Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 28,031 on Grade D, depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme.

Job category/type

Admin, Professional, Managerial

Date posted

27/10/2025

Job reference

P92127

Education and Academic Services

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working - some time on campus and some from home.

The above full-time, permanent post is available immediately in the Learning Development Team.

Summary of the role

Learning Experiences & Innovation (LXI) is the 'go-to' service across the Exeter learning community in empowering our students, academics, staff and partners to co-create a distinctive learning experience where every learner thrives. LXI consists of seven main units; Academic Development, Student Voice & Change, Learning Development, Learning Design, Experimentation & Innovation; Programme Design & Quality Enhancement, and Educational Policy, Quality & Standards. The teams work alongside and in support of several portfolios focussed on the University's key strategic aims and its Faculties priorities.

LXI is part of the Education and Academic Services (EAS) Division. EAS brings together all the key administration and educational support that underpins the student and educator experience. Alongside TQAE this includes Faculty Operations, Sport, Arts and Culture and all elements of Education and Student Support.

The post holder will report to the Senior Learning Experience Developer.

Main purpose of the job:

We are looking for a talented and self-motivated individual to undertake the development and creation of blended and online learning content. This full-time permanent post is available immediately within the Learning Development team. The postholder will support the development of a range of blended and online degrees and short courses. With a keen eye for detail, you will support the build and quality assurance of the online courses, working alongside colleagues to incorporate graphics, animations and video content, as wells as activities and assessments within the core virtual learning environment.

This post will work as a member of the Learning Development team working alongside colleagues to design, build and support several online programmes across the University. The postholder will use the core virtual learning environment (Moodle) to transform the designed curriculum into exciting and engaging online courses. As part of the Universities 2030 strategy several ambitious targets have been set to launch new fully online programmes. This post is a key part of this work, bringing the courses to life online within the virtual learning environment.

Main duties and accountabilities:

Follow course design documents to design and build content and activities within the learning environment Provide regular updates on progress to the Senior Learning Experience Developer Incorporate rich media, audio, video and animation into the course content as identified by the production lead and learning designers Create and maintain guidance materila and documentation for Digital learnign and EdTech tool Deliver small group and 1:1 trainign session for academic colleques in theprodcution of digital learning material and the use of EdTech tools Create custom activities where required, following instructions in the design documents and liaising with learning Designers and the Multimedia production team Develop online content and activities in a range of formats and using a range of digital tools - including but not limited to Moodle, O365, H5P, Padlet, Mural, PowToon, Adobe Creative Suite & Canva. Undertake proof reading of content to ensure consistency and quality is maintained following agreed quality assurance processes Follow agreed design principles to ensure that the content created is consistent across programmes Applying an awareness of copyright, intellectual property, data protection and accessibility requirements and University policies and processes in all aspects of digital education enhancement Keeping up to date with emerging trends in learning technology and digital education across the sector, and maintaining awareness of new systems, updates, and policies across the University of Exeter


This job description summarises the main duties and accountabilities of the post and is not comprehensive. The post

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holder may be required to undertake other duties of similar level and responsibility.

Please ensure you read the and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world's most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research - Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

39 days leave per year options for flexible working numerous discounts at leading retailers onsite gyms on all of our campus' and a cycle to work scheme sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Please contact Jason Flower, Head of Learning Development, j.flower@exeter.ac.ukPlease be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have a visa which permits the right to work in the UK. Further details can be found on the Home Office website - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are an existing Skilled Worker visa holder, we may be able to sponsor and will review the transitional arrangements - https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/certificate-of-sponsorship-before-4-april-2024