Manager, Continuing Education Curriculum Strategy and Quality

Job Description

Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person. Work primarily takes place at Enterprise Square, Edmonton.

The Manager, Continuing Education Curriculum Strategy and Quality, provides strategic leadership for the design, quality, governance, and continuous improvement of Continuing Education’s non-credit curriculum portfolio, comprising 250+ online courses and 50+ certificate and diploma programs.

• Develop and maintain curriculum quality standards, frameworks, policies, and processes.
• Lead quality assurance reviews and curriculum governance across the Continuing Education portfolio.
• Establish processes for the development, revision, and retirement of non-credit programs and courses.
• Ensure curriculum aligns with adult learning principles, online learning practices, industry requirements, and University standards.

• Establish standards for program and course learning outcomes and their alignment with learning activities and assessments.
• Guide the development of authentic, workplace-relevant assessments.
• Establish assessment standards and best practices for non-credit programming.
• Support responsible integration of AI into curriculum, learning, and assessment practices.

• Lead systematic curriculum review and renewal across 250+ courses and 50+ programs.
• Develop multi-year curriculum maintenance and renewal plans.
• Lead curriculum refresh and major program redesign initiatives.
• Maintain curriculum inventory, documentation, tagging, and version control.

• Establish instructor qualification, onboarding, and curriculum orientation standards.
• Collaborate with Continuing Education leadership on instructor recruitment and evaluation.
• Support instructors in effective teaching, learning, and assessment practices.
• Promote academic integrity and academic quality across the portfolio.

• Analyze learner feedback, LMS analytics, completion rates, assessment outcomes, and program performance data.
• Establish curriculum quality indicators and performance measures.
• Lead post-launch program reviews and quality improvement initiatives.
• Recommend curriculum improvements based on evidence, emerging trends, and stakeholder input.

• Establish standards for learner engagement across online, hybrid, and in-person programming.
• Promote active, experiential, and workplace-applied learning.
• Collaborate with instructional design and learning experience teams to enhance learner experience and consistency across the portfolio.

• Provide strategic advice on curriculum strategy, portfolio planning, and new program development.
• Lead course production activities and supervise the Instructional Designer and Learning Experience Developer.
• Monitor emerging trends in adult education, workforce development, micro-credentials, and online learning.
• Maintain relationships with professional associations and advisory committees to ensure curriculum currency and relevance.
• Support accreditation, credential frameworks, and external quality reviews, where applicable.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year curriculum strategy aligned with Continuing Education and University priorities.

• Master's degree in Education, Adult Education, Curriculum Studies, Instructional Design, Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration, or a related field is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Adult Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Leadership, Higher Education…