Senior Learning Designer Team Lead (Medicine)

This is an exciting time to be joining the University of Southampton and its Digital Learning Team to work with our Faculty of Medicine: a national leader in medical education.

We are recruiting a Senior Learning Designer Team Lead to support the Faculty of Medicine’s development of new curricula to meet the need for increased numbers of medical professionals over the coming years. With significant developments in the fields of XR (mixed reality) and GenAI, we are looking for an exceptional individual to capitalise on these (and other) technological advances, along with sound pedagogical design, to develop high quality, inclusive digital learning experiences.  

The Digital Learning Team is based at Highfield Campus, in the central IT department, iSolutions, benefitting from a resource-rich creative environment and the close proximity of clinical colleagues. 

About the Role

This is a key role in re-thinking how we deliver clinical placements and medical education more widely.

Based in the centrally located Digital Learning Team, the post holder will work closely with colleagues in Medical Education to prioritise and deliver effective and high impact digital education projects for the Faculty. This strong partnership delivery will also utilise the expertise and resources of a wider team of Learning Designers, Learning Technologists and Media Producers. You can find out more about our team recruitment process in our Application Guide blog post.

What you'll do 

• Line manage a small team
• Contribute to the future strategic direction of technology enhanced learning in the Faculty of Medicine aligned to wider University strategic plans. 
• Take a lead in project teams in conjunction with the University community to deliver innovative learning experiences that support the University’s education strategy.
• Provide Faculty of Medicine staff with expertise and advice on the pedagogical and technological enhancement of learning design with the aim of improving the University’s teaching quality and student experience.
• Be an agent for change within disciplines and across the institution to enable the fulfilment of the educational strategy and to increase the digital literacy of the University’s staff and students.

What you’ll bring

• Extensive demonstrable experience in supporting and delivering technology enhanced learning design though the application of sound pedagogical principals.
• Experience supervising and managing staff in a professional environment.
• The ability to link local initiatives to strategic goals.
• The ability to present your ideas and your specialist area to a wide and potentially non-technical audience.

The University of Southampton is a research-driven institution, home to some of the world’s leading minds, expanding our knowledge and passing it on to future generations. iSolutions is the University’s IT support service whose 230+ staff support the delivery of the University’s research and education activities as well as the usual business operations. We would love you to join us and help change the world for the better.

The University of Southampton promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance (30+ days), defined benefit pension, flexi-time and flexible working, generous parental leave and childcare provision. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages.

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We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants who supports our mission of inclusivity.

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