Job Description

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an Instructional Designer for The Boggs Center at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

This position will be responsible for designing curriculum to expand and enhance training available to Direct Support Professionals and Support Coordinators who work in organizations that support New Jersey's Division of Developmental Disabilities. Successful candidates will update existing curriculum and/or develop new engaging, learner-centered training courses, modules, and materials in a variety of platforms including classroom-based instruction, remote learning, interactive e-learning, videos, webinars, and resource materials. 

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• In collaboration with project teams, conduct research of curricula to determine what materials, resources and innovations should be added, revised, or adapted to meet new learning models.
• Develop/redesign curricula suitable for adults and ELL , which will include traditional classroom, fully online, and/or hybrid content.
• Prepare curriculum materials (i.e., handouts, reading materials, videos, presentations) in multiple variations, for traditional to hybrid classrooms.
• Collaborate with Boggs Center training teams and external consultants to develop curricula that ensures work is consistent with the mission and goals of the project.
• Exhibit extensive knowledge of relevant technologies and the principles and theories of adult learning.
• Determine how instructional methods, technologies and tools are applied to change knowledge and behaviors in alignment with the project goals.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Requires a bachelor's degree in instructional design, curriculum/instructional development, instructional technology, or a related field. 
• Four years of experience in instructional design.

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands: Travel to meetings throughout the state (some limited out of state travel may be required), including the transportation of facilitation materials to site locations.
• Work Environment: Downtown New Brunswick-based office suite (a clean, well-lighted quiet to moderately quiet setting), in a semi-private workspace, shared with team members.

Posting Number: 24ST2137

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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