Director of Development

Full time permanent Oxford-based job - closing date 5 December 2008

Salary: £41,118 to £44,931, with long term scope for performance-based progression to £49,097

Below is the text of a recruitment advertisment that will appear in the Guardian on 18/11/2008, the Times Higher on 21/11/2008, on www.jobs.ac.uk, and, from 14/11/2008 on the Oxford Brookes University recruitment web site. At the bottom of this page you will also find a link to the recruitment specification for the post.

For a copy of the full application pack - which you are advised to have obtained before writing an application - follow the instructions in paragraph 5 below. You can also access a soft copy of the standard Oxford Brookes University application form [172 kB DOC]. Completed applications can be uploaded (as a single .DOC format file), from this page on the Oxford Brookes University recruitment web site.

1. Learning technology and learning technologists are at the heart of modern learning, and the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is the UK's professional and scholarly association for learning technology practitioners and researchers. ALT is a registered charity, and is funded through nearly 800 individual, organisational, and sponsoring membership subscriptions, and through sponsorship, grants, bid-for projects, and events.

2. The Trustees of ALT are seeking an experienced and effective individual to lead ALT's effort to develop learning technology as a discipline, with a particular focus on:

• learning technology projects;
• the annual international ALT conference;
• research;
• ALT's printed and web-based publications;
• ALT's certified membership scheme, CMALT.

3. Reporting to the Chief Executive, this permanent post, based in Oxford, attracts university employment benefits including contributory pension scheme, flexitime, and family-friendly employment policies, and represents an exciting opportunity to develop your career in the learning technology domain.

4. To discuss the post informally, please contact Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT, on 0114 2586899, or at seb.schmoller@alt.ac.uk.

5. For further information about ALT, see www.alt.ac.uk. For application forms and recruitment packs call Oxford Brookes University on +44 (0)1865 484537 (answer-phone) or email vacancies@brookes.ac.uk, citing Post Reference 428/16279/MM. Completed application forms should be sent to Directorate of Human Resources, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, Oxon OX33 1HX, or uploaded from this page on the Oxford Brookes University recruitment web site, to arrive no later than 17.00 on Friday 5 December 2008. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 17 December, with notification to short-listed candidates sent on 11 December.

Link to recruitment specification [37 kB PDF]. Link to covering letter from the Chair and the Chief Executive of ALT [150 kB PDF].