The University’s Teaching and Learning office seeks to appoint Instructional Designers to collaborate with academic staff and staff within the professional services sector to:

• Design online/blended programs, which leverage technology and innovative learning solutions to enhance teaching and learning;
• oversee, support and promote the effective use of technology and learning design in online/blended teaching, including course/module and program development;
• design, develop and evaluate curriculum, methods, teaching and assessment techniques for both face-to-face and blended instruction;
• support the end-to-end process of materials development, feedback, and revision according to quality standards using contemporary web tools and technologies;
• support the production and delivery of e-learning and online methods and techniques;
• create promotional material for online/hybrid facilitation; and to
• teach professional learning programmes, conduct workshops on online and/or blended learning experience design, and participate in collaborative project work.
• Promote and engage in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• The role requires a dynamic and energetic person who is able to multitask under strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment and is willing to engage in continuing professional and personal learning.
• The incumbent must have excellent project management, report writing, research, teaching, mentoring, coaching, assessment, and communication skills.
• She/he must have the ability to interact professionally and build strong relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders. The candidate will work as part of a team of Instructional Designers and will report directly to the Director of Teaching and Learning.

• Honour’s degree (or equivalent) in the field of curriculum development (e.g. computer-based education, educational technology, instructional design, media science or eLearning) or other relevant discipline

Experience 

• Five (5) years’ higher education working experience or three (3) years’ teaching or delivering seminar-style training, including initiatives for using educational technologies appropriately in design, development, teaching, and coordination of online and/or blended learning programmes in a complex university environment
• Alternatively, five (5) years’ relevant experience or an equivalent combination of working experience and teaching or professional development/training delivery
• Design and development experience for both face-to-face and blended learning environments
• High level of computer literacy and proficiency in software such Microsoft 365

Preference will be given to candidates with specialised skills in:

• Managing and formally evaluating programme development projects or initiatives; production of learning objects and educational media using video recording, photography, editing equipment and software; HTML authoring software; web or graphic design software and other multimedia and web development tools.