Skills and Knowledge Exchange Developer

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Post Details

Full time
Fixed term for 21 months

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 19 April 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 15 May 2023.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK. 

This role is eligible for sponsorship.

The University of Stirling recognises that a diverse workforce benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers and welcome applications from those who would contribute to further diversification of our staff and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is woven into the substance of the role. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including gender, identity, race, age, class, and ethnicity. 

The Post

You will be part of the skills and knowledge exchange function at the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), where you will assist with the delivery of a key project investment from the UK Government Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs to support the aquaculture sector across the UK.

Reporting to the Head of Skills and Talent, you will be responsible for developing online learning content for an audience who will use this material to direct their own learning. The intended audience will include health and environment employees within the aquaculture sector across the UK. The project will involve working collaboratively with partners from SAMS UHI and Lantra, Scotland.

To be considered for the role, you will have a good honours degree in marine biology and/or ecology or a related discipline, a keen interest in science communication, a passion for translating your knowledge into practical, industry-facing skills, and an innovative problem-solving approach.

Skills, training and knowledge exchange is an evolving area of work that requires a motivated individual with a desire to take on new knowledge and skills, in order to assist with the delivery of training content. You will have first-class communication skills with a can-do, helpful attitude, as well as excellent attention to detail and command of the English language. You will have the ability to manage several tasks at one time, in a timely manner, and be able to deal with colleagues and external contacts confidently.

Description of Duties

• Leading and supporting the development of skills training content and resources for e-learning, working independently and as part of a team
• Building technical training programmes (face to face and/or online) for industry customers
• Supporting knowledge exchange activities, and planning and managing own workload, with guidance from colleagues as required
• Working closely with e-learning platform and tool providers and working with the team to develop SAICs own e-learning platform systems
• Writing reports, individually or in collaboration with colleagues, for external organisations

Essential Criteria

• Experience of supporting the development of practical, industry-facing knowledge and training (face to face and/or online)
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn to navigate digital tools, including e-learning platforms for content creation
• Experience of collaborative working both in-person and remotely, and an ability to work constructively within a team environment
• Track record of successful collaborative project working
• Ability to plan and organise own work effectively
• Embrace and embody SAIC’s values of support, agility, integrity and collaboration

Desirable Criteria

• Developing and maintaining an e-learning platforms
• Knowledge of marine phytoplankton microscopy and identification
• Experience of working in biology and/or ecology R&D field environments, planning and conducing field experiments and/or collecting samples from lacustrine and marine environments.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom
• Knowledge of e-learning course design principles and learning management systems
• Experience of basic project management skills

Behaviours and Competencies

The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed within the AUA Competency Framework.

Managing self and personal skills
Being aware of your own behaviour and mindful of how it impacts on others, enhancing personal skills to adapt professional practice accordingly.

Delivering excellent service
Providing the best quality service to external and internal clients. Building genuine and open long-term relationships in order to drive up service standards.

Finding solutions
Taking a holistic view and working enthusiastically to analyse problems and to develop workable solutions. Identifying opportunities for innovation.

Embracing change
Being open to and engaging with new ideas and ways of working. Adjusting to unfamiliar situations, shifting demands and changing roles.

Using resources effectively
Identifying and making the most productive use of resources including people, time, information, networks and budgets.

Engaging with the wider context
Enhancing your contribution to the organisation through an understanding of the bigger picture and showing commitment to organisational values.

Developing self and others
Showing commitment to own ongoing professional development. Supporting and encouraging others to develop their professional knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to reach their full potential.

Working together
Working collaboratively with others in order to achieve objectives. Recognising and valuing the different contributions people bring to this process.

Achieving Results
Consistently meeting agreed objectives and success criteria. Taking personal responsibility for getting things done.

About Us

Launched in 2014, SAIC is part of the Innovation Centres programme, which aims to drive innovation in key economic sectors.

SAIC’s mission is to transform aquaculture by unlocking sustainable growth through innovation excellence. This means we work to reduce the environmental footprint and increase the economic impact of aquaculture.

