At Westminster College, we believe in immersive and enriching experiences that inspire creative thinking and problem solving. We believe in creating opportunities for several different paths to success over a lifetime and the potential to make an impact from wherever you are. For our students, we do this by providing real-world, hands-on learning opportunities, small class sizes, and talented professors dedicated to the individual. Our employees often remark that our tight-knit community creates an atmosphere fostering campus involvement that adapts to all interests. As a result, Westminster continues to be recognized for its excellence in higher education as one of the best small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Westminster College seeks an Instructional Designer to design and develop courses in its online degree program. This position creates engaging, high-quality courses that meet industry standards and accreditation requirements for distance education. This position engages in broad pedagogical discourse and guides the advancement of solid instructional design practices across our curriculum. The scope of this position impacts the quality of own work and the work of others, ensuring efficiency, productivity, and compliance. This position will be on-campus and does not have a supervisory responsibility.

Essential Functions:

· Complete a revolving workload of course design and development projects 

· Collaborate with faculty as subject matter experts (SMEs) to design and develop online courses

· Recommend instructional strategies, technologies, and media applications for effective web-based instruction and identified teaching and learning goals

· Manage the faculty course peer review process for all online program courses

· Mentor faculty in their skill development of course design, development, effective pedagogy, and course assessment

· Use assessment data to revise curriculum and instructional strategies

· Keep abreast of emerging instructional design innovations and trends

· Train faculty and other instructional staff in various design and development topics. Examples include, but are not limited to, effective online teaching, learning objective alignment, course map creation, learning technologies

Job Requirements:

Education: Master’s degree or higher in education, curriculum and instruction or a relevant area of study from an accredited institution plus 3 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.

Experience: Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills:

· Apply teaching and learning strategies to promote active learning, evidence-based practices, critical thinking, and the use of technology to enhance student success

· Evaluate assessment data and teaching strategies and recommend improvements in curriculum, teaching methods, and instructional materials

· Establish and maintain positive working relationships with teachers, principals, and other administrators

· Communicate technical and pedagogical information to audiences with varying levels of familiarity

· Complete detailed tasks with accuracy and according to deliverables

· Organize and manage multiple priorities and provide timely responses to communications

· Expertise, or working knowledge of, learning management systems, lecture capture solutions, video editing, learning design software

· Self-motivation to create high-quality products 

· Work independently and as a contributing member of a team

· Demonstrate professional behavior

· Intellectual curiosity

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision options
• Health Savings Account and/or Flex Spending Account
• Supplemental options: Short-term disability, Hospitalization, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Stand-alone EAP program
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability
• Retirement 403(b) plan
• Tuition remission or exchange programs
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays (15+ each year)  

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.

Westminster College encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The College is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate in access to, treatment of, or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, disability, or genetic information.

Inquiries about compliance with this prohibition should be directed to:

Associate Vice President & Chief HR Officer/Title IX Coordinator

501 Westminster Ave, Washington West, 2nd floor

Fulton, MO 65251

HR@Westminster-mo.edu

573-592-5226