Innovation Lead for Teaching and Learning

Innovation Lead For Teaching And Learning

• Application Deadline: 10 October 2025
• Department: Curriculum
• Employment Type: Temporary
• Location: Graig Campus
• Compensation: £25,372 - £49,934 / year

Description

Coleg Sir Gar has an exciting opportunity for an Innovation Lead for Teaching and Learning, to join our award-winning teaching & learning team on a temporary basis (maternity cover).

As Innovation Lead in our Google College, an innovative and passionate individual has the opportunity to work in a central team alongside Lecturers to develop all teaching and learning matters across the college to ensure continuous high quality across FE, WBL and HE. The Innovation Lead will be working across all 7 campuses championing and leading the Digital 2030 Strategic Framework (JISC, 2019) work at the college. This will see a focus on developing and  building digital competence, enhancing teaching and learning, increasing accessibility to digital resources, contributing to a safe and secure digital environment and promoting innovation and collaboration.

The teaching and learning team lead the award winning professional learning frameworks and our approach to Professional Learning is centered around the principle of curiosity. This role will develop these frameworks centered around innovation and digital innovation. As the Innovation Lead,  you will lead on internal and external projects linked specifically to the transformation of digital learning. You will investigate solutions and implement them in a dynamic environment, where two days are never the same.

This role is pivotal to our vision for Teaching, Learning and Professional Learning and digital pedagogy. You will work closely with the management teams in the college, exploring opportunities and shaping the future learning experience for all those who work and learn with us. You will also work closely with the Head of Teaching, Learning and Education and Director of Teaching, Learning and Education on innovative AI related projects, and sharing developments with colleagues.

About The Role

As Innovation Lead for Teaching and Learning, the main purpose will be to: 

• To lead and support innovation in all learning and teaching developments at Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion; 
• To support all professional development for all academic staff across Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion; 
• To lead and support all technology enhanced learning developments at Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion; 
• To lead and support internal and external projects and collaborations related to Teaching and Learning; 
• To  contribute to delivery on courses in the curriculum of Teaching, Learning and Education; 
• To lead and support in the delivery, design and scoping of projects in relation to generative AI and digital pedagogy. 
• To implement our digital pedagogy strategy that will have college wide impact and will continually transform and evolve the digital teaching and learning experience. 
• Establish yourself as an expert in the use of technology, with particular emphasis on the potential of Digital Teaching and Learning of the future. 
• Work with Curriculum teams to embed innovative curriculum specific technology to enhance the learner experience and skill set

What You Will Need

To be successful in the role, you will need: 

• Degree or equivalent Qualification 
• Teaching Qualification 
• Relevant teaching experience 
• Recent/relevant experience of TEL 
• Evidence of innovative teaching and learning activities 
• Evidence of innovative approaches to generative AI in the teaching and learning landscape 
• Evidence of confidence with the Google Workspace 
• Experience of working with KPIs 

Whilst it is not essential, additional qualifications to demonstrate lifelong learning would be desired, alongside a good understanding of relevant issues in post 16 education, and awareness of key performance indicators. 

Welsh Language Requirements:

• Welsh Oracy (Listening/Speaking) -  Level 0/1 Desirable 
• Welsh Literacy (Writing/Reading) - Level 0/1 Desirable

(See detailed language descriptions here)

Persons are welcome to apply for posts in Welsh and applications made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Shortlisting is likely to be completed week commencing 13th October 2025 . If you are successful during shortlisting, interviews are likely to be held week commencing 20th October 2025. 

For more information, or to arrange an informal conversation/meeting about this position, please contact Tom.braddock@Colegsirgar.ac.uk. 

Benefits

• You will receive 46 days holiday, plus bank holidays and five closure days which totals at 59 days holiday per year.
• Extremely generous pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.68%.
• Award-winning professional learning and development programme.  
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site car parking
• Online and instore retail discounts