunities. In addition, we offer work-life balance and family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, and facilities, including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The 2x posts are based at the Mile End Campus in London. The posts are each 0.5 FTE (17.5 hours per week), fixed term contracts for 6 months, with an expected start date of March 2023. The starting salary will be Grade 4, in the range of £36,348 - £42,592 per annum pro-rata, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as men as this group is underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Richard Chantler at r.w.chantler@qmul.ac.uk

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 24th February 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

Queen Mary is committed to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). The University holds a Silver Athena SWAN award for advancing gender equality, is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and offers a number of development programmes including Springboard, Aurora and B-MEntor.

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