Instructional Design Associate

**INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN ASSOCIATE**
// TWU GLOBAL

**Position Purpose and Summary**

**The Instructional Design Associate gives leadership to the design and development of courses that provide an engaging learning experience in online and/or blended learning environments by serving as a consultant to faculty members who provide content expertise. The Instructional Design Associate will play an important role in the provision of core services as part of the TWU GLOBAL Online team in a timely fashion to meet the curricular goals of the TWU Strategic Plan.

**Key Areas of Accountability**
- Provide efficient and effective project management, documentation and file management procedures;
- Guide the development of course-level learning outcomes in alignment with program and institutional outcomes;
- Create or adapt course assessments in alignment with course, program and institutional outcomes;
- Ensure timely and professional communication with all stakeholders related to course development;
- Work with media team to create, adapt, or use digital media resources to support student learning
- Identify Open Educational Resources for use in online and multi-access courses and ensure copyright permissions are secured as necessary;
- Collaborate with the Equity of Access office at TWU to support the development of a digital learning environment that is accessible and inclusive for students and faculty who experience learning challenges.
- Support the mission of TWU Office of Teaching and Learning through providing workshops and other professional development opportunities for TWU instructors.

**The Person**

**Skills and Abilities**
- Clear understanding of and support for the roles of teaching and learning in an online educational context as supported in current research;
- Working knowledge of intercultural relations and environments, cultural sensitivity, and international students
- Proficient in navigating and administering digital learning environments;
- Willingness and ability to learn and engage with TWU Online’s cloud-based digital workflow;
- Able to provide collegial leadership, coaching and support to Subject Matter Experts;
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to develop and maintain positive relationships with relevant stakeholders;
- Able to work independently with limited direction;
- Able to exhibit a professional attitude and image with a commitment to quality service;
- An educator’s spirit and vision, which grows out of a passion for students to receive a transformational educational experience.

**Personal**

Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.

A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.

**Servant-Leader Way of Life**: Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.

**Key Internal Interactions**

**Reports**:N/A

**Reports to**:Director, Instructional Design & Quality Assurance

**Standards & Requirements**

**Education**: Bachelor’s degree in online education, instructional design, or a relevant discipline required, Master’s degree preferred.

**Experience**:

- Leading instructional design projects in higher education;
- Teaching in higher education, K-12, or ESL/International contexts;
- Developing curriculum for higher education or K-12, or ESL/International contexts;
- Building highly interactive, inquiry-based, community-oriented courses in non-traditional digital learning environments;
- Managing projects where timelines, cost controls, and bottom line results were expected and achieved;
- Working with multiple course development projects simultaneously and navigating multiple competing priorities;
- Experience with a wide variety of digital learning environments (e.g. Moodle, WordPress, web conferencing);
- Creating or adapting digital media assets for use in digital learning environments.
- Designing learning experiences inclusive of Indigenous worldviews and perspectives
- _Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing._
- _**Updated**:July 2022

**Salary Classification**:7

**Agreed to by**:Manager, Online Learning and Instructional Technology & HR

**BENEFITS OF WORKING AT TWU**:

- A comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, dental, and insurance and an RRSP matching program.
- Annual statutory holidays (