Senior Instructional Design Consultant

About the role

The Senior Instructional Design Consultant's scope expands beyond the Entrepreneurship Major to support the President's directive of embedding entrepreneurship across STEM-based programs campus-wide. This role now leads the development of modular, discipline-agnostic entrepreneurship content based on internal and external learnings that can be adopted by Engineering, Health Sciences, and other colleges, including micro-credentialing pathways, asynchronous online modules, and accelerator-style experiential learning units.

Responsibilities

• Partner with faculty in Engineering, Health Sciences, and other STEM disciplines to develop discipline-specific entrepreneurship modules.
• Create 'plug-in' units that can be added to existing courses with minimal faculty lift.
• Develop micro-credentialing pathways in partnership with the Academic Director.
• Translate Gener8tor and other accelerator methodologies into credit-bearing course content.
• Develop asynchronous and synchronous modules accessible to all UNT students regardless of major.
• Continue core curriculum development for the Entrepreneurship Major in partnership with Academic Director.
• Ensure alignment with updated faculty merit and workload criteria under Look North: UNT 2030.
• Develop learning outcome frameworks and assessment tools for all entrepreneurship curricula.
• Track student progression from courses into competitions, accelerators, and venture formation.
• Coordinate with Director – Accelerators & Innovation on curriculum-program integration.
• Participate in TUNIE and GCEC convenings to benchmark curriculum against peer institutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, curriculum & instruction, professional development or a related field and five years of related experience in education, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of and ability to implement principles of educational design, curriculum development, adult learning, writing skills, communication skills, collaboration mindset, analytical skills, project management, and educational assessment.
• Master's degree in Education, Business, Engineering, or related field required.
• Three (3) or more years of instructional design, curriculum development, or academic program management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across academic disciplines.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of and ability to implement principles of educational design, curriculum development, adult learning, writing skills, communication skills, collaboration mindset, analytical skills, project management, and educational assessment.
• Master's degree in Education, Business, Engineering, or related field required.
• Three (3) or more years of instructional design, curriculum development, or academic program management experience.
• Experience with startup/entrepreneurship content, accelerator programs, or venture methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across academic disciplines.

Skills

• Knowledge of and ability to implement principles of educational design, curriculum development, adult learning, writing skills, communication skills, collaboration mindset, analytical skills, project management, and educational assessment.
• Master's degree in Education, Business, Engineering, or related field required.
• Three (3) or more years of instructional design, curriculum development, or academic program management experience.
• Experience with startup/entrepreneurship content, accelerator programs, or venture methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across academic disciplines.

Benefits

Salary commensurate with experience. FTE: 1.000000. Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible.

Pay

Salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm, with occasional nights and weekends.

Physical Requirements

Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Hazards

No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm, with occasional nights and weekends.

Driving University Vehicle

No.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

Benefits

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