Moodle Technical Specialist

Fully remote contractor opportunity for candidates based in the Philippines
Law Training Centre is looking for an experienced Moodle Technical Specialist based in the Philippines to help us use Moodle more intelligently and effectively across learning delivery, administration, assessment, reporting and learner support. This is a remote contractor role expected to require approximately three days per week initially.
About Law Training Centre
Law Training Centre is an established online legal education provider. We deliver regulated qualifications and professional legal training through Moodle, supported by specialist tutors and operational teams in the UK.
Moodle is central to how our learners access courses, complete assessments and progress through their qualifications. We want to make better use of its functionality to improve administration, the learner experience, progress tracking, reporting, automation and connections with other systems and learning platforms.
About the role
You will identify opportunities to improve how Moodle is configured and used, translate academic, operational and business requirements into practical Moodle solutions, and implement or coordinate improvements involving workflows, reporting, automation, plugins and integrations. You will also diagnose complex Moodle problems and determine when specialist hosting or development support is required.
A major initial priority will be to support the selection of a suitable Moodle hosting partner and manage the technical planning, testing and delivery of the platform migration. Following migration, you will provide continuing technical oversight, improvement and specialist troubleshooting.
What you will do

• Review how Moodle is currently configured and used and identify underused functionality and opportunities for improvement.
• Improve cohorts, groups, enrolments, roles, permissions, completion rules and learner progress tracking.
• Develop useful operational and management reporting, improve data visibility and automate repetitive Moodle processes where appropriate.
• Improve the technical configuration, workflows, controls and reporting for assessments and examinations, and provide technical escalation support where required.
• Diagnose complex Moodle problems and coordinate appropriate resolutions.
• Assess plugins, including appropriate AI-enabled plugins, integrations, APIs, web services and automation opportunities.
• Assess opportunities to integrate Moodle appropriately with other learning platforms and systems.
• Translate internal requirements into Moodle configurations or clear technical briefs, and test and approve technical changes.
• Support the selection of a suitable Moodle hosting partner and plan and coordinate the migration, testing, implementation and post-migration issues.
• Brief and manage hosting providers, developers and other technical suppliers, including assessing recommendations, costs and completed work.
• Maintain appropriate configuration and technical documentation and oversee testing and release processes.
• Understand and monitor backup, restoration, security and recovery arrangements at an oversight and supplier-management level.

What we are looking for

• At least three years of substantial hands-on Moodle administration and technical configuration experience.
• Direct experience of a significant Moodle migration, major upgrade or platform transition.
• Evidence of improving how an organisation uses Moodle.
• Strong working knowledge of cohorts, enrolments, roles, permissions, completion, assessments and reporting.
• Strong Moodle troubleshooting and technical problem diagnosis skills.
• Experience translating non-technical requirements into Moodle configurations or technical specifications.
• Experience working with Moodle hosting providers, developers or technical suppliers.
• Practical experience involving plugins, integrations, APIs, web services, reporting or automation.
• Clear written and spoken English and the ability to work independently with a UK-based team.

Useful additional experience

• Five or more years of substantial relevant Moodle experience.
• Experience supporting regulated education, professional qualifications or examination delivery.
• Hosting procurement, supplier comparison or migration planning.
• Knowledge of hosting environments, databases, scheduled tasks, backups, restoration, security and recovery at an oversight and supplier-management level.
• Staging environments, security reviews, release control and disaster recovery testing.
• Experience assessing AI-enabled Moodle functionality or integrations with other learning platforms.

Working arrangement

• Remote contractor engagement for a contractor based in the Philippines.
• Approximately three days per week initially.
• Monthly contractor fee of ₱35,000 to ₱50,000 for approximately three days per week (pro rata).
• Full-time equivalent of approximately ₱58,000 to ₱83,000 per month.
• The amount of work may expand or reduce depending on migration workload, platform development and continuing technical requirements.
• An initial 90-day self-employed contractor engagement, followed by review.
• At least six hours within the normal UK working day on each working day.
• Some flexibility outside these hours would be useful for planned technical changes, releases or migration activity.
• Availability for planned examination-day technical support would be useful but is not mandatory.

How to apply
Please complete the Philippine application form through the Law Training Centre recruitment webpage (see link below). You will need to upload your CV and answer six questions about your Moodle experience. You may also upload anonymised or redacted examples of your work. Do not share confidential information, personal data, learner records or material that you are not authorised to provide.
The form will ask for your availability, expected monthly contractor fee for approximately three days per week, the days or hours included in that fee, your additional day rate and your proposed full-time monthly contractor fee if the engagement expands. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a structured technical interview.
Selection approach
We will assess applicants on their Moodle administration and technical configuration, evidence of improving Moodle use, troubleshooting and technical judgement, workflows and reporting, migration and upgrade work, supplier management, and practical experience with plugins, integrations, APIs, web services and automation. We are also interested in experience of learner progress tracking, AI-enabled Moodle functionality and integration with other learning platforms. We will place more weight on specific examples than general claims. Shortlisted candidates should expect practical interview scenarios based on genuine, anonymised Moodle issues previously encountered by Law Training Centre. A short paid assessment may be used after interview only if further evidence is genuinely required.

Click the link below to complete the application form:

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