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The School of Engineering at UWE Bristol is seeking a Design and manufacturing Technical Educator to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of technical learning across the disciplines and programmes aligned to this role.
Working closely with academic and technical colleagues, the postholder will ensure that technical expertise is effectively embedded within teaching and learning, supporting the delivery of coherent, inclusive student learning experiences. The role plays a key part in fostering collaboration between technical specialisms and programmes and in establishing clear, consistent frameworks for technical teaching contributions across learning spaces.
In partnership with the Technical Team Lead for the relevant resource area, you will support the development of technical input within Programme and Module materials, contribute to annual curriculum planning, and help identify, develop, and share best practice in technical learning and teaching across the School and wider College community. The role also supports the trialling and adoption of new learning tools and approaches, both traditional and digital.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive working environment and welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.
About You
You will have experience in technical educational leadership or oversight within teaching and learning environments, across both physical and digital spaces. You will bring experience of project‑based delivery, operational coordination (including planning, scheduling, and administration), and cross‑disciplinary working.
You will be confident in supporting innovative and inclusive learning approaches, comfortable using digital systems, and committed to modelling UWE’s values of collaboration, respect, inclusion, creativity, and adaptability.
We are committed to supporting reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to support your application or participation.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol , one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
We also provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community .
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority and female candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Kieran Brown on email: kieran.brown@uwe.ac.uk for an online meeting to be arranged.
This is a full time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time, line managers agree to working from home periods.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
Right to Work in the UK
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options .
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you – if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Job Description, context document, and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.