Pre College Certificate | Learning Designer at Valenture Institute

Description

• The Learning Designer role at Valenture Institute is primarily responsible for curating, augmenting, creating, and quality assuring secondary school course content and assessments that are suitable for high-touch online delivery; as well as working on the development of supplementary curriculum that is centered on developing 21st century skills. The incumbent will play a vital role in ensuring that the development of content is relevant to the learning cohort, of high quality and; developed within the required timelines and the scope of the project.
• The Learning Designer role includes but is not limited to the following day-to-day responsibilities:

Responsibilities

Learning Design

• Use subject specifications to ensure that content meets the required client standards, and determine the adequacy or inadequacy of content.
• Conduct planning and analysis per subject area, and per theme area, to recommend appropriate design solutions and strategies for online delivery.
• Analyse the characteristics of Valenture’s LMS and emerging technologies and use the unique affordances of these technologies to make design decisions.
• Transfer textbook-based and online content into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
• Develop educational content from scratch, making use of various sources, into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
• Research and source appropriate reference materials for the development of courses.
• Work with subject matter experts and collaborate with production specialists to create targeted content in a wide variety of mediums to complement or support the curriculum.
• Design and create targeted continuous assessment strategies that support students in their progression towards their summative examinations.
• Work with project management and various operational stakeholders to ensure that deadlines are adhered to and that project communication takes place in a timely and effective manner.
• Work on evaluation strategies to review the effectiveness of a design strategy, and review content at set intervals as part of Valenture’s approach to continuous improvement.
• Perform quality assurance on peers’ work. Contribute to department and division process design and training.
• Perform auxiliary tasks, including, but not limited to briefing in graphics, and tracking the use of external assets.
• Assist with the onboarding of new recruits.
• Contribute to department process improvements.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Education, Instructional Design, English, Journalism or related experience in specific subject area
• Demonstrable experience as a Learning Designer, Instructional Designer, or Curriculum Developer
• Teaching or training background, and familiarity with working with students aged 15 - 18 years.
• Knowledge of digital learning principles and practices
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and build collaborative work relationships
• Experience in working with cross functional teams and proven ability to conduct themselves in a professional manner
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly and to work in a team environment
• Good presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment and able to prioritise work appropriately

Benefits

• Remote work
• Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, your application is considered unsuccessful at this time.