Instructional Designer

Salt Lake Community College; Taylorsville (UT); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College is seeking an Instructional Designer to join the instructional development team. The role involves designing high-quality, technology-enabled instruction and mentoring junior designers, with leadership within the group.

The position is hybrid, requiring both remote and in-office presence each week. The designer will apply systematic instructional design methods, review course quality, collaborate with faculty and content experts, and stay current with learning theory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Technology.
• 3–6 years of related experience; trade-off allowed between education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs effective, quality instruction for technology-enabled learning environments and larger projects.
• Mentors Instructional Designers 1 and leads project teams.
• Applies instructional design methods and reviews instructional quality.
• Collaborates with faculty and content experts to update courses/products.
• Documents progress and estimates time/effort for tasks.
• Stays current with learning theory, instructional design theory, and online education tools.

Skills

Organization skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Persuasion

Innovative thinking

Written and oral communication

Multitasking

Learning theory

Technology fluency

Web navigation

Web development basics

Independent work

Mentoring

Influencing others

Stakeholder communication

Diversity awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Technology

3–6 years of experience

Tools

MS Office

Web-based tools

Fundamental web development tools

Job description

Instructional Designer

The Instructional Designer works as part of an instructional development team and under limited supervision, is responsible for designing and reviewing effective, quality instruction for technology‑enabled learning environments. This position serves in a mentoring role to Instructional Designers 1, providing some leadership within the group. The role is hybrid, requiring both remote and in‑office presence each week.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Highly developed organization skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Well‑developed critical thinking skills
• Strong problem‑solving abilities
• Ability and willingness to question status‑quo practices and influence others through persuasion and demonstration
• Ability to conceptualize innovative ideas and solutions
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to concurrently manage multiple assignments
• Solid understanding of Learning Theory and Instructional Design Theory
• Fluency and comfort in the use of technology in everyday life
• Fluency in using popular productivity software (MS Office suite or equivalent) on Windows or Mac platforms
• Fluency in navigating the web and using web‑based tools to facilitate work, learning, collaboration, productivity, research, etc.
• Sound understanding of, and ability to use, fundamental web development technologies and tools
• Ability to work independently with limited direction
• Ability to take the lead among professional peers and partners
• Ability to influence and mentor others by example and through constructive criticism
• Ability to represent and defend interests and concerns of a group to others
• Ability to quickly and accurately evaluate the work of others
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, maintaining good working relationships across the College
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, including those with disabilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs effective, quality instruction for technology‑enabled learning environments, including on higher profile, larger, and more complex projects
• Cultivates close, collaborative, and professional working relationships with faculty, content experts, and other members of the development team
• Applies systematic instructional design methods in real‑world, online instructional settings
• Reviews the instructional quality of courses/products
• Identifies and clarifies instructional objectives
• Assesses faculty and content expert teaching styles and student audience, applying appropriate learning theory, instructional design theory, and/or technology
• Questions and influences the practices of faculty and content experts to enhance instruction
• Implements innovative approaches and strategies to solve instructional problems
• Selects appropriate technologies, including specific applications, to enhance instruction in a course/product
• Identifies areas of weakness in courses/products and employs strategies for improvement
• Uses course/product design documents based on sound instructional design principles to communicate the vision of a course/product to stakeholders
• Collaborates with content experts on updates and revisions to courses/products
• Performs web development tasks using fundamental web development technologies and popular web and e‑learning development tools
• Documents progress and status of assigned tasks for review by others
• Reports regularly to Project Managers and informs other team members on assignments and progress
• Provides accurate time and effort estimates on assigned tasks/projects
• Serves as Instructional Design Lead on projects involving more than one instructional designer
• Mentors Instructional Designers 1 on the fulfillment of their responsibilities
• Models use of the SLCC Online Learning Model(s) in their own instructional design practices
• Facilitates and/or participates in e‑Learning faculty credentials and other training resources or events in areas of instructional design and instructional technology tools
• Designs e‑Learning faculty credentials and other training resources or events in areas of instructional design and instructional technology tools
• Leads internal instructional design subgroups/committees when assigned
• Reviews work produced by Instructional Designers 1 and provides suggestions for improvement
• Stays current with and has a thorough understanding of technology tools and trends in online and higher education
• Stays current with learning theory and instructional design theory
• Completes other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Technology
• 3–6 years of experience
• Trade‑off 1:1 in experience/education requirement

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Instructional Design or Instructional Technology
• Experience designing courses according to current accessibility guidelines
• Experience teaching in higher education

Additional Employment Requirements

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.