Learning, Teaching

**Introduction**:
About us

International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) and its associated ICMS provider brands (International Sport College Australia, Aspire English) are located in Manly and Sydney CBD. Our mission is to provide students with an exceptional education and the much-valued skills set to gain a competitive edge and exceed industry expectations in today’s job market. By choosing to study at our Institution, students gain the practical, academic and professional experience they need to be career-ready by the day they graduate.

Learning and Teaching is core business for ICMS, driving attainment of our mission as ‘leaders in career-focused education’. Individual teachers, academic leaders, the Professional Placement Team, Student Success Centre, Library and governance bodies all play a role in the management and quality of learning and teaching activities and outcomes. The Learning, Teaching and Innovation team provides strategic advice, leadership, and advocacy in educational innovation, excellence in teaching, scholarship and holistic approaches to the student experience.

**Description**:
About the role

This role focuses on managing, implementing and evaluating projects and initiatives related to the transformation of learning within online, face-to-face and hybrid delivery methods.

The Learning, Teaching and Innovation Manager engages champions in action research projects and change management initiatives as part of Learning and Teaching’s focus on capability building amongst our stakeholders. The role encompasses planning, project management and stakeholder management activities as well as hands on learning design, academic development, training and professional development and advancing the College through educational innovation. Developing frameworks, guidelines and templates to support learning, teaching and innovation practices is also an essential focus of this role.

The role reports to the Head of the Learning, Teaching and Innovation Team and works closely with colleagues across ICMS. A high level of collaboration with teaching and management staff is required as well as certain committees, groups and networks that contribute to curriculum development, learning design, staff professional development and improvement in the quality of teaching, student learning and course delivery.

Examples of Accountabilities
- Managing and evaluating curriculum development projects to enhance student learning and outcomes;
- Providing guidelines, templates, support and recommendations to staff on the development of instructional strategies for on campus, blended and online learning scenarios;
- Scoping, planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting on projects, pilots and innovation initiatives;
- Managing and evaluating learning and teaching innovation projects including integration of new technologies into existing practice;
- Using best practice approaches to pedagogy to inform learning design work;
- Providing guidance to curriculum development groups, academic units and individual staff on designing and building LMS sites to support and enhance blended delivery;
- Providing guidelines, templates, support and recommendations to staff on the development of evaluation strategies for ongoing quality enhancement of technology systems and tools;
- Analysing interactions with teaching staff and identifying opportunities for professional development initiatives;
- Actively engaging in the scholarship of L&T through applied research, presentations and/or publication;
- Providing teaching staff with opportunities to disseminate their L&T practice.

About you
- A Postgraduate degree or equivalent in education or research -related discipline and/or significant relevant professional experience;
- Evidence of significant experience in teaching, delivering training, conducting workshops and giving presentations;
- Ability to foster productive stakeholder relationships, drawing on well-developed communication skills;
- A broad understanding of, and considerable hands-on experience with, a range of innovations and technologies used in tertiary learning environments including AI tools;
- Proficiency in the use of the Moodle Learning Management System;
- Experience in project management in a tertiary education setting;
- Effectiveness in designing and developing curricula in a tertiary education setting;
- Effectiveness in designing and facilitating academic/teacher professional development initiatives in a tertiary education setting;
- Capacity to inspire and innovate and to identify and take advantage of new opportunities;
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills including high standards in report writing, presentation and group facilitation;
- Well-developed organisational skills and demonstrated ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.

**Also valued**:

- Experience in the design and development of modular and micro-credentialled short courses;
- Experience working in a