Instructional Designer

Linn-Benton Community College; Oregon; Remote; USD 74,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid holidays

Professional Development Funds

Free tuition for employees

Job summary

Linn-Benton Community College is seeking an Instructional Designer to support the Open Oregon Educational Resources program across Oregon colleges and universities. The role emphasizes open licensing, accessibility, and collaboration with faculty to develop sustainable OER materials.

The position is full-time, temporary through the grant ending 2029-09-30, with travel within the state and remote/home-based work options.

Qualifications

• Requires master’s degree in instructional design; or master’s degree in related field with increasingly responsible work experience in education.
• Familiarity with open education, open textbooks, open access, copyright, and intellectual property.
• Experience working with faculty and students.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with faculty to develop engaging, open-licensed courses and curricula accessible to all students.
• Promote open educational resources via openoregon.org and other channels.
• Develop standards for OER formats (textbooks, websites, videos, etc).
• Organize professional development on instructional design, assessment, technologies, and open educational practices for higher education in Oregon.
• Produce openly licensed documentation, reports, and instructional materials (websites, tutorials).
• Prioritize accessibility and ensure OER published via Oregon’s statewide program meets current standards.
• Model use of instructional technologies (LMS, databases, web tools) with emphasis on open source options.
• Evaluate purchasing or creation of new platforms/tools to enhance open educational practices.
• Track increases in collection usage and student savings; contribute to statewide impact reports.
• Plan sustainable statewide instructional design support.

Skills

Project management

Open education

Web development tools

Instructional design

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's degree in instructional design

Master's degree in related field (education)

Tools

Learning management systems

Job description

The Instructional Designer role works closely with academic departments, managers, and faculty grantees at Oregon community colleges and universities to develop and adopt high-quality, sustainable, and customizable open educational resources. Support faculty from all backgrounds and skill levels through collaboration, consistency, innovation, and transparency. Evaluate and make recommendations on the purchase or creation of platforms, tools, and processes to support student users and streamline faculty efforts, in addition to supporting and managing the use of existing tools and platforms already in use in Oregon. Works closely with the Statewide Open Education Program Director to promote textbook affordability for community college and university students and facilitate widespread adoption of open, low-cost, high-quality materials. The successful candidate for this position will have a broad and compelling interest in all aspects of instructional design and technology that motivates the candidate’s practices in supporting course content and curriculum development, outcomes assessment, diversity and inclusion initiatives, OER advocacy, and student engagement.

*This is a full-time, temporary, fixed-term position funded through a grant that is currently scheduled to end on September 30, 2029 (with new funding this position may be extended beyond the initial grant period). This position will report administratively to Linn-Benton Community College, but supports a statewide grant-funded program accountable to Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the federal Department of Labor.

Open Oregon Educational Resources

Essential Duties:

Collaborate with faculty to develop engaging, interactive, and effective openly licensed courses and curricula that address various learning styles and are accessible to all students.

Write promotional messages, raise awareness, and contribute to repositories to ensure that OER is showcased and searchable via openoregon.org and other relevant channels.

Develop and apply research-based standards for OER produced by grantees in a variety of formats (textbooks, syllabi, websites, videos, etc).

Organize and participate in professional development opportunities to learn about and encourage the use of best practices for instructional design, assessment, technologies, and open educational practices, with a focus on the benefit to higher education in Oregon.

Research, write and produce openly licensed documentation, reports, and other instructional materials (e.g., websites, multimedia, and online tutorials) to support faculty learning.

Prioritize accessibility best practices and ensure that OER published via Oregon’s statewide program meet current standards.

Creatively and effectively model use of instructional technologies such as learning management systems, databases, web development tools, and presentation software, with an emphasis on open source technologies where possible.

Evaluate and make recommendations on purchasing or creating new platforms, tools, and processes to enhance open educational practices and open-source learning environments.

