Instructional Designer

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is expanding its Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) and seeking a dynamic Instructional Designer for Faculty Development. At WFUSM, our diverse and talented faculty elevate our national academic model through world-class healthcare, groundbreaking research, and unparalleled education. The vision of the OFA is for each faculty member to flourish and experience a sense of belonging within a highly collaborative, values-driven culture that inspires excellence, professional growth, and well-being. The purpose of the OFA is to equip our faculty to lead the way as innovative clinicians, researchers, and educators who fulfill the mission of WFUSM and Advocate Health. The OFA lifts everyone up by creating programs and practices that attract and retain a world-class faculty, equip faculty to succeed in academic promotion, provide development and leadership training at every career stage, offer mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship, enhance well-being, and foster a values-driven culture that promotes excellence, belonging, and flourishing.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Instructional Designer will have a dual report to the Assistant Vice President of Faculty Affairs and the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Experience and Success and will work collaboratively to implement and manage innovative programs that:

• Attract and retain a world-class faculty to WFUSM

• Equip faculty to succeed in academic promotion

• Provide faculty development and leadership training at every career stage

• Offer mentoring, coaching, and sponsorship to faculty throughout their careers

• Create initiatives to value, elevate, and recognize faculty

• Foster a values-driven culture that that promotes faculty development, belonging, and flourishing
  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for working with stakeholders across the organization to identify performance, skills, knowledge and attitudinal gaps of a targeted audience and create learning experiences that close the associated gaps.
• Designs, develops, and delivers innovative, multi-modal learning solutions and experiences across each campus environment which aligns to leadership needs, functionality and technical requirements.
• Works with faculty and staff to understand the needs and conditions of faculty development satisfaction, strategy, and capabilities to achieve the best outcomes in the educational environment.
• Consults with faculty/staff on instructional design needs, plans and conducts analyses, leads the design and development of the curricula, and manages the implementation and evaluation of the curricula.
• Proven project management experience in the administration of learning management software, instructional design, or continuing education. Experience with curriculum development and course design software: MS Office Suite, Articulate, Camtasia, Adobe products, web authoring tools/AV experience a plus.
• Experience with Learning Management Systems is required.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence a plus.
• Conducts instructional research and analysis on learners and contexts.
• Works with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to design and develop learning content.
• Creates learner-centered learning objectives and content to match them.
• Applies instructional design theories, practice and methods.
• Designs and develops compelling course content that enhances retention and transfer including, but not limited to: microlearning, social learning, virtual and instructor led learning, gamification and simulations, and performance support tools.
• Demonstrates management, project planning, strong collaboration and cross functional leadership abilities.
• Designs an assessment strategy in collaboration with the Assessment & Evaluation team and Curriculum leaders to gauge impact of the development experience.
• Collaborates with IT teams and consultants to ensure quality and efficiency in evaluation and assessment processes.
• Be able to work both independently and part of a team of faculty, staff, and administration.
• Attends and contributes to the discussion in applicable professional development committees, task forces, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, educational technology, instructional technology, or related field with (5) years of related instructional design experience. Master’s degree in instructional design, educational technology, instructional technology, or related field is preferred. Ability to design functional and technical training is necessary. Ideal candidates will have experience in problem-based, inquiry-based and/or case-based curricula.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of instructional design and implementation
• Strong written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Good project management and meeting facilitation skills are necessary.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Acts with high ethical standards and focuses on excellent customer service. Must be able to work professionally and effectively with all faculty and staff levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.
• High energy, team-oriented, customer-focused with a passion for excellence consistent with WFUSM’s culture and core values and operating with the utmost integrity.
• Able to successfully navigate a complex academic, clinical, research organization with multiple internal and external stakeholders, leading through influence and transparency to gain trust and credibility.