Job Description

About King’s Online

King’s Online is a truly collaborative team within the School of Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). We partner with academics and professional services staff across the university, and with our external partners to design, develop and deliver a wide range of educational programmes in line with King's Education Strategy.

We work closely with King’s Professional & Executive Development and our current pipeline comprises of online master's degrees, short courses, bespoke executive education courses, and increasingly, stackable micro-credentials. You will be joining us at an exciting time as we seek to realise our strategic ambition of being a UK leader in online and blended education, specifically in the areas of learning design, development, consultancy, and partnerships.

We are a dynamic team with ambitious growth targets in a priority area of development for King’s. We proudly foster a supportive culture and community which prioritises both individual and collective wellbeing. We actively work to protect and improve the wellbeing of all staff; be it physical, mental or social, and recognise this as central to our work and success.

King’s offers a wide variety of support to employees, including flexible working arrangements, paid maternity/shared parental leave, menopausal support, an active wellbeing programme, training and development opportunities and much more. All of our staff benefit from a generous pension contribution as well. 

About the role

Our E-Learning Content Developers are a critical part of the team, taking the lead in building content based on weekly outlines and content documentation produced by our Learning Designers, and working closely with our E-Learning Visual Designers, who produce the assets and animations to go with them.

The E-Learning Content Developers work primarily in our virtual learning environment (Moodle), building and uploading learning activities and content pages as well as resolving technical issues. They are experts in the configuration and use of Moodle activities and content types, and confident in taking decisions on how to lay out content within overall user experience design system guidelines. Occasionally they may edit basic graphics where necessary. 

Through technical expertise and confidence to back up their work, they advise on best practice in e-learning development and use of the VLE to enhance the learning experience of our students; they also proactively work to find improvements to our workflows and product innovations.  

Although supported by project managers and their line manager, they are expected to manage their workload and balance their priorities across multiple projects. They are expected to work both independently and collaboratively, bringing a self-motivated, results-orientated and ‘can-do’ attitude to their work. They are willing to learn from their colleagues, pass knowledge on to others, and develop the relevant formal and informal networks to enhance their learning opportunities.    

The role is primarily based at King’s Strand Campus, though you may be required to travel to other campuses on occasion. As part of King’s trial of hybrid working, all team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish. 

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract.

This is a full-time post - 100 % full time equivalent.

Key responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other members of the team on the development of HTML-based e-learning content 
• Developing e-learning activities and resources in Moodle, ensuring content accessibility 
• Building and importing written and interactive web content in Moodle  
• Performing technical and design quality assurance on their work and the work of other colleagues 
• Communicate effectively technical and other build issues within the team and other colleagues where necessary 
• Engage with and contribute to the team's activities such awareness workshops and events  
• Work proactively to develop positive relationships with King's Online colleagues 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

  Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria

1. Ability to transform storyboards and briefs into web content and interactive activities 
2. Knowledge of and experience with HTML and related tools 
3. Working knowledge of Moodle or similar virtual learning environment 
4. Working knowledge of digital learning technologies 
5. Well-developed verbal and written communication skills 
6. Demonstrable experience finding innovative and elegant solutions to problems using a logical approach 
7. Ability to contribute to the team’s activities including awareness workshops and events 
8. Demonstrable experience working as an active member of the team – both independently and collaboratively – balancing competing priorities and planning own work to meet challenging deadlines.  

Desirable criteria

1. Ability to make basic edits to pre-existing images and pdfs using Adobe applications such as Photoshop, Acrobat and Illustrator 
2. Expertise with CSS or other web development skills 
3. Understanding of teaching, learning and assessment processes or other aspects of the higher education context.  

Further information

About the School of Professional & Continuing Education (PACE)  

The School of Professional & Continuing Education, often known as PACE, was established in 2021 to widen the educational reach of King’s. The School plays an integral role in the university’s lifelong learning offer and to enhance scholarship of teaching and learning across the King’s community. It acts as a focal point within the university for increasingly joined-up approaches to a range of education experiences different to the typical degree, for individual learners, public and private sector groups, and partners, both in the UK and internationally.  

The School sits alongside the nine Faculties of the university and comprises six areas: King’s Academy, King’s Foundations, King’s Language Centre, King’s Online, King’s Professional & Executive Development (KPED) and Summer Programmes. Each of these areas are well established, respected and recognised within and beyond the King’s community.  

PACE delivers teaching (through King’s Foundations, Summer Programmes, King’s Language Centre) and works collaboratively with our nine Faculties enabling them to deliver professional and online education (through KPED and King’s Online). The School also supports educational and learning development of King’s staff and students (through King’s Academy and King’s Foundations). 

The PACE School Executive Team comprises: the Director of Operations & Strategy (PACE), the Academic Director of King’s Academy, the Director of King’s Foundations, the Executive Director of Summer Programmes, the Director of King’s Language Centre, the Director of King’s Professional & Executive Development and the Director of King’s Online. The School Executive is chaired by the King’s Vice Principal for Education & Student Success. 

About sustainability at Kings and opportunity to join the sustainability champion scheme

At King’s we strive to deliver research, education and service to society that responds to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), supporting the worldwide effort to build a better future for our people and planet. 

At King’s Online and KPED, we take our role in minimising the negative and maximising the positive impacts seriously and seek to embed sustainability at every level within the department. While working for us, you will have the opportunity to support sustainability through participation in the Sustainability Champions programme. 

Should you have any queries about the role, please email Alessandra Fiorio, alessandra.fiorio@kcl.ac.uk