Report on the increase in the use of the collection as a result of improvements made. Contribute to tracking student savings and other impacts resulting from the statewide OER program.

Plan and advocate for the sustainable continuation of statewide instructional design support.

• Other duties as assigned.
  Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  Work is performed primarily from home or in office, meeting rooms, or classroom settings with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards. The successful candidate may work remotely from Linn-Benton Community College but must live in Oregon. Work pressures, frequent interruptions, disturbances of workflow, and/or irregularities in work schedules are expected and occur regularly. Considerable time is spent working on the computer. Minimal physical exertion is required. No special coordination beyond that used for normal mobility and handling everyday objects and materials are needed to perform the job satisfactorily. Must be able to use a computer and communicate effectively with a wide variety of individuals. Position requires travel to community colleges and universities within the state of Oregon, spending multiple days on each trip. Must provide their own transportation for travel.
  Education and Experience

• Requires master’s degree in instructional design; or master’s degree in related field with increasingly responsible work experience in education.

• Familiarity with open education, open textbooks, open access, copyright, and intellectual property.

• Experience working with faculty and students.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated project management skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and solve technology and workflow issues while staying on deadline.
• Must have knowledge of issues in open education, open textbooks, open access, copyright, and intellectual property.
• Familiarity with web development tools, metadata creation, and accessibility standards.
• Requires knowledge of instructional design, including experience with learning management systems.
• Must be skilled in collaborative decision-making and have strong interpersonal skills to work effectively as part of a team working with culturally, socioeconomically, and geographically diverse faculty, students, and staff.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including excellent presentation skills.

Special Notes to Applicants:

Information Regarding the Salary Placement Process:

LBCC is committed to the principles of Oregon Pay Equity. Management/Exempt starting salaries typically fall below mid-point of the range and are dependent on experience. The 2026-27 starting salary range for this position is $74,152 — $100,323 for a 248-day schedule.

If you are the successful candidate for the Instructional Designer position, you will be given the opportunity to present a “Curriculum Vitae” or “Long-Form” resume. Details from this resume will be used to perform a salary regression analysis. Based on the direct and/or indirect experience provided, the salary regression analysis will be calculated to place you in relation to others at the college with a similar level of experience and responsibility.

It is vital that on the long-form resume you include dates for each position held in a “MM/YYYY — MM/YYYY” format, and include whether positions were at a full-time or part-time appointment. If the position was a part-time appointment, please indicate the number of hours worked on average each week.

As a part of your total compensation,

LBCC is pleased to offer comprehensive benefits, including:

• Medical Insurance for employees and their dependents
• Vision Insurance for employees and their dependents
• Dental Insurance for employees and their dependents
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 2 Vacation days accrued per month
• 8 Hours of Sick Leave accrued per month
• On-Site Discounted Childcare
• Free tuition for employees and their dependents
• $2400 Employer paid contribution annually to a tax sheltered annuity
• PERS (Public Employees Retirement) eligibility, with LBCC paying the 6% employee contribution
• Professional Development Funds
• Free use of on-site fitness center

Additionally, please note:

• The College is not an E-Verify institution and, therefore, is unable to employ individuals requiring STEM OPT sponsorship or authorization.
• As a condition of employment, all new employees are required to be compensated via direct deposit.
• Offers of employment are contingent on the applicant having Oregon residency at the time work commences.
• Employment is subject to completion of a post-offer criminal background check.
• Linn-Benton Community College does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire, you will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security’s Form I-9 confirming authorization to work in the United States of America.

Linn-Benton Community College is a Fair Chance employer committed to inclusive hiring practices.

We welcome applications from individuals with a broad range of lived experiences, including those who have been involved with the justice system. If you are selected as a finalist, a conditional job offer will be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment checks. These may include a background check, sex offender registry checks, motor vehicle history check, civil records checks, or other relevant screenings. Please note that background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check process, please reach out to Human Resources at [email protected]

LBCC is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.