Instructional Designer

Santa Fe College; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Santa Fe College in Gainesville seeks an Instructional Designer to advance online, hybrid, and classroom teaching by supporting faculty through group instruction and individualized consultation.

This role contributes to professional development groups, promotes technology integration, and collaborates to develop accessible Canvas-based course materials that enrich learning experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, or curriculum, or a relevant field with instructional design coursework.
• Two years of instructional or curriculum design experience required, including experience with Learning Management Systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with faculty to create instructional materials for online and hybrid instruction.

Skills

Multi-cultural work environment

Adaptability to change

Analytical thinking

Communication

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in instructional design/education/curriculum

Two years instructional/curriculum design experience

Criminal background check required

Tools

Canvas LMS

Multimedia authoring tools

Job description

Compensation

$55,820.00 Annual

Job Description Summary

The application deadline for this position is 11:59pm EST on October 8, 2026.

Job Description

The Instructional Designer plays a crucial role in advancing academic excellence in online, hybrid, and classroom teaching by supporting faculty through group instruction and individualized consultation. This position contributes to the creation and implementation of professional development groups in both web-based and in-person formats while promoting the effective integration of technology into all instructional modes. Additionally, this role collaborates with faculty to develop instructional materials and curate resources to ensure an enriched learning experience.

Responsibilities and Duties Include

• Collaborates and consults with faculty content experts to create and prepare instructional materials for students in online and hybrid instruction or laboratory settings.
• Assists faculty with the selection of effective instructional strategies and the articulation of measurable course and lesson learning outcomes.
• Consults with faculty on the application of innovative technology, including Artificial Intelligence applications.
• Researches relevant trends and best practices for teaching and learning.
• Provides pedagogical guidance to faculty and others as needed.
• Acts as an advocate for teaching and learning by straying abreast of relevant trends and researching best practices.
• Analyzes and evaluates new instructional tools and technologies and provides recommendations to improve current and future course design and delivery.
• Reviews courses during the design, development, and delivery phase to ensure pedagogical and instructional design practices.
• Incorporates innovative methods of content delivery into the online, hybrid, web-enhanced, and in-person classroom environment using appropriate technologies.
• Analyzes instructional issues and provides and implements recommendations for potential solutions.
• Serves on online course review teams.
• Works collaboratively to develop a robust, ongoing program of faculty professional development and new faculty orientation.
• Designs and maintains Canvas sites and routinely ensures online educational resources are accessible, updated, and functional.
• Manages special projects as assigned.
• Keeps a record of operating procedures and may share position specific knowledge, including use of collegewide ERP and related system processes, by providing guidance on standard operations and established departmental procedures as needed.
• Provides service to the college through participation in events, committees, and other college activities.
• Complies with all published College Rules, procedures, guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees, including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, FERPA, and confidentiality.
• Strictly honors the privacy, security, and confidentiality of records and other sensitive information according to appropriate state, federal, and college regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Reports to: eLearning Director

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: A bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, or curriculum OR a bachelor's degree in a relevant field with at least twelve (12) credit hours of instructional design coursework. Additionally, two (2) years of work experience in instructional or curriculum design is required, including experience with Learning Management Systems. A combination of education and/or experience equal to six (6) may be considered.

Additional Requirements: A criminal background check will be conducted.

Preferred: A master's degree in a relevant field. Higher education teaching experience in either online or in-person setting, as well as experience with Canvas Learning Management System. Knowledgeable of the universal design and creation of ADA compliant online courses. Proficiency with multimedia authoring tools.

General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work successfully in a multi-cultural environment.
• Adaptability to Change - able to be flexible and supportive, able to positively and proactively assimilate change in rapid growth environment.
• Analytical Aptitude & Problem Solving - able to analyze information, problems, situations, practices and/or procedures, collect and interpret data, reason logically, establish facts, identify and define existing and potential issues, recognize the interrelationships among elements, draw valid conclusions, develop recommendations, as well as alternative courses of action, select appropriate course, follow up, and evaluate.
• Communication - able to effectively communicate in a professional, diplomatic, empathetic, and tactful manner using preferred method and level as applicable to the job.
• Critical Thinking & Judgement - able to make well-reasoned, sensible, and timel