Digital Development Lead
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy, Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2HL
- Salary
- Actual salary £22,877 to £25,259 (FTE £24,920 to £27,514)
- Closing date
- 1 Jul 2022
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, All non-teaching - support staff jobs, Other - Support staff roles
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Hours per week: 36.50 Term Time only plus 2 weeks, term time only
Contract Type: Permanent
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Church Lane
Handsworth
Birmingham
B20 2HL
Telephone Number: 0121 554 8122
Email Address: recruitment@hwga.org.uk
Job Start Date: As soon as possible
To support our ambitious and ongoing plans, we have an exciting new opportunity for a suitably experienced Digital Development Lead to join our academy. This is a great opportunity to shape our approaches to the development and implementation of our digital learning pedagogy.
The academy is technology-rich providing all students with a personal device (KS3 iPad, KS4/5 Chromebook) and all teaching staff with a 2-in-1 laptop and an iPad. We are a serverless academy with all our work and services being hosted in the cloud.
The Digital Development Lead will work closely with our students, staff, and parents to develop and promote the academy’s blended learning approach within a technology-rich environment. The role will also focus on the user experience for all students and staff utilising the platforms and applications we provide to maximise student progress
and attainment.
The Digital Development Lead will report to the Director of IT systems and services to develop and enhance the quality of blended learning at the academy. The Digital Development Lead will be responsible for maintaining and developing our emerging SharePoint environment and ensuring it continues to evolve in line with user needs.
The successful candidate will be experienced in developing guidance and training materials within a team and have strong communication and interpersonal skills. You must be passionate about harnessing the power of technology for learning, with a broad and informed understanding of what makes digital and blended learning effective and engaging.
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of how web-based, mobile, and multimedia technology can enhance teaching, learning and assessment. We are seeking an individual with good organisational skills and who has a keen interest in researching new and emerging technologies.
The successful candidate will be fully supported in their career and professional development through CPD and a commitment to supporting up-to-date training and development needs.
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy is an 11-18 comprehensive school in the northwest of Birmingham.
Our student intake is from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, making for a very harmonious and happy school. We truly believe that high aspirations can transform the life chances of our students, underpinned by our drive to develop in our students the universal values of Scholarship, Character and Community.
Closing Date: 1 July 2022, 10am
Further details and application forms can be downloaded from the school website
Applications can only be considered if they are on an Academy Trust application form. Completed application forms to be returned to recruitment@hwga.org.uk .
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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