Instructional Specialist

Job Description

Job Summary:

Would you like to use your creativity and collaboration skills to develop educational materials for lifelong learners? The Learning Design and Technologies (LDT) Team at InterPro is hiring an Instructional Specialist in support of our Professional Development and Graduate Programs. The primary purpose of this role is to provide support for course development and delivery operations, to include:

Complete review, edits, and delivery of instructional materials
Manage instructional material templates, checklists, and timelines
Import, build, and review course sites to align with quality standards
Manage a high-volume of production requests

Additionally, an important part of this role will be supervising a team of student employees (approximately 4). This will encompass recruitment, managing schedules, and distributing workload.

InterPro (The Office of Interdisciplinary Professional Programs) is in the UW Madison, College of Engineering. Our mission is to advance the Wisconsin Idea by delivering professional education programs and learning services to individuals and organizations. We strive to offer a portfolio of professional education programs and services focused on the needs of engineers, managers, technical professionals and partner organizations, to guide them into the future.

Responsibilities:

Assists with or supports the design, development, and enhancement of instructional activities, programs, and curricula. Utilizes effective educational methodologies and technologies to meet organizational and learner needs.

15% Assists with the design and development of engaging, effective learning experiences which may be face-to-face, blended, and/or online
20% Completes initial edits, reviews, and updates of existing instructional materials
5% Contributes to researching, designing, and/or acquiring learning resources, technologies, materials, and/or processes to support learning
5% Assists with providing basic training and technical support to learners in settings such as classrooms, labs, clinics, and distance learning mediums
10% Provides consultation, training, and/or support for learning technology tools and platforms
10% Analyzes, tests, troubleshoots, resolves issues, and provides feedback regarding learning technologies
5% Provides support for collecting, organizing, interpreting, and disseminating data to identify instructional program needs and enhance effectiveness
10% Assists with the design and development of multimedia learning materials
5% Provides support for faculty development and engagement programs and activities
15% Supervision and management of student employees

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

Education:

Required
Associate’s Degree OR one year of experience working with adult instructional/educational materials

Qualifications:

Required

People/Project management skills: examples include task management, workload delegation, backward planning, management of people or roles; prioritizing competing projects

Collaboration skills: examples include prior work on a team to complete a project, regular discussions with team members to develop processes/standards, idea sharing to enhance creativity, coordinating handoff of work across teams

Communication skills: examples include providing clear and concise written and verbal instructions, active listening, asking questions, communicating status updates to key stakeholders, inquire on status/follow-up, request support, and customer service support

Comfortable learning new tools and technology; examples include transitioning to new software and systems; troubleshooting technical issues; optimizing processes through the use of technology

Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint: examples include ability to change slide templates, add or remove slide content effects, develop themes for formatting, add video into a slide

Preferred:

Experience with Asana, Adobe Acrobat and InDesign
Experience with content management or design related to adult educational materials
Leadership experience: prior supervision or management role
Strong attention to detail

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $50,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.

Additional Information:

December 2024 graduates are encouraged to apply.

We recognize that many applicants who would excel in this role may not meet every listed qualifications. We encourage those with transferable skills to also apply. If you possess relevant skills, even without a specific degree, we welcome your application. We encourage all applicants to highlight their transferable skills and qualifications with specific examples in their resumes and cover letters.

How to Apply:

To begin the application process, click on “Apply Now”. Applicants must apply through job #305474 on the Jobs at UW website (www.jobs.wisc.edu) by submitting a cover letter and resume by the consideration date.

Contact:

Molly Olds
[email protected]
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Teach, Learn, & Tech Spec I(TL003)

Department(s):

A19-COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING/COE INTERPRO/ENG PRO DV

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

305474-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

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