Educational/Instructional Designer
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 15 Sep 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Education, Social Sciences
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Other Academic
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Salary: $102,967 - $122,268 (Level B)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super
We are seeking an Educational/Instructional Designer to play a substantive role in advancing the effective use of innovative and engaging learning approaches, drawing on the use of design principles to align with the overall strategic Learning and Teaching direction of the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Working as part of the WCLA team, in this role you would be responsible for leading and coordinating activities designed to build awareness and support for the Centre's work, and for the development of a suite of diagnostic/evaluation tools, and both face to face and online learning and training programs to support teaching staff in the FBE. You will need to demonstrate an ability and willingness to engage in teaching and learning research relevant to the Centre.
To be successful on this role you will possess a relevant postgraduate qualification (or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience). You will also have demonstrated experience in strategic thinking and strong conceptual skills with high level ability to initiate, develop and make recommendations in relation to learning design in curriculum development, delivery and assessment. Also required is an ability and established track record to create and implement effective educational design frameworks based on established models for constructive alignment of learning outcomes, tasks and assessments. You should be able to apply these to the development of curriculum based, high quality learning resources and experiences. Learning designers currently employed in a professional services capacity, or with experience in this, are strongly encouraged to apply.
Position Description
Applications close: 15 Sep 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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