Director of Digital and Instructional Innovation

Job Description

Job Summary
The Director provides leadership and vision for the effective use of instructional strategies, technologies, and digital transformations to enhance teaching, improve student success, and optimize workplace efficiency. Key responsibilities include developing and overseeing a Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Research, establishing staff training programs, developing student learning centers and labs, designing ongoing education and training for faculty, staff, and students, managing instructional and curriculum design across programs, leading technology planning, overseeing complex projects, managing the departmental budget, and supervising personnel and resources.
Essential Functions

• Promotes a campus culture that values and recognizes the importance of teaching excellence and active student learning by designing and developing faculty initiatives that foster collaboration, scholarship, curricular innovation, and adoption of best practices.
• Oversees adjunct/part-time faculty orientation and mentoring.
• Facilitates faculty course evaluations, assist in managing repository for assessment plans, and develops comprehensive plan for peer faculty mentoring to foster a collaborative and high-quality teaching environment.
• Establishes and directs the College's Strategic Technology Plan to align with the College's mission and strategic goals and initiatives.
• Justifies, prioritizes, and effectively implements strategic technology-related capital projects and operating budgets based on short- and long-term forecasting, data analysis, and organizational needs.
• Provides leadership in exploring, assessing, and piloting emerging technologies and software platforms to enhance student learning and retention as well as operational efficiencies of the campus community.
• Negotiates master service agreements for current and new technology solutions and ensures that contracts and invoices are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
• Leads transformation in the use of technology solutions by securing approval through architecture governance bodies and serving as the campus project manager for deployment and support.
• Provides leadership and manages the technology and instructional design personnel who support faculty and students in teaching and learning.
• Provides instructional design support and pedagogical expertise for innovative teaching and learning strategies to plan, design, re-design, build, and support all web-enhanced, hybrid, and online courses and programs.
• Develops and revises policies and procedures relevant to distance education to ensure compliance with accreditation standards, and state and national regulations including SARA.
• Designs and upgrades active and collaborative learning spaces in consultation with faculty and administration.
• Develops and maintains relationships across Advocate/Atrium Healthcare System to maximize potential for resource sharing, collaborative projects, and opportunities to create efficiencies as appropriate.
• Serves on institutional committees, contributing expertise and insights to support strategic decision-making and enhance organizational effectiveness
• Demonstrates the following professional qualities and skills:
  • Initiative, self-discipline, and strong work ethic.
  • Ability to work with overlapping projects, deadlines, and demands.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, organization skills, negotiating, and problem-solving skills.
  • Positive and respectful interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to collaborate and build a rapport with others within the organization.
  • Strong leadership and team-building skills.
  • Marginal Functions:
    • Participates in grant development to grow the use of academic technology and best teaching practices.

Physical Requirements

• Occasional periods of light pulling, pushing, and lifting.
• Frequent periods of sitting, standing, walking, bending and stretching.
• Frequent movement throughout College.
• Occasional driving to other locations.
• Visual and auditory acuity within normal limits or corrected.
• Environment is climate controlled with occasional exposure to inclement weather.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• Master's degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Information Design, or related discipline.
• At least two years related experience in postsecondary online course design and delivery.
• Expertise and experience with learning management systems.
• Experience in teaching, training, and designing postsecondary instruction.
• Knowledge of trends for emerging teaching and learning technologies.
• Knowledge of best practices in online pedagogy, course design, and faculty development
• Experience in managing personnel, resources, projects, and budgets.

About Us

Atrium Health is one of the nation's leading healthcare organizations, connecting patients with on-demand care, world-class specialists and the region's largest primary care network. A recognized leader in healthcare delivery, quality and innovation, our foundation rests on providing clinically excellent and compassionate care.

We've been serving our community since 1940, when we opened our doors as Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Since then, our network has grown to include more than 40 hospitals and 900 care locations ranging from doctors' offices to behavioral health centers to nursing homes.

Our focus: Delivering the highest quality patient care, supporting medical research and education, and joining with partners outside our walls to keep our community healthy.

About the Team

Our Mission Statement, Vision and Values

Our Mission: To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.

Our Vision: To be the first and best choice for care.
Our Values: We recognize that employees are our most valuable asset. We have identified four core values we hold in the highest regard: caring, commitment, integrity and teamwork.