Instructional Designer

Instructional Designer

Working Title:

Instructional Designer

Role

Title:

12month-Professional-Instructo

Role Code: 01223-FP

FLSA:
Exempt

Pay Band: 00

Position Number: 280FA781

Agency:
Northern VA Community College

Agency/Division: NV280-Exec VP Academic & Student Svs

Work Location:

Fairfax County - 059

Hiring Range: $81,000 to $94,000. Starting salary is commensurate based on experience, education, and other qualifications appropriately related to the position.

Emergency/Essential Personnel:
No

EEO Category: I-Faculty

Full Time or Part Time:
Full Time

Does this position have telework options? Telework options are subject to change based on business needs:
Yes

Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference?

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday – 8:30 am-5:00 pm

Sensitive Position:
No

Job Description:

General Description:

Under the direction of the Director of Instructional Design and Development, this position provides instructional design expertise for NOVAOnline (NOL), NOVA's distance learning program. The Instructional Designer serves as part of the instructional design team, focusing on assisting faculty in the design of online courses and instructional practices, creation of online learning resources, and piloting/implementing new technologies for teaching and learning.

The Instructional Designer works with faculty to design and develop quality online courses based on sound adult learning pedagogy and instructional design practice, and supports faculty in ongoing course development, evaluation, and revision processes. The Instructional Designer provides professional development opportunities for faculty and maintains active engagement with the instructional design and online learning communities through publication, presentations, and ongoing professional development activities.

Duties and Tasks:

• Coordinate and manage course development and course revision projects from inception to completion.
• Manage the course development process for new courses and courses that need to be revised/redesigned.
• Provide instructional design consultation to individual or groups of faculty on optimal design of online courses and effective use of multimedia for online instruction.
• Provide leadership to faculty to design and develop high-quality, contextually-rich, engaging, and objective-driven online courses.
• Review existing courses for quality, currency, and consistency and work with faculty to enhance courses.
• Mentor faculty as they revise/maintain existing courses.
• Track status of projects and maintain appropriate files and records, including time tracking, project comments, and task completion.
• Help to refine and improve the instructional design/development processes and procedures.
• Design and produce learning materials in a variety of formats, including print, graphics, audio, video, web and multimedia to support teaching, learning, and college information needs.
• Research and make recommendations on educational best practices, instructional resources, and instructional technologies to support teaching and learning.
• Facilitate courses, workshops, and presentations to faculty and staff.
• Participate in professional development to stay abreast of current research and best practices.
• Participate in NOVAOnline staff meetings and  meetings.
• Contribute to special projects as assigned to support the overall strategic mission of NOVAOnline (NOL).
• Employee must reside in VA.

Special Assignments:
May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's/

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent communication (written and oral), interpersonal, and user-support skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Ability to balance attention to detail, attention to policies and procedures, consistency and logic with creativity, flexibility, and innovation.
• Comfortable working in partnership with faculty and skillful at successfully managing that partnership toward excellent course design outcomes.
• Ability…