The Academic Services team provides an end-to-end course development service for its university partners, its learning design team advising on the creation of career-connected curricula, supporting the academic planning of new programmes, and providing online pedagogy support to academics in the development of new online courses, and, through its learning technology team, launching the developed courses on the university VLE.**Job Summary**The **Instructional Designer** is responsible for the design and development of high-quality online courses that reflect best practice in learning theory, instructional design, and current scholarship in digital education. The role makes innovative use of emerging technologies, and principally AI, to enhance efficiency in course development and delivery, to explore alternative treatments of course content, and to support the professional growth of colleagues through sharing and training in these approaches. Working closely with academic staff and cross-functional teams, the role ensures that courses are aligned with programme objectives, quality standards, and agreed timelines, while contributing to the consistency and effectiveness of the learning design team.**Key Duties and Responsibilities*** ***Course Design:*** + Collaborate closely with university faculty to design courses that are creative, inspiring and engaging and aligned to programme learning objectives. + Apply online learning best practices, appropriate learning theory, user-centered design methods, and accessibility standards to improve faculty’s courses in terms of effectiveness, use of technology, and student engagement. + Translate complex content into clear, meaningful and scaffolded learning experiences for students. + Keep practices current by drawing on educational research, innovations in digital pedagogy and student feedback to inform design approaches. + Provide recommendations and guidance on media use, including video, interactive elements and graphics to strengthen learning outcomes.* ***Faculty Advising:*** + Establish strong rapport and credibility with faculty members; provide expert guidance and creative consultation through course development process. + Act as a thought partner for academics and programme directors, offering advice grounded in adult learning theory, industry trends and Risepoint design principles. + Encourage experimentation and identify opportunities to improve student learning, faculty experience, business impact, and client relationships. + Support faculty development through the delivery of online workshops, job aids and resources to strengthen teaching practice* ***Innovation and Use of AI:*** + Innovate in the application of AI tools to streamline course development and delivery for both learning designers and faculty partners. + Explore the creative use of AI to produce engaging treatment of content delivering and supporting a personalized online student experience conducive to facilitating learning + Identify best practices in AI for learning design and train other learning designers in how to incorporate these tools and techniques into their learning design practice + Research, in collaboration with learning technologists, where AI tutoring and assessment tools could enhance the student experience* ***Project Management:*** + Manage course development projects, academics and schedules to ensure courses are delivered on time and within scope. + Develop and follow sound project plans, communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders and escalate risks appropriately + Leverage Risepoint’s established processes and tools to track progress, maintain accurate status updates and continue to process improvements.* ***Additional Position Responsibilities*** + Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies + Perform other duties as assigned**Job Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree in education, Learning Sciences, Instructional Design, Curriculum & Instruction or related field* A minimum of 2 years’ work experience in learning design with strong background in learning theory and online instruction; experience working with subject matter experts in the development of online learning experiences.* Must reside in the United Kingdom.* ***Travel***: Ability to travel up to 20%.* ***Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:*** + Proficient in designing and developing instructional materials and courses applying adult learning theories and instructional design models. + Proven ability to Independently manages course projects coordinating with course developers to keep projects on track. Anticipates roadblocks and proactively adjusts touchpoints and milestones. Leads course kick offs, touch points and meetings. + Uses established instructional design methods to solve recurring design or delivery problems. Applies standard templates and practices with growing fluency. + Ability to confidently guide subject matter experts through design processes and manage to deadlines to create effective and engaging online courses. + Strong competency with learning management systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace, or Moodle and related technologies; Facility with synchronous and asynchronous online collaboration. + Consciously works to build rapport through understanding, and adapting own personal style to the attitudes, interests, needs, and perspectives of others + Familiarity and facility with the use of new AI technologies in learning, development and training contexts + Adapts to change and able to champion change internally and help faculty and faculty leads (as appropriate) adapt. + Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with peers, colleagues, management, and others. + Must be adaptable and flexible to change, with a strong results orientation, attention to detail, and commitment to completeness. + Demonstrates knowledge of current industry practices, trends, and opportunities*Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws.***#LI-AD1****Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce****This role is eligible for comprehensive benefits****Personal and Professional Development:*** Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs* Tuition Reimbursement for employees **and** their dependents**Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students.** **Risepoint** **brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.**Reliable. Empowered. Adaptable. Customer-centric. Heart. These are some of the words that describe Risepoint employees. We have spent the past nearly 20 years helping universities grow by expanding access to affordable, life-changing education for working adults. As an education technology company that provides trusted partnership and expertise to more than 125 universities and colleges, we primarily work with regional universities, helping them create online programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service. We are dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students can improve their careers and their communities.
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