VLE Platform Specialist (Canvas)

Instinct is working with a leading education body who work to provide exceptional education programmes to professionals in a specialist sector. They are currently undergoing a global institutional transformation to take many of their business areas to the next level; including their learning platform solution. Having gone through the process of procuring Canvas, they are now seeking a Canvas Platform Specialist to assist in leading the migration journey over the next 12 months.

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Managing and prioritising the backlog for the development team
• Configuring the platform to support new product launches, including oversight of end-to-end and beta testing
• Maintaining the day-to-day operations required for stakeholder and customer support, including managing staff access and permissions on the platform
• Collaborating with other Product Managers and Business Analysts to recommend compelling solutions and using cases that solve critical business problems and improve user experience
• Negotiating cross-functional platform dependencies
• Analysing potential LTI integrations and tools, as well as managing the approval and procurement process
• Collaborating with IT managers and more to align and prioritise key technology drivers
• Defining and enhancing the platform with a continuous improvement mindset
• Providing high-level platform orientation, training, and support for business users

The ideal candidate will have experience with the above and:

• High level experience of Canvas
• Previous experience supporting new product launches
• Familiarity providing external customer support, granting staff access, permissions etc
• Ability to assess for future integrations, LTI’s what’s on the market, what’s a good tool etc

Aside from the security of a long-term contract, this role offers a competitive daily rate, and the opportunity to lead a high level VLE migration project on a strategic level.