Faculty of Science
Reference no. 521/0317

• Be valued for your exceptional knowledge and experience in designing educational resources
• Opportunity to support academic staff in education design
• One full time (1.0 FTE) and the one part-time (0.5 FTE), fixed term for 12 months, remuneration package: $106K p.a. which includes base salary, leave loading and up to 17% super; or pro-rata for part time position

About the opportunity 

The Faculty Education Innovation team provides a range of high quality support services to Sciences academic staff, in relation to teaching in line with Faculty and University policies and procedures.

The Educational Designer has been created to work with academic staff and enrich the student experience, meet targets aligned with the Facultys eLearning strategy and advance the reputation of the Faculty and University more generally. You will also support staff in the use of enterprise eLearning level tools and systems. This position sits within the Facultys Science Curriculum Project and is part of the Faculty Education Innovation team.

In this position, you will:

• provide expertise, advice and support to the Facultys academic staff in the design and delivery of laboratories and/or on-line teaching to enhance the student experience
• design creative student centred learning experiences
• design and deliver cutting edge eLearning and multimedia sites
• design and conduct workshops and one-on-one coach

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance in recruiting talent aligned to these values in the pursuit of research excellence. We are looking for an Educational Designer who possesses:

• Bachelor degree or higher in a relevant field or equivalent
• demonstrated capacity to design educational resources
• demonstrated capacity to create effective user documentation in various media
• ability to work in a complex and challenging environment.

About us

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across 9 campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 47,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

All staff employed by the University of Sydney must have the right to work in Australia. An employer visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website. 

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit http://sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply.

Closing date: 11:30pm 9 April 2017

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

If we think your skills are needed in other areas of the University, we will be sure to contact you about other opportunities.

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