Learning & Teaching Librarian

Learning & Teaching Librarian

This is an FTC contract starting asap until February 2025.

This is a hybrid role with the understanding that you will need to be prepared to be on campus in Milton Keynes, around 6 times in a calendar year.

Paying £37,099 per annum - working 37hrs a week.

Our client, is a public distance Learning and Research University, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education.

They are looking to recruit a Learning & Teaching Librarianto support the learning and teaching activities by providing advice and guidance on the access to, and use of the Library Services content.

Working in partnership across the Learner and Discovery Services unit and with faculty colleagues to support the growing digital capabilities agenda and integrate library content systematically into the curriculum using new and innovative approaches as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

Enquiry Services

Provide expert assistance to students, staff, Associate Lecturers (ALs are off-campus module tutors) and researchers via a virtual helpdesk (email, webchat and telephone) and occasional in-person enquiries.

Authoring

• Work closely with the Academic Liaison and Live Engagement teams, and faculty colleagues, to advise and agree on requirements for digital capabilities' integration into modules, qualifications and other forms of learning delivery.
• Create, reuse and maintain accessible multimedia materials that teach digital capabilities, informed by best practice in technology-enhanced learning and learning design.
• Update and maintain information, advice and guidance (IAG) content and library web pages and promote awareness of and engagement with the OU's DIL (Digital and Information Literacy) skills framework (2022) and digital capabilities agenda.
• Embrace innovative technologies to deliver skills training, increase accessibility and improve the student experience and showcase best practice.

Live Engagement

• Design and deliver live training events for students and staff. This includes, but is not limited to, online and in-person events and training on a range of digital capabilities embedded in the curriculum.
• Work closely with the Authoring and Academic Liaison teams to ensure digital capabilities are delivered in the most appropriate way to meet module/qualification learning design and student need.

Essential

• Educated to degree level in librarianship or information science (or equivalent professional qualification)
• Have digital capabilities, especially in Office 365 applications, databases and library management systems
• Understanding of how to design effective accessible learning experiences, and ability to identify the best teaching approach to deliver the required learning outcome
• Experience of working with electronic resources, learning technologies and their application
• Experience of writing for the web and creating educational content
• Uses initiative to identify and solve problems proactively; uses good judgement to refer issues upwards as necessary; identifies and manages risk

What you get in return

The successful applicant will receive excellent staff benefits, including 30 days' annual leave (plus 3 additional days for the Christmas closure period) and pension. They are an equal opportunities employer with an emphasis on staff wellbeing and a positive work/life balance.

The client promotes diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

If you feel this is the role for you, please apply online, or call Sophie Holmes on for more details.