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Instructional Design

Learning Design Managers provide leadership to a learning design team; develop a comprehensive strategy to meet the teaching and learning needs of an area; lead a learning design team in delivering expert, consultative services to academic partners in the areas of instructional design, educational technology evaluation and integration, and teaching and learning research initiatives.

• Provide leadership and direction to a learning design office or learning design team; establish goals, quality assurance practices, and assessment methods; prioritize deliverables; manage workflow and project scheduling to ensure a high level of service to academic partners
• Manage a team of learning design staff; promote the research, application, and evaluation of technological approaches; develop and deliver development opportunities
• Identify opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative digital learning models, emerging production technologies, experimental approaches, and pedagogical theories with the aim of increasing learner engagement
• Establish the online education mission and vision for a college; plan for future development and growth to meet unit needs including staffing, resources allocation, equipment access
• Develop funding models; plan and administer the budget; oversee grants; advise on and identify opportunities for pedagogical research initiatives
• Represent the unit on committees and at events; build collaborative relationships with faculty, academic leadership, program directors, World Campus, and other educational institutions, and vendors; contribute to the larger learning design community at the University to improve teaching and learning strategies; interpret and recommend policies that impact instructional delivery
• Design and implement development opportunities for faculty and to engage with new research in the field of learning technology; assess the potential impact of new technologies

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00