Curriculum Specialist

**Classification & Regular Hours**:
Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade: 14

**About Western**:
**About Us**:
The team in the Undergraduate Services Office, in the Faculty of Engineering, fosters students' intellectual and personal development toward their academic success. Our mission is to support a welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment wherein we strive to develop and maintain respectful relationships with all students, faculty and staff.

**Responsibilities**:
The Curriculum Specialist will participate in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating Engineering programs to support curriculum changes, mapping learning outcomes, and teaching excellence. The role will collaborate in the development of discipline-specific programs, assessments, as well as generalized programs to support student learning. The Curriculum Specialist will provide a resource to faculty and instructors at the departmental level in the area of needs assessment, program design, curriculum development and evaluation to ensure that departmental initiatives meet the identified learning needs of faculty, instructors, and learners. The role will also support the Experiential Learning portfolio as it relates to curriculum changes in curricular and co-curricular activities in the Faculty, and provide expert consultation to ensure that curricular revisions and educational developments are informed by best practice in teaching and learning.

**Qualifications**:

- Education:
- Undergraduate Degree in Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design or related field
- Master’s Degree in Curriculum Development, Education, Instructional Design or related field preferred

**Experience**:
- 3 years of experience developing, implementing, and coordinating curriculum development programs and processes
- Experience in program evaluation and project management
- Experience working in an academic environment with leaders, faculty and staff preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of outcome-based curriculum design
- Knowledge of curriculum design principles, theory and teaching and learning strategies, activities, and assessments
- Knowledge of adult learning principles, needs assessment methods and of e-Learning principles, strategies and tools
- Familiarity with the academic calendar and University policies and procedures
- Ability to quickly research, evaluate and advise on the viability of new technologies and innovations learning
- Ability to work with a variety of leaders, faculty members, and instructors in an academic environment
- Ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of courses based on best practices and evaluations from students and instructors
- Openness to recognize when change is necessary, and to develop, implement and lead effective change management strategies
- Ability to collaborate across internal and external boundaries to meet common objectives, improve outcomes and support work beyond one's own unit
- Ability to effectively present information, and conduct training sessions and workshops
- Ability to work in a manner that models best practices in confidentiality standards
- Ability to understand customer needs and expectations and provide excellent customer service to directly and indirectly satisfy expectations
- Ability to handle details with a high degree of accuracy and to organize and prioritize a high volume of work to meet deadlines
- Ability to display a blend of diplomacy and persistency to achieve goals while working collaboratively
- Computer skills with the ability to creatively use and integrate technology to improve quality and productivity
- Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite
- Influential interpersonal skills that build positive and strong relationships at all levels of the organization
- Ability to search within and outside the formal boundaries of the organization for innovative ways to improve work

**Western Values Diversity**:
**Please Note**:
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.