Assistive Technology and Additional Support Needs Teacher (Secondary). Job in Edinburgh Educati[...]

This post is for a senior member of staff within the long-established CALL Scotland team. CALL Scotland is a unit within the Moray House School of Education and Sport that is primarily funded by the Scottish Government to lead the application of assistive technology for children and young people with additional support needs in Scotland.

You will be responsible for:

• providing assistive technology assessment and support to a caseload of individual learners;
• leading CALL's work around digital assessment arrangements with SQA;
• developing and delivering components of CALL's Professional Learning;
• creating information resources and responding to requests for assistance online and by telephone;
• managing delivery of CALL services to local authorities;
• creating learning resources and informational materials;
• contributing to strategic planning to meet CALL University and Scottish Government objectives.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are looking to appoint on an open-ended contract but a fixed-term secondment would also be considered. The post requires travel around Scotland. Working from home is possible on occasion but you will need to work with the CALL team in Edinburgh and campus working will be involved.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Expertise and experience working with learners in secondary education who use assistive technology.
• Knowledge and experience of working with pupils who require digital assessment arrangements for examinations.
• Expertise and experience of working with education and allied health professionals at school and local authority levels.
• Proven ability to devise and deliver effective Professional Learning for anyone working with learners with ASN including parents and carers.
• Proven ability to manage a wide varied and complex workload.
• Excellent interpersonal, people management and negotiating skills.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office's English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Please note if the role is offered on a part-time basis it may result in sponsorship being dependent on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant or the role no longer meeting the Home Office's criteria for sponsorship.

The closing date for applications is 3 June 2025. Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. Presentations and interviews will be held on w/c 16 June 2025.