Instructional Designer/Technologist II

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: FullTime
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Position Information
General Information


Position Number 009311
Vacancy Open to All Candidates
Working Title Instructional Designer/Technologist II
Position Designation EHRA Non-Faculty
Employment Type Permanent - Full-time
Months per Year 12
Work Schedule
8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday
Hours per week 40
FLSA Status Exempt
Division Academic Affairs
Department School of Professional Studies
Work Location Kennedy
Salary Range $81,000 - $84,000
Primary Purpose of Department
The School of Professional (SPS) reports to the Division of Academic Affairs, reporting to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. SPS works collaboratively with departments, colleges, and academic support units to ensure integrated partnerships for enrollment growth, student success, and faculty effectiveness in teaching.
Primary Purpose of Position
The Instructional Designer/Technologist manages large-scale instructional innovation projects from initiation through design, development, and implementation. These projects are mission-critical and directly related to student success in areas of high need to shorten time to a degree and reduce DFW rates. This essential position will collaborate with faculty and other instructional staff in building out mass-scale course projects for the university and the UNC system partner universities, including the development of content, curriculum structure, and instructional technique.
Specifically, the position provides project oversight and coordination across multiple departments and units, including faculty, other instructional designers/technologists, stakeholders from leadership in partner units at the university and other UNC schools, graduate assistants, working as a team for design, development, revision, management, and scaling up of innovation projects.
Instructional in nature, these duties are associated with the regular academic and educational experiences provided by the university, are uniquely supportive of those academic and educational experiences, and involve significant and independent interaction with participants in the university’s instructional and educational program.
This is an advanced role in an Instructional Design and Technology position to plan, design, and implement academic technology and/or innovative approaches that directly support faculty effectiveness in instructional design and delivery for student success. This position requires an advanced degree in a teaching or instructional design-related field and teaching experience in higher education. Given the need to continually advance and promote the use of mixed teaching methodologies that incorporate the use of technology to not only enhance traditional classroom-based instruction but also broaden the basis for online and blended/hybrid courses, this position involves engaging with faculty, departments, and partner units across the university in multiple ways for course design and delivery, implementation and evaluation.
Summary of Position Responsibilities
This position provides project management, oversight, and coordination across multiple departments and units, working as a team for the design, development, revision, management, and scaling up of multiple large-scale course redesign learning projects. This will include planning and coordination for these strategic initiatives, supporting and fostering learning innovation, promoting systems thinking and design thinking for faculty and student success, and leading the design and redesign of learning environments and instructional systems. The work involves a highly complex chain of functions requiring strong consultancy skills in fostering change and the ability to execute and deliver results. The position requires that a substantial proportion of the work commitment is devoted to instructional activities and the direction of educational/academic supportive activities.
The Instructional Designer/Technologist position is an advanced role for digital innovation and strategic projects in teaching and learning. The position includes functions on curriculum development, implementation and support; educational technology management; data analytics, faculty development and performance support, and capacity building and stakeholder engagement. As such, the position requires significant project management skills for strategic instructional initiatives, architecting the use and support of instructional technology, functioning as a data learning analyst, and acting as a pedagogical consultant for learning innovation, particularly with innovative approaches for faculty and student success. The ID/T position also requires advanced skills in consultation, support, and training for technology-based instructional systems as well as providing expertise in the use of academic technologies, instructional design, and best practices in teaching and learning. This will include planning, implementing, promoting, managing, and evaluating the changes associated with learning environments and instructional systems. The position requires that a substantial proportion of the work commitment is devoted to instructional activities and the direction of educational/academic supportive activities for student success.
Minimum Education/Experience
  • Requires a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Instructional Systems Technology, Instructional Design & Technology, Learning Design & Technology, or a comparable field; doctorate preferred.
  • Must have at least 4 years of related experience in a comparable role in Instructional Design & Technology in Higher Education specifically.
  • Must have the ability to manage complex projects with different stakeholders.
  • A strong knowledge of instructional systems design (ISD) methods, instructional strategies and methodologies, course design (face-to-face, hybrid, and online), instructional technologies, media selection/design, evaluation, learner analysis, learning theory.
  • Must have knowledge regarding the appropriate hard and soft technologies and their applications used in redesign of courses for blended learning environments. Experience with academic enterprise instructional technologies required.
  • Strong knowledge of scholarship of teaching and learning and research design in the social sciences required.
  • Ability to use analytics tools for qualitative/quantitative analysis, data visualization, and learner analytics required.
  • Ability to provide constructive feedback and to work in a team-oriented environment required.
  • Must have the ability to organize programs, project plans, and documents responsive to stakeholder needs and goals.
  • Exceptional communications skills are required, in both writing and public speaking/presentation. Must be confident in leading instruction or instructional programming.
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Doctorate preferred in closely related field.
  • Classroom teaching or training experience preferred. College teaching preferred.
  • Experience providing support to faculty, trainers, or curriculum developers is desired.
  • 5-9 years of experience in higher educational setting preferred.
  • Experience in conducting educational research, including quantitative and qualitative research skills preferred.
  • Project management certification preferred
  • Learning analytics certification preferred
  • Experience with national, international, government academic grants
Necessary Certifications/Licenses
Preferred Certifications/Licenses
Special Notes to Applicants
  • The review of applications will begin immediately for this position
  • The successful candidate must live within a commutable distance of campus. This position is eligible for telework per the School of Professional Studies telework policy once fully trained.
  • Please include the full contact information for 4 references when applying for this position, 2 of which are required from a current or previous supervisor.
  • The finalist will be subject to a criminal background check
  • Required to include a resume/CV and a letter of interest to be considered for this position
  • More information about this job can be found at: https://teaching.charlotte.edu/about-ctl/idt2-2024/
  • Information about the university’s benefits package can be found at https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits
Posting Open Date 01/19/2024
Posting Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
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