Job Description
The University of London
The University of London is one of the oldest and largest universities in the UK – and the most diverse. Established by Royal Charter in 1836, the University is recognised globally as a world leader in Higher Education. We are a federal institution consisting of 18 self-governing Colleges of outstanding reputation and a number of acclaimed central academic bodies. The University of London offers almost every subject covered in any University curriculum, delivering huge flexibility and choice to its students.
The Role
CoSector is the University of London's wholly owned Digital Learning organisation. Founded over 50 years ago we now promote and deliver learning technology services to over a million students around the world. CoSector today are the market leading provider of Moodle Virtual Learning solutions, Digital Assessment and Research Repository Services to world class universities and other learning institutions.
Having seen significant increase in demand for our Digital services since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of London have provided significant investment to power our continued growth. Key to our success is maintaining and enhancing the successful delivery of our services as our customer base and service portfolio expands.
We are recruiting now for an inspiring individual to lead our application teams, which encompass support and software development across multiple specialist applications. You will lead a team of experienced staff with the goal of ensuring our services are optimised to meet the needs of our business and our customers.
You will have extensive experience of service management, service level agreements/contracts and leading customer-facing technical support functions.. You will have a good understanding of the education sector and strong technical knowledge of digital learning and research applications such as VLE.
The role will suit an individual with the appetite to become a driving force in the growth and success of CoSector, shaping the organisation's delivery teams and processes as part of the Management team.
For a full role profile, please refer to the job description below.
Further information
To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and CV (by clicking ‘apply for job’ at the bottom of this page) before the closing date on Monday 30th January 2023.
The University reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the published end date should it receive sufficient applications to warrant earlier shortlisting.
Preferential consideration will be given to the University redeployment pool.
The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented in senior levels within the University. All appointments will be are made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.
Pursuing excellence in education and equal opportunities.