Job Description

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

22/12/2025

Job reference

REQ000438

VLE Implementation Lead

Learning Transformation

Paisley Campus

Salary: Grade 6 42,254

- 50,253 per annum

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: 12 months

This role may be eligible for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If requiring visa sponsorship, the successful applicant will also need to meet a range of individual criteria to satisfy Home Office requirements. If the role is offered on a part-time basis, this might also affect eligibility. Applicants are encouraged to individually assess whether they may be eligible for visa sponsorship prior to applying. More information on eligibility can be found on the Government website

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THE POST - VLE Implementation Lead

This pivotal role will drive the successful rollout of UWS's new Virtual Learning Environment (D2L Brightspace), replacing Aula. Acting as the operational hub, you'll coordinate delivery across Schools, IT, Registry, and Learning Transformation to ensure milestones are met within a tight 10-month timeline. Responsibilities include managing training logistics, content migration, module set-up, and progress tracking, while aligning technical implementation with academic engagement and institutional readiness. You'll also support related projects such as the Banner upgrade and Curriculum Management System to ensure seamless integration. Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills are essential.

The successful candidate should have the following:

A degree level qualification in relevant subject or equivalent professional experience in relevant field. Experience or training in change management or organisational development. Relevant professional accreditation (e.g. CMALT, AdvanceHE, ADKAR, Kotter, Prosci). Experience leading or significantly contributing to large-scale project implementations, ideally in higher education and VLEs. Proven track record in stakeholder engagement and relationship management across diverse groups including academic staff, professional services, and students. Experience tracking project progress, managing schedules, and reporting on delivery milestones. Experience coordinating complex activities involving multiple stakeholder groups. Demonstrated success in managing competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines in pressured environments.

ABOUT US

The University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland's largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2024 Young University Rankings)

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays

An additional days leave on your birthday

Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme

A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance

Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers

Fitness facilities across our campuses

Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme

Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Closing Date: Thursday 15th January 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Please contact recruitment@uws for any further information or queries about the role from the 5th of January.

Please note that the appointment will be made on the first point of the salary scale (unless by exception, where evidence would need to be provided).

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

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UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a "Disability Confident" employer.