Educational Technologist

Job no: 0054186
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Continuing
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: UOM 6 – $89,182 – $96,536 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

About the Melbourne Law School
www.law.unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne Law School is Australia’s first all-graduate law faculty. Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law and awarded this country’s first law degrees. The Law School is now fully graduate with its Juris Doctor for admission to practice recognised as a high-level qualification in Australia and beyond. Coupled with the unrivalled excellence of the Melbourne Law Masters and its excellent Research Higher Degree programs, the Law School offers a unique opportunity for the integration of scholarship and teaching.

Its faculty is a vibrant community of creative scholars, committed to a highly collegial, research-intensive institutional life. The Law School has particular strengths in comparative analysis. It aims to integrate teaching with research and engagement activities and to engage with local, national and global communities.

About the Role

The Educational Technologist provides technical support and training for academic and professional staff at Melbourne Law School (MLS), particularly in relation to educational technologies used in the University’s Learning Management System Canvas. 

The successful candidate will be expected to have a strong background in educational technologies such as Canvas, Echo360, Kaltura, Microsoft Office suite and Zoom.  The candidate will also have experience at troubleshooting, providing and developing training and prioritising incoming queries as well as excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

This position sits in the Curriculum Development and Digital team within the Teaching and Learning team of the Academic Support Office (ASO) at MLS.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing technical support for academic and professional staff in educational technologies and learning systems, audio visual teaching and learning, and digital literacy development.
• Conducting regular LMS audits to ensure compliance and best practice across the School
• Developing help guides, instructional screencasts and tips for academic staff on the use of educational technologies and learning systems

About You
You are a naturally methodical person with a strong problem-solving mindset, able to develop and implement practical and sustainable solutions as needed and contribute to quality improvement processes. Your strong organisation and prioritisation skills empower you to manage your own workload as a part of a highly productive operational team, ensuring all deadlines are met with work completed to a quality standard. You are a naturally patient person, able to liaise and support a wide range of stakeholders with different technical skills and knowledge. You will ideally have a knowledge of Canvas LMS for Teaching and Learning, as well as knowledge of other technology platforms such as Echo 360 Lecture Capture, Kaltura video, Camtasia, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Padlet, though these skills can be picked up on the job.

You will also have:

• A relevant degree and/or equivalent proven and established experience providing technical training and advice in a higher education environment
• High level technical skills in learning technologies, including the Office suite, learning management systems, video management and video conferencing systems and video editing suites
• Well-developed communication skills, with the capacity to build help guides as well as design and deliver excellent technical support, coaching and training in educational technologies and other IT and learning systems.

To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check.

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.

About the University
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

Benefits of Working with Us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits .

Be Yourself
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria^ (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact  us at [email protected] .

Position Description