Instructional Design Specialist

Location

Gainesville, FL | United States

Job description

Classification Title:

Instructional Designer I

Job Description:

The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning’s mission is to improve the quality of teaching, learning, and childcare. We research, develop, and scale equitable educational innovations for adults and children that put all learners on trajectories for lifelong success. Specifically, the Center targets kindergarten readiness, 3rd grade reading proficiency, and algebra proficiency as critical milestones in children's educational trajectory that are predictive of success in school and life. The Center works at the nexus of research, practice, and policy to develop sustainable systems that leverage educational technologies and improve the implementation of research-based practices. Housed in one of the nation's elite public research universities, the Center operates as a dynamic, entrepreneurial workplace focused on executing against UF's service mission to strengthen the human condition and improve the quality of life. The Lastinger Center is committed to attracting, hiring, and retaining a dynamic and diverse team.

Content Creation

• Create, research, provide instructional design, and review content as assigned in either English or Spanish center-wide.
• Course content and related assets, translations for product lines, specific customer requests, center-wide activities, miscellaneous documents and presentations, and social media responses.
• Guide the translation process by providing resources from the field that are available in Spanish to ensure consistency and grammatical accuracy.
• Research Spanish reference materials.
• Author activities for developmentally appropriate content and ensure content follows the outlined
  templates and scope of work.
• Align content to ensure it is competency-based and that assessments and content are aligned with the
  appropriate Competencies and Standards.
  • Assure content adheres to APA guidelines, as appropriate.
  • Review content and materials, and edit/revise for improvements as necessary.
  • Assist with updates to visual identity and platform migrations as necessary.
  • Adhere to established schedules and deadlines.
  • Participate in planning and delivery of promotional presentations, conference sessions, etc., as required
  • Track time in accordance with established team processes to align work time to billable projects.

Production Support

• Produce documentation such as but not limited to the following: scripts, storyboards, production notes,
  transcripts, supporting resources, glossaries, etc., or other specified documents as part of project
  deliverables and production schedules.
• Refer to other Lastinger Center courses that have been translated in Spanish to ensure consistency within and across product lines and/or courses.
• Review, revise, and format course resources as required.
• Assist in the pre-production, production, and post-production of videos and other assets for courses or
  other products.
• Review and provide feedback on video and non-video materials, including supporting closed captioning
  files, Interactive Media Elements, etc., in English or Spanish.
• Organize course materials on file-sharing system.
• Participate in project and/or content review meetings to discuss progress, materials alignment, and next
  steps in active or future projects.
• Support activities for on-site/field filming as needed, including organizing digital consents for filming in
  accordance with Lastinger-approved procedures.
• Assist with tagging videos and other assets.

Collaboration

• Consult with subject matter experts on assessment and learner engagement activities, providing guidance on learning management system features to support adult learners.
• Collaborate across project teams to translate, review, and edit translated directions or functions within
  platforms such as the Learning Management System, Student Information System, etc.
• Collaborate across project teams to ensure that any content improvements that have been identified are
  documented and addressed.
• Attending meetings and focus groups as requested.

Other tasks as assigned

Hybrid work location policy:

Lastinger Center for Learning supports and promotes a healthy work-life balance. To achieve this, the Lastinger Center offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule that aligns with the university’s Flexibility in the Workplace Policy. Allowing employees to stagger arrival and departure times as necessary and to vary the number of workdays in the office so long as an employee’s FTE commitment is fulfilled within the university workweek. This policy also allows for occasional, incidental remote work based on individual circumstances.

Expected Salary:$55,000.00 - $65,000.00

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization; or a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area
of specialization and two years of appropriate experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Biliterate in English and Spanish
• Background in either Early Childhood, K-12 Literacy, or K-12 Mathematics preferred
• Strong editing and instructional design skills in both English and Spanish
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills, superior oral and written communication skills, ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, ability to work proactively on a broad range of project support.
• Demonstrates the following dispositions highly valued by the Lastinger Center:
  • committed
  • collaborative
  • culturally attuned
  • conscious of practice
  • curious
  • change agent

Special Instructions to Applicants:

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment Required:No

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