Assistant Educational Technologist (Focus On Digital Accessibility)

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location. City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries. In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university. The culture at City is built on our shared core values, which means that all employees are expected to behave according to our values: “We care, We learn, We act.” Background Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) is dedicated to supporting, developing, and influencing the educational strategies at City, University of London. Our main focus is on contributing to the improvement of education through various initiatives. LEaD’s Digital Education Team is responsible for supporting City’s approach for using technology for enhancing teaching, learning and assessment and the development of appropriate and engaging learning spaces. Responsibilities City is committed to ensuring that our websites, learning resources and online content are accessible and inclusive for the benefit of our students, staff, and members of the public. You will assist in the design and delivery of staff and student training on Digital Accessibility, create online guidance resources and support users to take up and use digital tools. You will support and take part in projects to pilot and evaluate digital study tools and to design new services and workflows. You will continue to develop your expertise in the fields of educational technology and Digital Accessibility. You will enjoy working with University staff and student communities to develop digitally accessible content, tools and practices, that will benefit all our learners. Person Specification You will bring experience of using and supporting others to use educational technologies or other technologies and platforms, including the design of training and guidance materials and managing queries from users. A good understanding of web accessibility principles and their application to the creation of accessible digital content e.g. blogs, webpages, video and audio and Microsoft office documents is required. With excellent communication and IT skills you will contribute to changing and improving the accessibility of our services through project work and dissemination of outcomes across our community at City. Additional Information City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development. Closing date for application : Monday 5th February 2024 at 11:59pm. City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. The University of business, practice and the professions.