The King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us.

 

Your role is based in the Learning Design & Delivery team consisting of another Digital Education Librarian, Learning & Teaching Librarians and Senior Library Assistants. The team design and develop learning activities that support information literacy, including AI literacy, and research skills development across the King’s community. We collaborate with Libraries & Collections colleagues to develop inclusive pedagogical practice, and partner with staff, students and NHS partners to co-create embedded learning.

 

Within Libraries & Collections, we aspire to be leaders in enabling access to knowledge and information fundamental to this vision. Developments in digital education, e-research and AI are transforming our services. Our Open Library strategy outlines our ambitious plans and how they contribute to student success and research excellence. We are part of the Student & Academic Services Directorate, which manages the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond.

As a Digital Education Librarian, you will create and provide operational management of online Library learning and development activities that enhance the experience of individuals from across the King’s community and support the Student Success strand of Strategy 2030. You will collaborate with Libraries & Collections colleagues and the wider King’s community to design inclusive and accessible online learning activities that develop the information literacy, digital literacy, AI literacy and research skills of students, staff and NHS partners.

 

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to develop innovative digital education provision in a library context and utilise their skills and expertise in learning technology, inclusive pedagogy and emerging technologies to support student success. You will play a key role in exploring and embedding appropriate uses of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies within Library learning, ensuring that innovation is informed by pedagogical best practice, accessibility principles and ethical considerations.

 

You will contribute to the development of learning experiences that help learners find and critically evaluate information, engage responsibly with AI-enabled tools and develop the skills required to thrive in an evolving digital and research environment. This is an opportunity to grow your expertise in harnessing technological advances to develop accessible learning interventions and co-create future-focused information and digital literacy provision across a large and diverse service.

 

You will work collaboratively to co-manage a large and highly motivated team and contribute to division- wide governance and service development. You will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own performance and development, through agreeing clear objectives, maintaining professional awareness, participating in professional networks and reflecting on own performance. We expect all managers to role-model a positive, proactive, flexible and committed approach that inspires others.

 

You will be required to participate in frontline services as required, including contributing towards a Manager on Duty rota for evening and weekend working.

 

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

 

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.