Reports to: Director of Online Learning

Description:

The Instructional Designer provides support for the college’s online learning programs, including, but not limited to online learning, technology integration, and training for online faculty and students.

Qualifications:

A qualified candidate must have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ and support the Christian character and mission of Sterling College. The candidate must also possess a clear understanding of and ability to articulate the essentials of a Christian liberal arts college. As a Christ-centered institution, Sterling College believes that all employees make a difference in the lives of students and serve as a Christian role model.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills related to working with diverse students, faculty and staff.
• Organizational skills and ability to prioritize responsibilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with instructional technology such as: learning management systems (LMS), web-based instructional technology. Content management system experience helpful. Third-party web-based educational software experience essential.
• Basic HTML and CSS skills would be a preferred asset.
• Ability to understand how adults learn gained through experience in education, training, or another related field.

Responsibilities*:

• Work with faculty to coordinate, design, and create online instructional content that is engaging, interactive, and instructionally sound while adhering to best practices, copyright compliance and effective use of instructional technology.
• Complete basic course setup in Canvas and mySterling for each term.
• Produce documentation and data reports for internal and cross-departmental constituents.
• Provide basic LMS training for online students and faculty through supporting documents, help sites, and live workshops.
• Provide training and assistance with new technologies for online faculty.
• Provide instructors assistance with best practices, including copyright compliance and effective use of instructional technologies.
• Perform basic video editing and multimedia production for online course design.
• Manage proctoring for online courses, when applicable.
• Manage ADA compliance in online courses.
• Assist in compliance with state, regional and federal regulations of online programs.
• Balance workload and project overflow with the Director of Online Learning.
• Other duties as necessary to support online education at Sterling College

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 2 years of experience in education preferred, specifically experience integrating technology with instruction.

Application Procedure:

A review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The successful candidate must undergo a background check. To view the list of items to be completed to apply for this position, please go to https://www.sterling.edu/employment and view the Instructional Designer job link. Materials are to be submitted electronically to rdodson@sterling.edu.

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.61 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person