Job Description

Department
Centre for Teaching Excellence
Location
Joseph Priestley Building
Salary
52,462 to 60,842 per annum
Permanent
Post Type
Full Time
Release Date
27 November 2025
Closing Date
23.59 hours GMT on Tuesday 16 December 2025
Reference
C525004

Birmingham City University is seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to lead our digital learning technology function within the Centre for Teaching Excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and enhance technology-enhanced learning across the institution, supporting high-quality teaching, learning, and curriculum development.

Job Purpose

The Head of Learning Technology will lead the Learning Technologist team and oversee the strategic and operational management of core digital platforms, including Moodle, learner analytics, and lecture capture systems. Working closely with IT colleagues and academic stakeholders, the postholder will drive innovation in digital education, enhance staff capability, and ensure the effective use of learning technologies to support inclusive, engaging, and high-quality learning experiences.

Main Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the use of learning technologies, aligning initiatives with institutional priorities and educational goals. Manage and support a team of Learning Technologists, fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and service-oriented culture. Oversee the development, maintenance, and enhancement of Moodle, learner analytics platforms, and lecture capture systems. Collaborate with IT services and academic colleagues to ensure effective integration, support, and governance of digital learning tools. Lead initiatives to build staff capability in digital teaching and pedagogical innovation. Provide expert guidance on the effective use of technology to enhance learning, teaching, and assessment. Ensure digital learning environments are inclusive, accessible, and aligned with best practice and regulatory standards. Evaluate user needs, feedback, and data to inform continuous improvement of systems, services, and support models. Contribute to institutional policy, strategy, and planning related to digital education. Represent the University in internal and external networks and remain up to date with developments in the sector.

Essential Criteria

Significant experience supporting and leading the use of learning technologies in higher education with demonstrable impact on teaching, learning, and assessment. Proven experience managing or leading teams in a digital education or learning technology environment. In-depth knowledge of Moodle (or another VLE), learner analytics tools, and lecture capture systems. Strong understanding of digital pedagogy and the use of technology in effective, inclusive learning and assessment including the ability to design technology-enhanced learning environments that challenge deficit narratives and promote equity. Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions with the ability to influence and collaborate across academic and professional services.

Desirable Criteria

A relevant teaching, learning, or digital education qualification (e.g., SFHEA, CMALT, PGCert). Experience contributing to institutional strategy or policy for digital education. Track record of initiatives that improve outcomes for diverse student groups Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles for digital learning environments. Evidence of scholarship or research in technology-enhanced learning and equity-focused pedagogy.

BCU is a diverse and inclusive learning community of over 30,000 students from more than 100 countries. We are committed to providing a transformational educational experience, supporting world-class research, and fostering a collaborative and supportive working environment. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering excellence in education, research, and sustainability.

Our student demographic reflects the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of Birmingham itself, with a significant proportion of students from racially minoritised backgrounds. This diversity is a strength, and it calls for a workforce that is equipped to challenge deficit narratives and thinking, those assumptions that position students from underrepresented groups as lacking rather than recognising their assets and potential.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and to an environment that supports lawful free speech and academic freedom. We will continuously review and improve our policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that we are promoting these in all aspects of our operations. We believe that by working together, combining our many different backgrounds and life experiences, we will empower each other to reach our full potential.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.