Faculty of Medicine.Broaden your career within one of QLD's largest employers.Achieve a work-life balance with 36 hours/wk, purchased leave, WFH more.Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact.Based at HerstonAbout UQAs part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave17% superannuation contributions17.5% annual leave loadingAccess to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight.Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate familySalary packaging optionsAbout This OpportunityWe are seeking an innovative and experienced Learning Designer to provide support to the academic staff in the Medical School to design curriculum, assessments, and active and flexible pedagogies to enhance learning and teaching quality.Reporting to the Manager, MD Curriculum Design, and working under broad direction, the Learning Designer will have a particular focus on the design and implementation of the new Doctor of Medicine program.Key responsibilities will include:Advise and support academic staff to design, develop, implement, and evaluate pedagogical, curriculum and assessment approaches and resources, in both online and face-to-face environments.Contribute to the identification and design of tools; processes and templates to streamline teaching activities with emphasis on good curriculum, pedagogical and assessment design.Advise and support academic staff to design assessment artefacts and results management processes that facilitate assessment quality and data integrity. Design and develop data management approaches that support reliable student progression decisions and continuous quality improvement.Identify and build relationships/partnerships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to advance the learning outcomes of the new Doctor of Medicine program.Maintain knowledge of contemporary practices and future opportunities in online and on-campus teaching and learning across the university and higher education sector and communicate this knowledge to the wider School community.Work collaboratively with the other members of the MD Curriculum Design team towards the design, development and implementation of curriculum and assessment projects that address student learning outcomes of the new Doctor of Medicine program.This is a full-time (100%), continuing/fixed-term position through to the 10th January 2025.At HEW level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $94,754 - $103,180, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $110,862 - $120,721 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases - at least once a year.About YouTertiary qualification in a relevant academic discipline with at least 4 years subsequent relevant experience; ideally in Education or Instructional Design field; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.An understanding of how students learn and evidence of innovative approaches to designing and developing courses, activities, or assessments for online, blended learning or classroom environments that promote and foster student learning.An understanding of authentic assessment and experience in designing assessment for, of and as learning.Ability to provide both leadership and practical support on pedagogic and technical issues to a variety of stakeholders.Experience using a range of technologies applicable to online learning, such as learning management systems, video editing and or recording, and their application to educational goals.Demonstrated commitment to on-going professional development.In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.Questions?For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kate Sweeney (Manager, MD Curriculum Design): kate.sweeneyuq.edu.auFor application queries or a full job description, please contact recruitmentuq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.Want to Apply?All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:Comprehensive cover letter addressing the 'About You' section.ResumeOther InformationAt UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitmentuq.edu.auIf you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.Applications close 1st January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-33084). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Monday 8th January 2024Please note that UQ will be closed from 23 December until 2 January (inclusive). All applicants for this position will be contacted in the new year. 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