Specialist Learning Technologist

6 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Construct Education Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Specialist Learning Technologist to join our team at Construct Education. As a key member of our learning technology team, you will play a critical role in driving the development of strategic approaches for the integration of technology, accessibility implementation, UX/UI design consideration, and code documentation into various interventions across departments.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Implementation of Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design

  • Develop and maintain digital accessibility best practice training and documentation to expand adoption across the learning technology team.
  • Reporting on quantifiable improvements to accessibility and inclusion to support both learning and technology teams.
  • Working with learning design and production teams, translating UX/UI research findings into comprehensible, actionable, and implementable outputs.
  • Communicate effectively to appropriate people in other teams, ensuring proactive communication and forward planning as far as reasonable with the objective of stability across projects.
  • Use a range of automated and manual testing capabilities and platform analytics to identify accessibility and inclusion issues.
  • Propose and implement solutions to address found issues and improve digital accessibility and inclusion.
  • Assess new technologies under consideration for accessibility compliance, build and development efficiencies, and enhancements (e.g., use of AI tools like Chat-GPT).

Custom Platform Code Documentation

  • Custom code documentation management with tools such as GitHub, etc.
  • Provide document generation, storage, and document revision management for all platform custom development and system documentation.
  • Recommend improvements to the documentation process, including identifying best practices.
  • Establish documentation templates.
  • Perform other documentation support functions as required.

Core LT Support

  • Collaborate with PMs on project management, timelines, budget, scope, and quality expectations.
  • Keep up-to-date with relevant industry standards, innovations, and share learnings with the wider team.
  • Define best practices for the platform use cases.
  • Troubleshoot, consult, and build/fix where required.

Platform Agnostic & General Technical Support

  • Provide consultative support as a specialist on multiple platforms.
  • Supports relationships with platform vendors and Construct.
  • Explore platform customization and possible enhancements.
  • Consult with the relevant team members (e.g., LS/LDs/PMs/Production/clients) on the best use of the platform.
  • Validates SOW scope and Toolkit alignment to platform and LT capabilities.
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships as the primary client liaison.
  • Presents and champions EdTech best practices and innovation concepts to internal staff and clients.
Requirements

Education and Experience

  • Minimum undergraduate degree. Preferably EdTech/Comp Sci/IS related. (Postgraduate qualification preferred)
  • 2+ years of exceptional technical knowledge of both front-end and back-end Web development, Content Management Systems (CMS), and Learning Management Systems (LMS)
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills and an ability to work to deadlines.
  • Experience leading a team and development projects.
  • Ability to nurture, coach, and develop technical and non-technical individuals.
  • Exceptional communication skills, and a proven ability to build and maintain good relationships with colleagues and clients, both in-person and while working remotely with teams based in other parts of the world.
  • An ability to communicate confidently, clearly, and effectively, both in written and verbal form.
  • Excellent attention to detail.

Desirable Skills

  • Experience with Canvas LMS.
    • Ability to set up theme configurations.
    • Ability to work with Canvas Admin tools.
    • Experience working with Cidilabs
  • Basic experience and understanding of AI/GenAI technologies - this includes, but is not limited to:
    • Creating custom GPTs
    • Prompt engineering
    • Using AI/GenAI to drive efficiencies within the core LT functions and processes
  • Experience setting up and integrating Lab or IDE environments independently or within an LMS.
About Construct Education

Construct Education is a strategic digital learning solutions company specializing in the design of innovative, impactful, and bespoke digital learning experiences. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of OES, a global leader in education solutions, we continue to push the boundaries of online education.

We are a fee-for-service partner to institutions and organizations worldwide, creating digital learning experiences that empower both learners and educators. We are committed to redefining online education in a way that prepares learners for real-world challenges and helps them succeed in their careers.

We are on a mission to transform online learning and bridge the gap between education and employment. Our vision is for everyone to have access to meaningful education through superior online programs.

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