Remote Academic Instructional Designer

This is a remote position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple curriculum review and development projects, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met.
  
• Collaborate with faculty and the academic operations team to design and enhance programmes, qualifications, and support courses.
  
• Apply instructional design best practices to create engaging and immersive online learning experiences, integrating educational technologies and multimedia.
  
• Review course materials to identify learning needs and ensure alignment with learning outcomes and accessibility standards, implementing feedback and improvements.
  
• Work closely with subject matter experts to create cohesive and meaningful learning materials on the LMS and other tools.
  
• Ensure instructional elements adhere to design guidelines and that writing style is suitable for learners and the NQF level.
  
• Co-facilitate workshops and training sessions for faculty on effective learning and instructional design.
  
• Co-create, review, and revise resources and documentation related to learning and teaching approaches.
  
• Consult faculty on best practices in learning and instructional design, pedagogy, and assessment strategies, implementing improvements directly.
  
• Review and edit educational materials (module outlines, study guides, online content) for clarity, accuracy, grammar, punctuation, and spelling, ensuring consistent style and tone.
  
• Conduct quality assurance checks to ensure educational content complies with industry standards, accessibility guidelines, and copyright requirements.
  
• Stay updated on trends in educational publishing to continuously improve educational content.
  
• Check and correct citations and references according to our Reference Guide.
  
• Format manuscripts and assessments according to the Style Guide, using pre-established Word styles.
  
• Be flexible and adapt easily to changing requirements and needs, performing any duties as assigned by leadership within the Learning Innovation and Development team's scope.
  

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A strong understanding of instructional and learning design principles in higher education.
  
• Excellent educational writing, editing, and layout skills.
  
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with various stakeholders. 
• Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS) and educational technologies.
  
• A keen eye for detail and a commitment to quality assurance.
  
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing needs.
  

Requirements

• A postgraduate qualification in Commerce, Law or Financial Services, Instructional design, Education, or a relevant field.
  
• Previous working experience in higher education, business or instructional design for at least 5 years
  
• An understanding of the process of learning design and experience negotiating the challenges of those processes
  
• An understanding of learning design methods, learning theories and practice and demonstrable experience of applying these concepts
  
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and scope learning requirements
  
• Excellent skills relating to writing, editing and layout in a variety of contexts
  
• Be able to work outside an office: A reliable home internet connection. A suitable working environment
  
• Teaching experience in a higher education institution will be advantageous
  
• Curriculum development experience across a range of NQF levels
  
• Knowledge of the Higher and Further Education quality frameworks in South Africa
  

• Understanding the learners' perspective and ability to create learning appropriate for the audience.
  
• Knowledge of technical aspects or theories focusing on areas of specialisation in Commerce, Law and Financial Services.
  
• Insight into the relationship between assessment and learning and the ability to design meaningful assessments.
  
• Excellent collaboration skills.
  
• Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
  
• Excellent organisational and time management skills & ability to work to deadlines.
  
• Possess a strong attention to detail.
  
• Highly independent, self-starter.  
  
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  
• Clear alignment with the values as well as an intuitive understanding of their learning and teaching philosophy and graduate attributes.
  

• Align behaviours to their values 
  
• Able to work under pressure
  
• Committed team player
  
• Passionate about education
  
• Persuasive & assertive
  
• Professional & reliable
  
• Quality orientated
  
• Service orientated/ Customer service focused
  
• Strong business ethics and ethos 
  
• Ability to listen and talk in a good manner
  
• Ability to plan
  
• High level of attention to accuracy and quality
  

Benefits

• Fully remote. Requires a dedicated space, high-speed internet connection and back-up power for loadshedding
  
• This can be a permanent position or a fixed term contract, depending on the candidate's preference.