Assistant, Associate or Senior Instructional Designer

Job no: 501284

Work type: Faculty

Location: Main Campus (Orlando)

Categories: Educational/Instructional, Other

Classification Title:
Assistant, Associate or Senior Instructional Designer

Administrative Title:
No Administrative Function

Job Description:
The Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) is recruiting for a full-time, non-tenure track, 12-month position as an instructional designer (ID) with a specialization in adaptive learning. This position may participate in an open promotion plan seeking higher rank at the university.

The ID’s major responsibility is developing and maintaining relationships with online and mixed mode faculty and facilitating the development of their adaptive learning courses.

The ID needs strong skills in curriculum development and have the ability to identify components of instruction, link competencies, and create dependencies for the adaptive environment. This may include supporting curriculum development and construction of course materials using specified software on behalf of faculty. In addition, an ID is responsible for all aspects of instructional and curriculum design (e.g., analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) relative to delivery of effective and efficient professional development courses to help faculty convert to the online environment and to promote the quality of online instruction at UCF. An ID participates in research-based professional development opportunities and service.

Characteristic duties and responsibilities:

• Serves as a course designer on behalf of faculty using specified software, including, but not limited to, adaptive learning platforms. Designs and develops instructional content and materials as necessary.
• Provides assistance to online faculty to identify components of instruction, link competencies and create dependencies for the adaptive environment.
• Assists in providing pedagogical consultation services to online faculty including, but not limited to, coaching, mentoring, and encouraging online teaching and learning best practices.
• Assists in monitoring and adjusting instruction based on feedback from faculty to parallel didactic competencies and facilitating completion of learning objectives.
• Performs basic project management tasks for adaptive, mixed mode and online faculty courses and areas of responsibility.
• Facilitates relationship management acting as liaison between faculty/departments and other CDL teams specific to pedagogy, professional development curriculum and courses, and change management.
• Develops and supports online faculty professional development curriculum.
• Assists in developing and implementing instructional design strategies for colleges, regional campuses, and the CDL.
• Assists with research to evaluate and improve distributed learning at UCF.
• Participates in team strategic planning to ensure alignment and attainment of ID team goals and objectives, as well as enhance communication between and among CDL teams.
• Participates in developing and revising CDL and ID team policies and procedures.
• Participates in unit meetings and other university activities.
• Acts as cross-functional team member on projects with other CDL teams.
• Facilitates and supports continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Department:
AA-Digital Learning, Center for Distributed Learning

Work Schedule:
Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Type of Appointment:
Regular

Advertised Annual Salary:
Negotiable

Minimum Qualifications:
Assistant Instructional Designer: Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization.

Associate Instructional Designer: Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization and at least four years of related professional experience; or terminal degree or equivalency of terminal degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization.

Senior Instructional Designer: Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization and at least nine years of related professional experience, with a demonstrated record of sustained achievement in instructional design; or a terminal degree or equivalency of a terminal degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization, with a demonstrated record of sustained achievement in instructional design.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Instructional design degree from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrated ability to work in teams.
• Demonstrated ability in curriculum development.
• Proficient in delivering successful results while managing high profile higher education projects and initiatives.
• Minimum of two years’ experience working in higher education to facilitate faculty developing and delivering online and mixed mode learning courses.
• Familiarity with adaptive learning platforms (e.g., Realizeit).

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Work schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Additional Application Materials Required:
UCF requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted electronically through the Human Resources website, www.ucf.edu/jobs/. In addition to the online application, interested candidates must submit a letter of application addressing the stated position and qualifications, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three current professional references.

NOTE: Please have all application documents ready when applying so they can be attached at that time. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.

Questions regarding this search may be directed to Anita Gabbard at [email protected].

Florida Clause:
UCF’s expectation is that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.

Additional Requirements related to Research Positions:
Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of employment or training in the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic.

The additional screening requirements only apply to research-related positions, including, but not limited to faculty, graduate positions, individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds, post-doctoral positions, undergraduate positions, visiting assistant professors, and visiting research associates.

These requirements do not apply to U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents if the employment or training was/is through an agency of the U.S. Government. For more information on what information must be provided and the screening process, please see: https://corona.research.ucf.edu/screening-process-for-research-positions/.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. UCF’s Equal Opportunity Statement can be viewed at: http://www.oie.ucf.edu/documents/PresidentsStatement.pdf. As a Florida public university, UCF makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request. The UCF’s affirmative action plans for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected Veterans are available for inspection in the Office for Institutional Equity, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., upon request.

The University of Central Florida is proud to be a smoke-free campus and an E-Verify employer.

Advertised: October 29, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: November 25, 2021 11:55PM Eastern Standard Time