Instructional Designer

Job Description

Description of the Organization/Department:

Wentworth Institute of Technology, the university of opportunity, prepares graduates who are future-focused and career-ready and provides our community of learners with access to inclusive and engaging educational programs through a uniquely effective, hands-on, experiential, and cooperative education approach.

The Advancing Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (ATLAS) Center serves as an integral partner in preparing our students for success by promoting innovative, evidence-based teaching and learning practices. ATLAS fosters excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by providing a range of programming and support services with the goal of creating a community of educators focused on inclusive excellence and continuous improvement. ATLAS sits at the intersection of Academic Affairs and Digital Technology Services, positioned to support academic innovation through best practices in teaching and learning and thoughtful implementation of educational technologies.

We collaborate with faculty and partners across the university to develop initiatives aligned with program and university goals aligned with Wentworth's strategic plan.

Position Summary:

The Instructional Designer is a collaborative and creative professional dedicated to advancing excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship orting to the Executive Director of the ATLAS Center, Instructional Designers partner with faculty to design and enhance educational experiences across all modalities using evidence-based practices that promote equity, accessibility, and student engagement. The Instructional Designer takes a leadership role on project teams, fostering innovation and applying educational theory to create impactful initiatives aligned with institutional goals.

This position emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and a learner-centered mindset to support continuous improvement in teaching practice.

This is a partially remote position.

Essential Functions:

Course Development and Design

* Partner with faculty and staff to develop, implement, and optimize courses (undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and non-credit) that meet student needs and improve learning outcomes.

* Support inclusive, accessible, engaging, and evidence-based course design, development, and delivery.

* Encourage meaningful adoption of the learning management system (LMS), academic technology tools, and teaching strategies to foster equitable, active teaching practices (classroom, hybrid, and online), and achievement of course goals.

* In collaboration with ATLAS Instructional Technologists, support faculty in effective use of the LMS through 1-on-1 meetings, workshops, and other forms of engagement.

Programming and Resources

* Create and deliver faculty professional development opportunities through outcomes-oriented, innovative, multimedia/digital and in-person learning solutions to respond to the dynamic needs of faculty and students.

* Design and facilitate workshops and programming, such as new faculty onboarding, learning institutes, and community forums.

* Create and disseminate faculty development resources, such as content for the ATLAS website and LMS resources.

* Contribute to collection of programming data to support ATLAS's data-driven approach to continuous improvement.

Projects and Initiatives

* Contribute to thought leadership on, and realization of, ATLAS's strategic plan, which is aligned with the Wentworth Strategic Plan.

* In collaboration with the ATLAS leadership, takes ownership of key elements of ATLAS's strategic initiatives.

* Contribute to programming to advance a culture and community of teaching and learning scholarship among faculty.

Professional Development and Community Engagement

* Maintain expertise in teaching and learning best practices and best practices in evaluating and implementing academic technologies.

* Develop and maintain an understanding of teaching and learning practices across different schools/disciplines at Wentworth.

* Represent ATLAS within the Wentworth, Colleges of the Fenway (COF), and teaching and learning professional communities.

Skills:

Written & Oral Communication

* Excellent verbal and written communication

* Effectively conveys and listens to ideas and information

Project/Process Management

* Takes ownership of assigned projects and work

* Prioritizes and plans work activities to respond to emergent tasks while accomplishing larger term projects

* Develops shared goals and work plans, in collaboration with ATLAS leadership and key stakeholders

* Uses time effectively, including meeting deadlines

* Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner

* Adheres to expectations about maintaining shared documentation and use of standard tools of the department/institution

* Maintains expected workload

* Takes on additional responsibilities as needed

Teamwork/

Collaboration:

* Contributes to positive team culture and environment

* Develops positive working relationships within the team and…