Western Governors University

Western Governors University

Senior Educational Program Designer

Salt Lake City, UT · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$81k-$121kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role

  • Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
  • They are a systems thinker who can guide cross-functional teams in translating complex student and business needs into programs that provide efficient and personalized learning pathways.
  • They will connect internal and external stakeholders for information exchange, problem-solving, and designing education programs to achieve impact.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate and partner with cross-functional teams of program development, academic, operations, and other stakeholders
  • Anticipate, advise upon, and document the cost, scope, and implementation effort of competing program design options
  • Apply a systems-thinking approach to help collaborators consider all elements of program design, such as enrollment, learner engagement, curriculum, instruction, evaluation, assessment, etc.
  • Collaborate on the identification of student personas and ensure pathways efficiently meet their needs
  • Conduct industry and outside standards research and align program designs to industry and outside standard needs
  • Select outcomes and design programs in meaningful ways
  • Assess the sustainability of a program design at scale over its lifecycle

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Experience working effectively on cross-organizational teams.
  • Three or more years' experience within the fields of product, interaction, and visual design/development.
  • Background in online learning and/or development of educational products.
  • Background in metrics-driven, evidence-based decision making.
  • Portfolio or work samples showcasing product design prowess, creativity, and depth of thought, coupled with fluency in best practices for interaction design, visual design, and prototyping.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in a relevant field.
  • Demonstrated success with change management, particularly stabilizing and structuring diffuse and ambiguous situations.
  • Physical Requirements:
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
  • Position & Application Details
  • Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses

Compensation

  • $80,700.00 - $121,000.00

Benefits

  • Design programs that deliver on the promise of competency-based education to provide efficiency, flexibility, personalization, achievement of goals, and fit with industry expectations
  • Design programs that promote social mobility and equity
  • Ensure that program designs maximize broad access, including for underserved students, industry relevance, learning, and financial sustainability
  • Apply best practices in backward program design to the context of CBE (Competency-based Education) programs
  • The Senior Educational Program Designer is a thought leader and advocate for new and emerging program design.
  • They will lead and facilitate the design of competency-based higher education programs that emphasize students' ability to acquire and demonstrate skills, rather than the amount of time spent learning.
  • The Senior Educational Program Designer will create designs that optimize: the value proposition for the learner; the resources required; student engagement; successful learning experiences; and financial sustainability.

Company info

  • Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.

Equal opportunity

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
  • Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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