"Digital Curriculum Manager"

Job id: 093907. Salary: £43,305 - £50,585 including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 07 August 2024. Closing date: 26 August 2024.

Business unit: King's Digital. Department: King's Digital.

Contact details: Maria Dlugosch. Maria.dlugosch@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.

About us

Our mission is to provide transformative, high-quality digital education, so students can learn, wherever they are. 

We collaborate 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.   

Our learners study with us from across the world, choosing when and where they study, working around their schedules.  

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. 

Employee support at King’s includes 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. 

As part of hybrid working at King’s, all team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish.  

Join us as we open futures and unlock potential. 

About the role

This post will manage the education operations for all of King’s Digital online programmes, underpinning each stage of the online student lifecycle. The post holder is responsible for implementing and delivering new processes, such as module availability and curriculum mapping.

They manage the Digital Curriculum Officers and communicate regularly with key stakeholders, such as the online programme administrators and the Programme Directors within King’s.

They will find ways to align processes of online degrees to those of on-campus degrees at King’s, and will consult with central services to ensure service excellence and an outstanding student experience. 

This is a full time and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
2. Experience of working in higher education programme operations
3. Knowledge of current and developing issues in Higher Education, in particular where these relate to online distance learners, and the ability to explain the implications to colleagues
4. Ability to contribute to decision-making and to take informed and reasoned decisions taking into account complex and sometimes incompatible information, needs and views
5. Excellent IT, administration, numeracy and literacy skills
6. Proven ability to establish and maintain good relations with colleagues and with external contacts while exercising a high degree of discretion, tact, diplomacy, and determination. The postholder must be able to gain credibility with colleagues at all levels and win confidence in a variety of settings and situations.
7. Proven ability to use initiative and respond positively to situations arising at short notice
8. Experience of designing and implement changes in processes / development of new processes
9. Outstanding attention to detail

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in online degree operations
2. Experience of team management

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held on 03 September

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.