Instructional Designer

Posting Number::

201101290P

Job Title::

Instructional Designer

Location::

Texas Township Campus

Full-Time/Part-Time::

Full Time

Pay Rate::

Minimum $65,017 per year. Starting salary is determined based upon education and relevant years of experience beyond the minimum requirements.

Position Type::

Staff

Department::

Faculty Success Center

Job Summary::

Do you get excited about helping others learn and grow? Do you enjoy improving processes by serving and recommending strategies to enhance student learning outcomes? Have you wanted to help shape how learning design is approached in a community college setting? If this sounds like you, Kalamazoo Valley Community College may have the perfect opportunity for you.

As an Instructional Designer, you will collaborate with, consult, and support faculty (credit and non-credit) as well as staff in the development of instructional strategies, assessment techniques, and the appropriate integration of instructional technologies to enhance pedagogy and improve student learning. You will support face-to-face, blended, and online courses with a specific emphasis on promoting Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies.

In this role you will collaborate with other Faculty Success Center staff to develop and facilitate professional development opportunities supporting instructional design, UDL, and developing accessible materials.

You may serve on committees such as the Institutional Learning Outcomes Assessment committee to assist faculty on program assessment and student learning outcomes assessment strategies.

Additional responsibilities as follows:

• Collaborate with team members for programming and services supporting exemplary instruction and compile and develop related resources with particular emphasis on UDL.
• Ensure online and blended courses meet college and accessibility requirements and perform technical and quality reviews of online and blended courses.
• Develop metrics to track progress on accessibility of instructional materials and practices, and contribute relevant data to the annual campus-wide accessibility reporting requirements.
• If applicable, collaborate with the Human Resources department to hire, orient, train, and evaluate assigned staff.

Minimum Qualifications::

Appropriate education, training, experience and talents are required. An example of this would be a Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design and Educational Technology or other related field as well as at least two years experience using a learning management system for instructional and course and/or program development.
Required knowledge and skills:

• Experience with online and blended course design.
• Experience using a learning management system.
• Working knowledge of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) pedagogies and educational accessibility principles, current theories, models and exemplary practices in higher education.
• Skill in designing and delivering training.

Work Hours::

Core business hours 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday.

Posting Date:

04/03/2024

Special Instructions to Applicants::

Please apply online at: jobs.kvcc.edu

This position will remain posted until filled, however, priority consideration will be given to applications received by April 22, 2024.

EEO Statement:

As an employer, KVCC encourages, welcomes, and fosters differences because we believe that diversity makes us great. Diversity extends beyond race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, and encompasses people of all abilities, identities, circumstances, and characteristics. All qualified applicants will be given equal opportunity and consideration for employment; please consider joining us as we continue to enrich lives by teaching and serving our community with excellence. Prior to a job offer, candidates will be required to complete a criminal record background check. For some positions, a credit history investigation will also be required. Information gathered will be used for job-related purposes to the extent permitted by applicable law and will not result in an automatic disqualification from an employment opportunity.