Academic Development Specialist

James Cook University (Singapore Campus); Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

James Cook University Singapore is hiring an Academic Development Specialist - AI in Teaching and Learning on a 1-year contract. The role focuses on designing and delivering professional development for academic staff to build capability in AI-enhanced teaching, grounded in learning sciences and instructional design.

You’ll work hands-on with AI platforms and support adoption campus-wide. You’ll collaborate with staff across Schools, run workshops, consultations and create resources, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, instructional design, learning technology or equivalent.
• Portfolio showing AI integrated into teaching is highly regarded.
• Experience designing and delivering professional development for adult learners.
• Hands-on experience building and testing conversational AI agents.
• Knowledge of instructional design models and learning sciences.
• Understanding AI in education and data privacy ethics.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver professional development across learning sciences and AI in education.
• Advocate for pedagogically sound AI use and build champions across Schools.
• Support staff through practice change with consultations and follow-up.
• Configure and test AI agents for onboarding and provide first-line support.
• Evaluate effectiveness and refine designs accordingly.

Skills

Educational design

AI in teaching

Professional development

Instructional design

Learning sciences

Conversational AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in education or instructional design

SSG-recognized adult education qualification (ACLP/ACTA/DACE)

Job description

We are excited to recruit an Academic Development Specialist -AI in Teaching and Learning (1 year contract) to join the Learning Centre.

Artificial intelligence is changing how universities teach. We're looking for an academic developer to help our staff make that change well.

James Cook University Singapore is rolling out AI platforms across the campus — an AI study companion for students, and Microsoft Copilot for staff and students. Technology rollouts succeed or fail on whether educators know how to use them. That's this role.

This is an academic development position at heart. You'll spend most of your time designing and delivering professional development for academic staff, workshops, consultations, resources and follow-up support that build genuine capability in AI-enhanced teaching, grounded in the learning sciences and instructional design. You'll also work hands‑on with the platforms—configuring and testing AI agents, onboarding AI enhanced subjects, and supporting staff and students through adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver academic professional development across the learning sciences, instructional design, pedagogy, AI in education and digital literacy.
• Act as an advocate for pedagogically sound AI use — running awareness and demonstration sessions, addressing hesitancy and misconceptions, and building a community of champions across our Schools.
• Support academic staff through the practice change that adopting these technologies requires, with consultation and reinforcement beyond initial training.
• Configure and test AI agents for subject onboarding, and provide first-line support to staff and students.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of what you deliver and refine your design accordingly.

Requirement

• A bachelor's degree in education, instructional design, learning technology or a related field or an SSG-recognized adult education qualification (ACLP, ACTA, DACE or equivalent) with strong practical experience.
• A portfolio or worked examples showing AI integrated into teaching and learning is highly regarded.
• Demonstrated experience independently designing and delivering professional development or training for adult learners — ideally academic staff in higher education, or in a lifelong learning environment.
• Hands‑on experience building and testing conversational AI agents grounded in defined content sources: configuring agent instructions, testing response accuracy, troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of instructional design models and the learning sciences.
• Sound understanding of current trends in AI for education, including ethical considerations and data privacy
• This is a 1 year full time contract position.

Why this role

Academic development roles that put you at the front of institutional AI adoption are rare. You'll own the capability-building programme for a whole campus, work directly with academics across every School, and build hands‑on experience with AI rollout at scale — reporting to the Head of AI and Learning Technology, with real room to shape the approach. We welcome applicants from the adult education and CET sector as well as higher education.

Closing Date: 17 October 2026

We thank you for your interest and regret we are only able to notify shortlisted candidates.

The Singapore campus of James Cook University (registered as James Cook University Pte Ltd in Singapore) is a wholly owned company of James Cook University Australia. The University offers Bachelor & Master Programs in Business, Psychology, Information Technology & Education at the Singapore campus of James Cook University.