Connecting businesses and academics, we fund and support commercially relevant, collaborative research that aims to deliver solutions to key sector challenges. We safeguard jobs and revenue through projects that result in spin-out businesses, new markets, and increased productivity.

We also attract, educate and upskill the aquaculture workforce through funded university places and tailored training programmes.

We provide an independent voice, offering science-based insight and knowledge exchange.

Throughout our work, we strive for a spirit of support, agility, integrity and collaboration.

The University

The University of Stirling is committed to providing education with a purpose and carrying out research which has a positive impact on communities across the globe – addressing real issues, providing solutions and helping to shape society. Stirling is 4th in Scotland and 43rd in the UK for research impact, with 87% of its research having an outstanding or very considerable impact on society – and more than 80% rated either world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021). Interdisciplinary in its approach, Stirling’s research informs its teaching curriculum and facilitates opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration between staff, students, industry partners and the wider community.

The University of Stirling is ranked among the top 30 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Survey) and top 10 in the UK for postgraduate student experience (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey), and has an overall five-star rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

More than 17,000 students study with the University of Stirling globally, with over 120 nationalities represented on its scenic central Scotland campus alone. The campus – also home to 1,700 staff – has its own loch and castle, and a recent multi-million-pound redevelopment has delivered modern, flexible, and digitally connected study and social spaces at the heart of campus, including enhanced student support and retail and catering outlets.

The University has twice been recognised with a Queen's Anniversary Prize – the first for its Institute for Social Marketing and Health (2014) and the second for its Institute of Aquaculture (2019). Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence and its recently redeveloped world-class facilities provide the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars – many of whom compete at the highest level, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games – and for students, staff, and the wider community.

As a signatory to the £214 million Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, the University is driving productivity and inclusive growth across the Forth Valley, and beyond. Through pioneering collaborative solutions to global challenges, researchers are putting innovation, skills, and partnership at the heart of a sustainable economic recovery.
www.stir.ac.uk @stiruni

Job number

SERV01662

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

Closing date

19-Apr-2023

Location:

Stirling Campus

Grade

Grade6 £28,929-£35,308 p.a.

Faculty/Service

Sustainable Aquaculture and Innovation Centre

Post Details

Full time
Fixed term for 21 months

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 19 April 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 15 May 2023.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK. 

This role is eligible for sponsorship.

The University of Stirling recognises that a diverse workforce benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers and welcome applications from those who would contribute to further diversification of our staff and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is woven into the substance of the role. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including gender, identity, race, age, class, and ethnicity. 

The Post

You will be part of the skills and knowledge exchange function at the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), where you will assist with the delivery of a key project investment from the UK Government Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs to support the aquaculture sector across the UK.

Reporting to the Head of Skills and Talent, you will be responsible for developing online learning content for an audience who will use this material to direct their own learning. The intended audience will include health and environment employees within the aquaculture sector across the UK. The project will involve working collaboratively with partners from SAMS UHI and Lantra, Scotland.

To be considered for the role, you will have a good honours degree in marine biology and/or ecology or a related discipline, a keen interest in science communication, a passion for translating your knowledge into practical, industry-facing skills, and an innovative problem-solving approach.

Skills, training and knowledge exchange is an evolving area of work that requires a motivated individual with a desire to take on new knowledge and skills, in order to assist with the delivery of training content. You will have first-class communication skills with a can-do, helpful attitude, as well as excellent attention to detail and command of the English language. You will have the ability to manage several tasks at one time, in a timely manner, and be able to deal with colleagues and external contacts confidently.

