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Role Description

Serve as a Curriculum Design Consultant at the Center for Teaching and Learning to support the design or refresh of online synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid courses taught at Sacred Heart University. In collaboration with program faculty and information technology (IT), provide subject-matter-informed recommendations on course structure, sequencing, assessment strategy, and instructional design to ensure academic rigor, coherence, and student success within a compressed delivery model. This is a remote-based, project-specific position reporting to the Associate Director of Teaching Development.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze existing online and hybrid courses and recommend structural revisions to align with program design goals while maintaining rigor, meeting academic standards, and fostering a learning environment that promotes student success.
• Recommend evidence-based strategies for course pacing, workload calibration, and cognitive load management across course modalities and formats.
• Evaluate assessment strategies and provide recommendations to ensure alignment with program outcomes and feasibility within course schedule.
• Recommend development or revision of instructional materials and course templates as needed to support course delivery.
• Collaborate with other CTL team members, program leadership, and IT to ensure consistency, accessibility, and effective LMS implementation.
• Contribute to a phased redesign roadmap aligned with the program’s rollout timeline.
• Participate in regular project meetings and provide written recommendations and documentation where appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Earned graduate degree in a curricularly relevant academic discipline, instructional design, educational technology, or related field.
• Experience in instructional design and/or faculty development within an institution of higher education.
• Experience working in Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Preferred

• Experience working with Blackboard Ultra.
• Teaching experience as the instructor of record in higher education.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Other Duties

• Knowledge:
  • Principles and methods of curriculum design (backward design, alignment, learning outcomes, assessment, instructional activities).
  • Universal Design for Learning and inclusive teaching practices.
• Skills:
  • Collaborative consultation with faculty and cross-functional teams.
  • Curriculum development and analysis.
  • Effective assessment design.
  • Effective facilitation skills for project discussions.
• Abilities:
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.

Application Process

Qualified candidates are invited to submit a completed application and résumé through the University's online application system. Applications submitted outside of the official Careers at SHU website will not be considered. Applicants should not apply through third-party or external job sites, as such postings may be fraudulent or may misrepresent opportunities that are no longer available at the University. A cover letter or statement of interest is preferred for all staff positions.

Sacred Heart University complies with all federal and state employment laws and regulations. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for this position.