Senior Learning Technologist

•  Highly sought after opportunity to contribute to our innovative culture
•  Attractive salary plus generous staff benefits
•  Full-time, ongoing position years based at the Hawthorn campus

Swinburne is an innovative and inclusive university characterised by high-quality, career-oriented education and strong engagement with industry and the community. Our vision is to be a world-class university creating social and economic impact, through science, technology and innovation

In recent years, Swinburne ranked within the top 3% of universities around the world, as assessed by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and ranked in the Top 100 universities under 50 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

About Learning Transformations Unit
The Learning Transformation Unit provides professional development and support for teaching staff across all modes of learning. It focuses on the transformations needed in Swinburne’s learning technologies and teaching practices to meet student needs and contributes to the achievement of the University’s 2025 vision to become a leading university of science, technology and innovation.

About the job
We are seeking a Senior Learning Technologist to join us and implement leading-edge projects focused on the effective use of technology to enhance learning and teaching across the broader University. In this newly created role, you will work on piloting, scaling-up, embedding and evaluating learning technologies in order to achieve successful use of the University Learning Management System (LMS). Reporting directly to the Manager, Learning Technologies and Innovations, you will work closely with other Learning Transformations staff. You will have the opportunity to collaborate across a range of educational technology projects, associated with the Transforming Learning strategy and the Canvas LMS. Key to your success in this role, will be your ability to liaise extensively with academic, Pathways and Vocational Education (PAVE) and professional staff and will exercise considerable judgement, initiative, discretion and independence while interacting with the professional and academic staff from Faculties and external vendors.

About you
To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Requires knowledge or training equivalent to postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

• Demonstrated experience in working at a high level with Learning Management Systems and associated systems.

• Demonstrated commitment to, and experience in, technology-enhanced learning in tertiary education (higher education and/or pathway and vocational education (PAVE).

• Ability to support academic and teaching staff in the use of the Learning Management System (LMS) and educational technologies for online and blended learning and assessment.

• Demonstrated ability to lead small project teams to meet key objectives within agreed timelines.

A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

Benefits 
The diverse culture within Swinburne is a source of strength. We have an inclusive working environment with employees from a variety of backgrounds. We acknowledge that diversity in the university workforce increases the effectiveness of teams and our capacity for innovation. We welcome applications from Indigenous people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are proud to be recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2015 and of key initiatives such as our Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan which are integral components of our 2025 vision to be world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation. 

As a Swinburne staff member you will have access to many benefits such as career development opportunities including 50% study reduction and staff and management development programs. You will receive up to 17% employer contributions (pension) and various discounts on annual Myki cards, private health insurance and movie tickets. We also recognise the need to support the work/life balance and flexible needs of our staff. As such a range of flexible working arrangements including paid maternity/partner leave, onsite childcare, working from home and part time options are available.

To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/jobs/why-work-at-swinburne/

How to apply
To start an application click on 'apply' at the bottom of this page and submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description.

Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.

For further information about the position, please contact full name Caitlin Halliwell (Manager - Learning Technologies and Innovations) on challiwell@swin.edu.au or on +613 9214 3773. 

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).

Applications close at 5pm on Friday 5th January 2018