Description of Duties

• Leading and supporting the development of skills training content and resources for e-learning, working independently and as part of a team
• Building technical training programmes (face to face and/or online) for industry customers
• Supporting knowledge exchange activities, and planning and managing own workload, with guidance from colleagues as required
• Working closely with e-learning platform and tool providers and working with the team to develop SAICs own e-learning platform systems
• Writing reports, individually or in collaboration with colleagues, for external organisations

Essential Criteria

• Experience of supporting the development of practical, industry-facing knowledge and training (face to face and/or online)
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn to navigate digital tools, including e-learning platforms for content creation
• Experience of collaborative working both in-person and remotely, and an ability to work constructively within a team environment
• Track record of successful collaborative project working
• Ability to plan and organise own work effectively
• Embrace and embody SAIC’s values of support, agility, integrity and collaboration

Desirable Criteria

• Developing and maintaining an e-learning platforms
• Knowledge of marine phytoplankton microscopy and identification
• Experience of working in biology and/or ecology R&D field environments, planning and conducing field experiments and/or collecting samples from lacustrine and marine environments.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom
• Knowledge of e-learning course design principles and learning management systems
• Experience of basic project management skills

Behaviours and Competencies

The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed within the AUA Competency Framework.

Managing self and personal skills
Being aware of your own behaviour and mindful of how it impacts on others, enhancing personal skills to adapt professional practice accordingly.

Delivering excellent service
Providing the best quality service to external and internal clients. Building genuine and open long-term relationships in order to drive up service standards.

Finding solutions
Taking a holistic view and working enthusiastically to analyse problems and to develop workable solutions. Identifying opportunities for innovation.

Embracing change
Being open to and engaging with new ideas and ways of working. Adjusting to unfamiliar situations, shifting demands and changing roles.

Using resources effectively
Identifying and making the most productive use of resources including people, time, information, networks and budgets.

Engaging with the wider context
Enhancing your contribution to the organisation through an understanding of the bigger picture and showing commitment to organisational values.

Developing self and others
Showing commitment to own ongoing professional development. Supporting and encouraging others to develop their professional knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to reach their full potential.

Working together
Working collaboratively with others in order to achieve objectives. Recognising and valuing the different contributions people bring to this process.

Achieving Results
Consistently meeting agreed objectives and success criteria. Taking personal responsibility for getting things done.

About Us

Launched in 2014, SAIC is part of the Innovation Centres programme, which aims to drive innovation in key economic sectors.

SAIC’s mission is to transform aquaculture by unlocking sustainable growth through innovation excellence. This means we work to reduce the environmental footprint and increase the economic impact of aquaculture.

Connecting businesses and academics, we fund and support commercially relevant, collaborative research that aims to deliver solutions to key sector challenges. We safeguard jobs and revenue through projects that result in spin-out businesses, new markets, and increased productivity.

We also attract, educate and upskill the aquaculture workforce through funded university places and tailored training programmes.

We provide an independent voice, offering science-based insight and knowledge exchange.

Throughout our work, we strive for a spirit of support, agility, integrity and collaboration.

The University

The University of Stirling is committed to providing education with a purpose and carrying out research which has a positive impact on communities across the globe – addressing real issues, providing solutions and helping to shape society. Stirling is 4th in Scotland and 43rd in the UK for research impact, with 87% of its research having an outstanding or very considerable impact on society – and more than 80% rated either world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021). Interdisciplinary in its approach, Stirling’s research informs its teaching curriculum and facilitates opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration between staff, students, industry partners and the wider community.

The University of Stirling is ranked among the top 30 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Survey) and top 10 in the UK for postgraduate student experience (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey), and has an overall five-star rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

More than 17,000 students study with the University of Stirling globally, with over 120 nationalities represented on its scenic central Scotland campus alone. The campus – also home to 1,700 staff – has its own loch and castle, and a recent multi-million-pound redevelopment has delivered modern, flexible, and digitally connected study and social spaces at the heart of campus, including enhanced student support and retail and catering outlets.

The University has twice been recognised with a Queen's Anniversary Prize – the first for its Institute for Social Marketing and Health (2014) and the second for its Institute of Aquaculture (2019). Stirling is Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence and its recently redeveloped world-class facilities provide the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars – many of whom compete at the highest level, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games – and for students, staff, and the wider community.

As a signatory to the £214 million Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, the University is driving productivity and inclusive growth across the Forth Valley, and beyond. Through pioneering collaborative solutions to global challenges, researchers are putting innovation, skills, and partnership at the heart of a sustainable economic recovery.
www.stir.ac.uk @stiruni

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