Instructional Designer Lead
About Us
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech’s Mission and Values
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Location
NOTE: This role will have some hybrid opportunities but must be able to commute to campus in Atlanta on a flexible schedule based upon business needs. The schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of the department and Institution. GA Tech reserves the right to change hybrid work status with notice to employee.
Job Summary
Manage the workflow, capacity, and supervision of the instructional design team. Fulfill the roles and responsibilities of an instructional designer. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations for the supervised employees. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Institute academic leadership, faculty, corporate partners, division leadership, management, and staff. This position typically will advise and counsel: Instructional Designers, course producers, and division management. This position will supervise: Instructional Designers and other assigned unit staff.
Responsibilities
Job Duty 1 –
Lead, supervise, coach, and develop the instructional design team. Manage the instructional design process, including capacity planning, assignment of work, and evaluation and quality control of work.
Job Duty 2 –
Design and develop course curricula and instructional materials in support of faculty teaching efforts. Create new courses and programs and enhance and improve existing course offerings, both credit and non-credit.
Job Duty 3 –
Represent the instructional design team and serve as the main point of contact for the instructional and curricular design projects.
Job Duty 4 –
Supervise and coordinate the evaluation and recommendation of academic technology tools and platforms.
Job Duty 5 –
Assist and recommend strategic planning, forecasting, and growth of the instructional design team
Job Duty 6 –
Perform other duties as assigned
Educational Requirements
Required Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Instructional Systems, Instructional Design, Educational Technology or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Other Required Qualifications
The job requires one who is task and detail oriented; flexible, and able to perform multiple, various tasks concurrently. Excellent communications skills are required as well as the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems that are varied in nature.
Required Experience
Seven to eight years of job related experience, including three to five years of supervisory experience
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Quality Matters, EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership or similar certifications in instructional or academic technology, Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), portfolio management certification
Preferred Experience
Eight to ten years of job related experience
Skills
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
This job requires advanced expertise in instructional design principles, learning theory, and student learning processes; skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships with faculty in multiple academic areas; ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects and portfolios; ability to create online courses using appropriate technology tools and platforms; ability to write and manage grant proposals, and manage internal and outsourced resources; desire and motivation to learn, grow professionally and actively improve oneself; ability to successfully supervise instructional design/educational technology teams; ability to successfully manage complex projects; advanced collaboration and teamwork skills; ability to work with tight deadlines and under pressure; knowledge of planning, managing, producing, directing, implementing, leading, and evaluating courses and programs for a variety of age groups; positive attitude, flexibility, and adaptability; exceptional organizational skills; ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; and evidence of career progression with increasing work responsibilities.
USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct .
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653 .
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.
Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.
More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).
Other Information
This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.
Grade I6
Anticipated annual salary: $91,000 commensurate with qualifications
Background Check
Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening
About Organization
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premier research universities providing a focused, technologically based education to more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students . Ranked seventh among U.S. News & World Report's top public universities, Georgia Tech offers degrees through the Colleges of Business, Computing, Design, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 centers that consistently contribute vital innovation to American government, industry, and business.