Instructional Technology Specialist

Position Information

Position Information

Career Opportunity Number
23-059

Position Title:
Instructional Technology Specialist

Location
Administrative Center

Position Type:
Full-Time

Class Category
Classified Staff

Job Open Date
05/12/2023

Job Close Date
06/05/2023

Open Until Filled
No

Initial Screen Date:
06/07/2023

Minimal Qualifications:

Associate degree (A.S., A.A.) or two-year technical certificate in instructional design, computer science or related area;

1 year related experience.

Minimum Qualification can be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with design software such as Creative Suite or Articulate
• Experience in an academic, educational or training environment
• Experience working with learning management systems such as Canvas
• Experience working with diverse groups of individuals

Work Hours

Normally scheduled 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday; however, may be
required to work other shifts to include evenings and/or weekends. Schedule subject to change based upon department needs.

Compensation
The annual starting salary is $40,911. A competitive benefit package is included.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Cover letter and resume are required and must be attached to the online application in order to receive any consideration. Interviews will be conducted by a screening committee.

We offer all full-time employees medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans, as well as retirement, 403b, employee assistance, flexible spending, health savings account, and wellness programs. We have a generous time-off policy including vacation, sick/personal days, holidays, and paid spring and winter break.

We can’t wait to show you why Metropolitan Community College is a great place to work!

Class Summary

Incumbents support the Instructional Design team to format and install online courses and provide support for faculty members with instructional technologies.

Typical Essential Duties

· Prepare and review instructional materials and media in the learning management system for use by faculty, students and staff, including review for standard ADA compliance.

· Support instructional design team with course development and course updates. Review and make boiler plate updates District course shells, including syllabus, schedule, test banks and ADA remediation.

· Support the system manager in technical areas as required. Make updates to faculty and student resources modules. Monitor the LMS and MCC Online webpages to check for content and correct links.

· Work with system manager to load course contents for all online courses, manage organization enrollment, providing archived content as needed, and monitor instructional systems.

· Support faculty and staff in use of instructional technologies such as media platform, the learning management system, and conferencing.

Knowledge

• Academic course technologies;
• Excel or similar software;
• Using the Internet to manage files and websites;
• Training techniques;
• Customer service principles;
• Computers and related software applications;
• Recordkeeping principles.

Skills

• Evaluating hardware and software applications
• Providing customer service;
• Using a computer and related software applications;
• Maintaining records;
• Training end-users and faculty members;
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

Positions Supervised

None

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require: feeling, grasping, hearing, fingering, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.

Licensing Requirements

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * What is the highest level of education you have as conferred through an official transcript?
   • Have not completed High School/GED
   • High School/GED
   • Associate's degree
   • Bachelor's degree
   • Master's degree
   • Doctorate degree
2. * How much directly related (full-time equivalent) work experience do you have in instructional technology, as supported by your application?
   • None
   • Less than one year
   • Between 1 and 2 years
   • Between 2 and 4 years
   • More than 4 years
3. How did you learn about this position?
   • Academic Keys
   • Chronicle of Higher Education
   • Craigslist
   • Diverse Issues in Higher Education
   • Dos Mundos
   • Employee referral
   • Facebook
   • HigherEdJobs
   • Jobs.mo.gov
   • Indeed
   • Inside Higher Ed
   • Kansas City Call
   • Kansas City Globe
   • Kansas City Hispanic News
   • LinkedIn
   • MCC Website
   • Monster
   • Other Source
   • Twitter

Optional & Required Documents
Required Documents

1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. Transcript 01

Optional Documents

1. Transcript 02
2. Transcript 03
3. Transcript 04
4. Transcript 05
5. Other Document 01
6. Other Document 02
7. Other Document 03
8. Other Document 04
9. Other Document 05
10. Curriculum Vitae
11. References
12. Letter of Recommendation 01
13. Letter of Recommendation 02
14. Letter of Recommendation 03