Educational Technologist

Job no:513432
Work type:Continuing - Full-time
Campus:Adelaide
Categories:HEO7, Learning, Enhancement and Innovation

HE07 $95,017 - $106,270 per annum plus employer contribution of 17% superannuation.

Full time, continuing position available immediately.

The Student Experience branch provides services that deliver an excellent student experience, including administrative and support services to students as well as service to, and partnership with, academic staff in the development of a high-quality, engaging and relevant learning environment.

Learning Enhancement and Innovation (LEI) facilitate, collaborate, design and create engaging and flexible student-centric blended and online learning experiences.  Working under limited direction, in this exciting role you will explore educational technologies to support strategic directions, liaise with vendors, staff and students about educational technology pilots, scale-up existing technologies, and investigate potential technical solutions for teaching and learning scenarios.

To be successful you will need:

• Demonstrated experience in educational technology evaluation, including needs analysis, conducting feasibility studies, business case development, test planning and evaluation.
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills, including the ability to develop reports, briefings and presentations to a variety of audiences and the ability to manage changing priorities and initiate independent action.
• Experience in stakeholder and vendor engagement, relationship management, and facilitation.
• Current knowledge of IT trends relevant to innovation within Higher Education
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Proven proficiency in various education technologies with ability to quickly learn new technologies and develop education technology solutions aligned with strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to promote the organisational values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery, and a commitment to positively comply with the associated behaviour expectations. 

Desirable:

• Detailed knowledge and experience with Canvas Learning Management System
• Current working knowledge of user experience design

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities. 

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your division's broader role

The Division of Academic and Student Engagement drives the University's strategic activities in relation to learning and teaching. This includes ensuring all Adelaide students have a quality experience, and investing in our academic staff's professional development.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/dase/division-leadership

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a resume, as well as a cover letter addressing your suitability and experience for the position, referring to the selection criteria, in no more than 2 pages.

Applications close 11:55pm, Sunday 18 February 2024.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For further information regarding this position, contact:

Anjelika Vorel
Talent Acquisition Specialist
E: [email protected]

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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

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