Posting Details

Posting Details

Job Title: Instructional Designer Senior

Requisition Number: RE53815

Working Title: 

Department Name: 8T110:College of Social Work

Work Location: Lexington, KY

Grade Level: 46

Salary Range: $52,021-85,800/year

Type of Position: Staff

Position Time Status: Full-Time

Required Education: MA

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Required Related Experience: 4yrs

Required License/Registration/Certification: None

Physical Requirements: repetitive motion typical of desk work (sitting/bending/twisting/typing); prolonged exposure to computer screens; lifting/pushing/pulling objects up to 30lbs.

Shift: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm; some evenings and weekends as needed

Job Summary

Since 1983, College of Social Work has been a leader in higher education. Our mission is clear: Through rigorous research, excellence in instruction, and steadfast service, the CoSW works to improve the human condition. Always, in all ways.

To assist in actualizing our mission, we seek candidates for the position of Senior Instructional Designer. This position’s job responsibilities are as follows:

Instructional Design Supervision and Leadership

• Serve as resource liaison for the College of Social Work instructional design services.
• Personnel management of instructional designers and learning management specialist.
• Manage workflow, set priorities, goals, and objectives for the instructional design team.
• Direct team activities to ensure timely completion of online courses.
• In collaboration with the Assistant Dean, monitor instructional design technology expenses and purchases.
• Hold a regular supervision cadence with direct reports.
• Oversee performance management and complete performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Collaborate with other instructional designers, internal to and external to the College of Social Work. Promote the use of instructional design best practices throughout the College of Social Work.
• Support the Digital Learning Quality and Operations Coordinator with academic program LMS rollouts.

Project Management

• Oversee the management and implementation of the creation of new online courses and programs.
• Assist in managing the process to revise existing course content.
• Coordinate with the Assistant Dean to manage projects including setting milestones, creating timelines and tracking results.
• Review and make recommendations on unit planning and processes and providing project schedules to unit leadership.
• Facilitate weekly status report meetings with team members to facilitate communication of schedules and project coordination.
• Ensure any quality control measures in course development (i.e., Quality Matters) and processes are conducted to ensure expectations are met.
• May create materials, outlines, schedules, procedures, and other collateral materials required to effectively manage and execute projects.
• May be involved with training or knowledge transfer activities to familiarize and prepare relevant parties for fulfilling any role they may have or impact of the project on them.
• Partner with other areas and functional groups that may require an understanding of each project.

Instructional Design

• Work with Subject-Matter Experts regarding the design, development, and delivery of engaging learning experiences.
• Produce learning experiences drawing on expertise in a variety of tools including the Learning Management System, Authoring Software, and a variety of educational software tools (i.e., Harmonize and H5P).
• Maintain knowledge of tech advancement research to ensure forward-thinking approaches to course design and development.
• Work with faculty to develop course and module level objectives, assessments, course content and learning activities.
• Develop new or update course assessments, content and learning activities.
• Develop new or update resources to support distance learning faculty as requested by the Assistant Dean or Dean.
• Supervise the improvement of quality assurance processes and advocate for the implementation of processes to ensure accessibility standards are met.
• Conduct periodic evaluations of instructional methods and technologies used to design, develop, and deliver online courses.

Program Design

• Provide support, consultation and expertise in the design, development, implementation, and revision of educational programs at the CoSW.
• Supervise and support the Digital Learning Quality and Operations Coordinator’s development, implementation, and revision of CoSW courses and programs’ Quality Matters certifications.
• Coordinate meetings, activities, and reporting among department staff and faculty to ensure project progress and processes that support innovation and efficiency.
• Implement, update, and develop reports in coordination with team members. Assist in managing program projects with a specified timeline while communicating project milestones with the academic leadership, program directors, and faculty.

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

This position requires the use of Articulate and Rise and knowledge of the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) for curriculum development purposes.

Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?  Yes 

Preferred Education/Experience

Deadline to Apply: 04/09/2026

Our University Community

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