Instructional Designer - Online Instruction, Walker Center for Teaching and Learning - UT Chattanooga

The Walker Center for Teaching and Learning is seeking applicants for the role of Instructional Designer. The successful candidate will be part of an 11-person team tasked with promoting quality teaching and learning on our campus. The person in this position will assist faculty with design and development of face-to-face, online, hybrid, and hyflex course design, provide expert guidance for the best practices for teaching and learning, assist faculty with the use of Canvas (our learning management system), and promote techniques for integrating learning technologies into teaching and learning practices. Instructional Designers on this team design and lead faculty development opportunities and programs for teaching and learning such as seminars, workshops, individual consultations, cohorts, book clubs, and various other programs as needs and opportunities arise. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, writes, edits, and/or assesses instructor led, web based, eLearning courses, and course materials in collaboration with subject matter experts
• Tests, verifies, and validates technological procedures or processes related to course delivery
• Provides ongoing support and technical assistance for delivered courses and technologies
• Provides advice on pedagogical and instructional design theories, and practical guidance on teaching and learning innovations
• Provides consultation services and training workshops to course instructors

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Pedagogy and andragogy
• Learning theories
• Instructional design models, processes, and instructional development methods
• Instructional design software technologies
• Accessibility standards and universal design principles
• Analytical skills
• Writing and editing skills
• Ability to develop courses and trainings
• Ability to communicate effectively orally, in writing, and through visuals

In order to be considered for candidacy, applicants must submit a cover letter and resume in addition to the online application. Review of applications will begin September 2, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution
• Three years of experience designing, developing, delivering, and/or evaluating courses in various modalities
• Experience with at least one learning management system
• Experience integrating various learning technologies into teaching and learning

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interest in and record of experience with online learning and online course design
• Experience working with Quality Matters and/or Quality Matters certification
• Ph.D. (or terminal degree) received or in progress
• Strong record of working collaboratively as part of a team
• Experience with Canvas

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee’s largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs—at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga—nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation—are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.

Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across campus and engaging partners throughout the region. 

UTC is a driving force for achieving excellence, and our mission is to actively engage students, faculty and staff; embrace diversity and inclusion; inspire positive change; and enrich and sustain our community.