JOB DESCRIPTION

Employment status and working hours

Fixed term for six months, part time for 25 hours per week.

Full time hours at the University are 35 per week with the standard working pattern Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00. The working pattern for this role can be discussed at interview.

Organisation structure

Education and Students, Digital Learning and Media Services.

Your line manager will be Damien Peters-Turner, Digital Learning Manager.

Place of work flexibility

You will normally spend your total working time at home*, which must be within the UK. You may, on occasions, be expected to attend the Horizons, Reading office to attend meetings or training events. *Working from home is only possible if your environment is suitable.

High level summary of job role

The Digital Learning and Media Services Team (DLMS) performs a critical function within the University of the Built Environment, supporting the development and production of high-quality online teaching and learning for our students. As Quality Controller and Editor, you will play an essential role, working closely with academic lecturers, subject experts, learning designers and peer quality controllers to ensure students experience high-quality written guidance, learning resources and assessments.

Specific job role accountabilities and responsibilities

• Be responsible for enhancing in-house quality processes and procedures, standards, and specifications for the University’s digital resources.
• Review and edit learning resources and assessments to ensure they comply with the University’s quality standards, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulations and Professional Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRB) guidelines.
• Co-ordinate and process assessment documents using an online production system, through critical review stages, to ensure they are approved and ready for use at the start of each semester.
• Collaborate with Lecturers, Learning Designers, and the Learning Technology team to shape the development of new assessments.
• Guide academic Lecturers and subject experts in authoring written module content (learning resources and activities, media scripts etc.), ensuring compliance with the University’s referencing system.
• Assist with resourcing and checking copyright of images, drawings, library resources, and third-party material including the management, distribution, and access of core e-textbooks.
• Co-ordinate student consultations to help inform the University’s module and assessment designs.
• Support the development and facilitation of staff development sessions in the effective authoring and design of educational resources, including adherence to the University’s digital production standards.
• Keep up to date with current trends and technologies in online pedagogy.
• Advocate for online education and learning technologies, championing our approach with staff and students.

Other important features of the job role

Line management responsibilities: None.

Budget responsibility: None.

In this role you will liaise with the following: Academic team, Learning Designers, Learning Technologists, as well as various teams across the University.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

E = Essential person requirement; D = Desirable person requirement

How the person requirement will be assessed:

A = Application; I = Interview; T = Test or other assessment

Please be aware that as part of onboarding processes, we will seek original documentary evidence of the relevant academic and/or professional qualifications which you include within your job application. This is all part of our comprehensive pre-employment screening which also includes checking your identity, right to work, criminal record history (basic disclosure), and three years employment history.

Qualifications and training

Degree level qualification in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience in the design and authoring of educational resources to meet specific learning outcomes (D, A).

Qualification/accreditation in teaching or learning technologies, e.g. PGCert in teaching and learning, HEA fellow, CMALT, or working to achieve this (D, A).

Previous experience

Developing Quality Assurance standards, procedures, and specifications for educational content (E, A, I).

Developing and editing student-focused educational resources including assessment, within an online environment (E, A, I).

A track record of successfully managing ongoing relationships where feedback is important (E, A, I).

Within the same or similar sector (D, A, I).

Familiar with educational technologies such as Virtual Learning Environments in support of learning, teaching, and assessment (D, A, I).

Experience of UX research-led design of resources and systems (D, A, I).

Skills, knowledge, and aptitudes

Digital skills confidence: We use MS Office which includes Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and several other systems/technologies (E, I, T).

Ability to work calmly under pressure and adapt readily to changing circumstances (E, I).

Strong attention to detail, quality control, and an ability to engage with content at a detailed level (E, A, I).

Understanding of a range of learning and teaching practices and pedagogies (D, I).

Ability to communicate constructive criticism sensitively and confidently to authors (E, I).

Ability to work alongside a variety of stakeholders to ensure the design and development of quality online content (covering both technical and pedagogical aspects) (E, I).

Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate and build good working relationships with all colleagues (E, I).

An aptitude for problem solving, analysing issues, and offering proactive, informed solutions (E, I).

Other requirements or special requirements

Alignment to the University’s core values of Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support; all employees are expected to demonstrate our values at work (E, I).

Commitment to delivering positive outcomes for our students; we want our students to be successful (E, I).

You must be prepared to undertake mandatory online training should you be appointed including Data Protection, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Prevent, and EDI (E, I).

PAY AND BENEFITS

Salary: Actual salary £24,674 (£34,543 Full Time Equivalent).

Holiday: 26 days paid holiday (rising to 28 with service) plus paid bank/public holidays plus up to five paid closure days (typically between Christmas and New Year); all per holiday year Full Time Equivalent. Our holiday year runs from 1 August to 31 July. We also have a holiday buy and sell scheme in place. Sometimes the University does not need to close for five days per year and any balance (for example one day), can be used as a paid Wellbeing Day to take time out for your own physical or mental health.

Pension and life assurance: Pensions auto-enrolment to the People’s Pension which is a default salary sacrifice scheme. You may opt out of salary sacrifice but remain in the scheme, or you may choose to opt out altogether. We provide life assurance (death in service) cover as standard to all employees.

Family-friendly policies: Policies in place for all types of family-friendly statutory leave with enhanced pay available from day one of employment for some leave types. Access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme).

Wellbeing: Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme as well as the Thrive Mental Wellbeing app. Several employees are trained Mental Health First Aiders and can support staff. We have a wellbeing policy and we focus on five pillars of wellbeing.

Sustainable travel: Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.

Parking: We have locked sheds for bicycles. For cars, for Horizons based roles, we may in the future be able to offer parking on site however you must not assume this will be possible. Every now and then we may have a spare parking space become available and you can ask to join the waiting list. The University is keen wherever possible, to encourage staff to commute as sustainably as possible.

Other health related benefits: Employer-funded Health Cash Plan (Simplyhealth) and voluntary dental insurance (Unum).

Other valuable benefits:

• Charity giving options available including one voluntary paid day, per annum.
• You will have access to Microsoft Office 365 applications for personal use.
• You will have access to range of lifestyle discounts and everyday savings.
• We offer learning platforms including LinkedIn learning.

On the Join the team page of our website, you will find the full list of employee benefits.

APPLICATIONS - THINGS TO CONSIDER

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Damien Peters-Turner on 0118 921 4357 or email d.peters-turner@ube.ac.uk. For any other enquiries please contact HR on 0118 467 2454 / 2433 or email recruitment@ube.ac.uk

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Closing date and next steps

We will receive applications until the advert closes on Monday 17 November 2025 at 17:00. We will not consider late applications. Our ATS does not screen applications, we humans do. Applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date and occasionally, you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date.

Interview details

Dates for interview will be advised to you later in the process. We'll ask you to tell us about any dates you cannot make, up to 4 weeks from the closing date; this helps us to plan interviews should you be shortlisted, prior to contacting you.

Interviews are normally carried out over Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Depending on the job role and place of work, your interview may be at our Reading or London office. Please be prepared for a two-stage interview process, held on different dates. As part of the interview process, you will likely meet a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Note for internal candidates

If you are an existing employee, we request you inform your current line manager of your intention to apply for this role.

As this is a fixed term role, if you were (in the future) to be offered and accept this role, it would mean relinquishing your contractual permanent employment status with the University. Following the expiry of the fixed term period, your employment with the University would cease, unless an alternative role is secured. If instead you would like to apply for this role on the basis of it being a secondment (i.e. not relinquishing your permanent status), please discuss this with your current line manager. Only your line manager can consider and agree to a secondment because this impacts the resourcing in your current team. Please contact HR if you or your line manager need to discuss this further.