Instructional Designer - Florida Southern College : Job Details

Instructional Designer Posted on 8/15/2025 Accepting applications About this position The Instructional Designer is a full-time staff position that plays a hands-on role in strengthening instructional quality and faculty development across all teaching modalities. This position works directly with faculty to improve course design, enhance instructional strategies, and promote student engagement. The Instructional Designer supports faculty in developing effective learning materials and assessments, offers training and professional development in instructional design and pedagogy, and manages the College's learning management system (Canvas).ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Collaborate with faculty on course design, curriculum alignment, and the development of learning outcomes and assessment strategies, actively assisting with the creation of materials and plans that support effective and coherent instructional planning.

Provide individual and group consultations to support instructional quality across in-person, hybrid, and online formats, including hands-on assistance with course materials, activities, technology integration, and building course components in our LMS (Canvas).

Design and deliver faculty training and professional development sessions focused on instructional design, engaged learning, and effective teaching practices.

Collect and analyze faculty feedback and usage data to evaluate the impact of instructional support and professional development offerings.

Maintain current knowledge of trends in instructional design, engaged learning, and educational technology, and share relevant strategies and resources with faculty.

Contribute to institutional projects as assigned, offering expertise in instructional practice, course design, and faculty engagement.

Provide administrative oversight for the College's learning management system (Canvas), including managing settings and coordinating system updates and integrations.

Contribute to the success of the department by performing all other duties as needed to drive the vision, fulfill the mission, and abide by the values of the College.

About our ideal candidate EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS

Master's degree in a related field (e.g., instructional design, higher education, educational technology, curriculum and instruction). Terminal degree in related field preferred.

Minimum of five years of experience in higher education, with a focus on instructional design, or instructional effectiveness, spanning both undergraduate and graduate instruction.

Experience managing or administering a learning management system (preferably Canvas).

Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in instructional design and assessment of student learning, with experience supporting both face-to-face and online teaching environments.

Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills, with a record of cross-campus collaboration.

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Understanding of accreditation standards related to instructional quality and student success preferred.

About us The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan. The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves. The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 Best Colleges guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022. The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 Most Beautiful Campus national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.