Director of Instructional Design

Director of Instructional Design

Department: Online Education
Location: Columbia, MO
Type: Staff, Full-time
Salary range starts at: $60K

Diversity Statement:
Columbia College is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. The college maintains a safe place for open discourse; supports activities that promote diversity and inclusion; and overall, fosters a sense of community that welcomes everyone.

Job Summary:
The Director of Instructional Design will implement, manage, and evaluate integrated instructional development projects and related support for faculty and staff in the areas of instructional design, assessment, instructional technology applications and evaluation.

• Perform job duties in accordance with Columbia College’s vision, mission, and values, and contributes to the development of the Online Education Department.
• Plan, implement, and manage course development and redevelopment processes and timelines.
• Apply pedagogical principles and learning theories to create engaging course designs.
• Lead, coach, manage and develop a team of experienced on-site and remote instructional designers.
• Retain a pool of Freelance Instructional Designers we can rely on as needed.
• Work with Program Coordinators and Academic departments on the yearly development plan.
• Coordinate CCG course development processes.
• Collaborate with Assistant Director of Operations on project timelines, ID workload, and confirming availability of course developers.
• Train and mentor Instructional Design staff in the use of D2L in accordance with best practices, industry standards, and in alignment with Online Education templates and expectations.
• Maintains awareness of best practices, emerging technologies, and new potentials in educational technology that may be adopted as new and emerging instructional media, technologies, pedagogies and practices.
• Fulfill additional responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Educational Technology, Instructional Design, or a related field.
• Experience developing and redesigning face-to-face, fully online, and hybrid/blended courses using sound principles of instructional design and project management.
• Experience and demonstrated competence in working with learning management/online learning platforms such as D2L Brightspace. Demonstrated experience with HTML5/CSS3; multimedia (including images, audio, and video); Adobe Creative Suite; or related tools.
• Thorough knowledge of online pedagogy, learning theories, instructional design models, and assessment methods.
• Significant knowledge of and experience with current learning management systems and other instructional technologies.
• Willingness to learn and follow the design process, standards, and templates used at Columbia College.
• Knowledge and experience with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with technology as it relates to teaching and learning or equivalent education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a higher education setting working with faculty and instructional designers.
• Supervisory experience.

This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive of every duty and responsibility required by the employee in the position.

Benefits Summary

Columbia College values its employees and is committed to offering benefits designed to help enhance their health and well-being. Columbia College views the benefits offered to its workforce as an important component of the overall compensation package made available by the College. We strive to offer our employees comprehensive and affordable benefits that make Columbia College an even more attractive place to work.

The College offers generous benefits to eligible employees that include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Basic life insurance and AD&D insurance
• A 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, to which the College will match up to 8% of an employee’s annual compensation that vests at 20% a year after the employee satisfies a one year waiting period, is at least 21 years of age, has worked at least 1,000 hours in a Plan year
• Paid vacation leave
• Paid sick leave
• An Employee Educational Grant program that allows eligible individuals to take undergraduate in-seat classes at Columbia College tuition free, and online undergraduate courses at a 75% tuition reduction
• A Graduate Educational Grant program that allows eligible individuals to take graduate classes in-seat or online at Columbia College, at a 75% tuition reduction
• Participation in Tuition Exchange programs that allows full time employees to send their non-emancipated children to other member institutions with no or significantly reduced tuition charges

The offer of employment and assignment to duties is contingent upon a satisfactory criminal background check. The information may include, but is not limited to, academic, residential, achievement, performance, attendance, disciplinary, employment history, credit history, driving history, and criminal history of public record.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Columbia College is an equal opportunity employer.

In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), the Department of Campus Safety for Columbia College has provided the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report and crime statistics for the main campus and venues nationwide.

Columbia College is required to distribute this information to all current and prospective employees and students. Please follow the link below for the full report or contact Human Resources at 573-875-7495 for a printed copy.

https://www.ccis.edu/campus-safety/crime-reporting/reports-stats