Location: Home Based with Travel in Essex
Status:  Permanent

Role Purpose: E-Learning Co-coordinator/Trainer to play a pivotal role in the delivery of a unique collaborative learning environment in the Essex area and support the roll out learning environments across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

The principal role is to deliver appropriate training and support to establish the E-Learning platform and will involve basic functionality training including use of e-mail as well as delivering a programme for developing enhanced teaching and learning and administration, including school specific projects to address a specific priority for an individual school; shared projects for 1 or more schools with a common challenge or priority (i.e. generating shared digital resources across a number of schools) and strategic projects across all schools (e.g. embedding learning to learn skills, creating exemplar content, adapting and using E Learning planning tools and schemes of work to support staff in incorporating these objectives in their lessons and resources with the aim of developing autonomous learners

• Work with teachers and learner support staff in schools to encourage the uptake of the E-learning platform;
• Develop training programmes;
• Facilitate curriculum subject-based collaboration and the sharing of good practice by, for example, establishing and contributing to email discussion lists, running local/regional subject-based workshops;
• Assist subject tutors in the evaluation of good e-learning materials;
• Be proactive in exploring new developments, issues or opportunities and communicate these across the community
• Encourage subject teachers to contribute content to relevant sites;
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of ILT in teaching and learning, and the associated teaching and learning methodologies;
• Confidently and enthusiastically use IT and ILT.(Word processing, e-mail, using the Internet and Web browsers, graphics and presentation)
• Inspire and enthuse others about ILT.
  
  Skills Required:
  
• Candidates will need to have a sound understanding of training methodology with a strong appreciation for and enthusiasm of how ICT can improve teaching and learning. 
• Use of ICT to augment learning and teaching
• Digital publishing skills – including basic video and audio
• Experience of using VLE/MLEs
• Advanced video and audio creation and editing
• Curriculum innovation
• Web design and publishing
• Design of Change Management Programmes
• Coaching and Mentoring leaders
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to foster and maintain collaborative working relationships and the sharing of good practice
• Ability to manage time effectively and deal with conflicting priorities;
• Good organisational skills.