**Apologies for cross-posting**
 
Please note that are currently two Blackboard vacancies in Bloomsbury. Please feel free to circulate:
 
1) VLE Coordinator (0.6fte)
Computing and Media Support
Information Services
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 
University of London 
 Salary in the range £23,577 - £28,152 pro rata per annum, 
plus pro rata of £2,323 London Allowance 
We are seeking to appoint a VLE Coordinator to join the User Support Group that provides integrated Helpdesk, Desktop and Telecommunications services in a teaching and research environment.
 
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent with excellent skills in the use of VLEs. You will also have proven experience in ICT Support in a customer facing role.
 
You will be responsible for the support and administration of the Institute of Education (IoE) VLEs, currently Blackboard and a limited amount of FirstClass, ensuring that staff and students are registered on the VLE and have access to their online course space.  
 
You will be the key contact point, acting as a communication interface between all internal and external stakeholders to maintain and support the Institute of Education's VLEs and contribute towards the production of documentation and guidelines.
 
Reference:                6PR-CMS-4739
Closing date:            23 October 2008
To apply online please visit http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk <https://webmail.rvc.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk>  or tel 020 7612 6159 

2) SOAS is looking for an experienced Blackboard developer/administrator, to work on a short-term contract basis (approx 3 months) starting as soon as possible, to set up and customise a new organisational area, and associated module areas, on our shared Blackboard implementation (the Bloomsbury Learning Environment, see wwww.bloomsbury.ac.uk <https://webmail.rvc.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://wwww.bloomsbury.ac.uk/> ).  The new area will need to form a cohesive learning environment, with a strong identity, for our distance learning students, many of whom are based in areas of poor internet-connectivity.  Awareness of the issues affecting students based in developing countries would be an advantage, but provision to include interfaces with new technologies and features also needs to be incorporated.  The individual must be able work individually without supervision, according to agreed deliverables and deadlines, as they may be based away from the rest of the project team.  

In the first instance please contact:

Dr Mandy Bentham
Head of Learning and Teaching Strategy
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square   
London   WC1H 0XG
t  +44 (0) 20 7898 4511
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Kind regards,

Sarah Sherman

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Sarah Sherman 
BLE Service Manager 
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