Learning & Teaching Librarian Full Time

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Manpower UK Ltd

Learning & Teaching Librarian

FTC maternity cover starting 1 February 2024 (or sooner) until February 2025.

This is a hybrid role with the understanding that you will need to be prepared to be on campus at The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA around 6 times in a calendar year

Paying 19.28 per hour that equates to 37,099 per annum – working 37hrs a week.

Our client, is a public distance Learning and Research University, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education.

They are looking to recruit a Learning & Teaching Librarian to support the learning and teaching activities by providing advice and guidance on the access to, and use of the Library Services content.

Working in partnership across the OU’s Learner and Discovery Services (LDS) unit and with faculty colleagues to support the growing digital capabilities agenda and integrate library content systematically into the curriculum using new and innovative approaches as appropriate.

Promote and embody the OU’s behaviours and values.

Key Responsibilities

For full time roles the postholder will usually focus on three of the specialist areas below:

Enquiry Services

Provide expert assistance to students, staff, Associate Lecturers (ALs are off-campus module tutors) and researchers via a virtual helpdesk (email, webchat and telephone) and occasional in-person enquiries.

Authoring

• Work closely with the Academic Liaison and Live Engagement teams, and faculty colleagues, to advise and agree on requirements for digital capabilities’ integration into modules, qualifications and other forms of learning delivery.
• Create, reuse and maintain accessible multimedia materials that teach digital capabilities, informed by best practice in technology-enhanced learning and learning design.
• Update and maintain information, advice and guidance (IAG) content and library web pages and promote awareness of and engagement with the OU’s DIL (Digital and Information Literacy) skills framework (2022) and digital capabilities agenda.
• Embrace innovative technologies to deliver skills training, increase accessibility and improve the student experience and showcase best practice.

Live Engagement

• Design and deliver live training events for students and staff. This includes, but is not limited to, online and in-person events and training on a range of digital capabilities embedded in the curriculum.
• Work closely with the Authoring and Academic Liaison teams to ensure digital capabilities are delivered in the most appropriate way to meet module/qualification learning design and student need.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level in librarianship or information science (or equivalent professional qualification)
• Have digital capabilities, especially in Office 365 applications, databases and library management systems
• Understanding of how to design effective accessible learning experiences, and ability to identify the best teaching approach to deliver the required learning outcome
• Experience of working with electronic resources, learning technologies and their application
• Experience of writing for the web and creating educational content
• Plans, schedules, prioritises and allocates work effectively; delivers to multiple deadlines
• Uses initiative to identify and solve problems proactively; uses good judgement to refer issues upwards as necessary; identifies and manages risk
• An awareness of equal opportunities issues and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable

• Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development, for example Chartered Librarian, Fellowship of Advance HE or equivalent
• Experience of teaching or delivering online training
• Ability to manipulate, analyse and interpret data
• Awareness of the issues surrounding distance education and the political environment in relation to HE

The client promotes diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

If you feel this is the role for you, please apply online, or call Angela Hoxley on (phone number removed) for more details.