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We are searching for an ambitious Learning Designer to join our passionate team at Macquarie University in North Ryde 2113, NSW.
Growing your career as a Full Time Learning Designer is an awesome opportunity to develop exceptional skills.
If you are strong in planning, persuasion and have the right drive for the job, then apply for the position of Learning Designer at Macquarie University today!

PRIMARY DETAIL We seek an experienced Learning Designer to provide operational teaching and learning support to academic staff across a wide variety of discipline areas to ensure quality of the student experience and their graduate outcomes.

THE ROLE

• Salary Package:  From $99,739 – 108,139 p.a.(pro-rata) (HEW 7), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading

• Appointment Type: Part-time (0.7 FTE), continuing position

• Location: Macquarie University (North Ryde)

We seek an experienced Learning Designer to provide operational teaching and learning support to academic staff across a wide variety of discipline areas to ensure quality of the student experience and their graduate outcomes.

Reporting to the Educational Development, Governance and Initiatives Manager and working with other learning designers, education production specialists and learning management systems colleagues, to provide specialist advice and support to academic staff to enable the successful delivery of the Faculty’s new and existing educational products.. This role will develop technology-enhanced learning solutions to enable blended, face to face, and online teaching and learning, and ensure continuous curriculum innovation and best practice across the Faculty’s educational product suite, as well as fostering positive relationships with internal stakeholders and communities of practice across the university.

About You

You will have an exceptional knowledge of adult learning principles including online and blended learning pedagogies and p roven expertise in the design, preparation and implementation of education products using content management systems and/or web-based platforms. Your knowledge of learning management systems, project management principles and methodologies and demonstrated experience working with a wide range of stakeholders in an educational environment will ensure your success in this role. Experience in a higher education environment and experience with Moodle as a learning management system would be highly regarded.

About Us

Macquarie is the university of pioneering minds. Globally recognised as one of Australia’s leading research universities, Macquarie is a place where extraordinary new possibilities come to light. We’ve helped people to hear, introduced wireless internet technology to the world and broken through traditional boundaries by appointing the Australia’s first female vice-chancellor.

At Macquarie you’ll join a vibrant community of diverse perspectives, all working towards a brighter future for our communities and our planet. Surrounded by beautiful parkland campus, our students and staff are free to explore and discover, supported by facilities including a high-tech library, private teaching hospital, gym and pools, childcare facilities, a campus train station and the newly expanded Macquarie Centre shopping complex next door. 

Macquarie University’s Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences builds on our aspiration to have the nation’s first fully integrated Academic Health Sciences Centre under a university’s leadership. It brings together the excellent work of medical and allied-health clinicians and researchers across the University and around the country, with unparalleled access to the world-leading clinical resources and research facilities found only on our campus.

Join us and start seeing the world in a different light. Macquarie is a university engaged with the real and often complex problems and opportunities that define our lives. Since our foundation 54 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university. Over the years, we’ve grown to become the centre of a vibrant local and global community. Connect with us today .

To Apply

To be considered for this position, please apply online by submitting your CV and a separate (2-page maximum) cover letter that demonstrates how you meet the following selection criteria: 

• Tertiary qualification (including Post-Graduate) in learning technologies and/or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of current adult learning principles (including online/blended learning pedagogies)

• Demonstrated experience with the design, preparation and implementation of education products/ programs using web-based platforms and/or content management systems

• Time management and organisational skills, and experience coordinating and delivering on competing deadlines

• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders

• Evidence of contribution to a service culture which drives and encourages collaboration, continuous improvement and agility.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of institutional LMS, with evidence of experience working with a wide range of web-based applications (relevant to educational environment )

Specific Enquiries: Kerri Mackenzie at View email address on uniroles.com.au

General Enquiries: Jasmine Xia at View email address on uniroles.com.au

Applications Close : Thursday, 27 April 2023 (11:55pm) AEDT

If you're already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, View email address on uniroles.com.au, MQ Health, MGSM), you'll need to apply through your employee Workday account. To apply for this job: Login to Workday and go to the Careers App > Find Jobs.

Applications Close:

27/04/2023 11:59 PM

Diversity and Inclusion

Innovation and ingenuity thrive at Macquarie University when diversity, equity and inclusion take centre stage. At the University, we embrace a culture where diversity of background, experience and perspective are fundamental to our success.

We do not discriminate on gender identity, age, culture, disability, sexuality, Indigeneity, family and caring responsibilities or religion. See our journey towards leadership in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education.

Flexible Work

 

At Macquarie, we believe by providing flexibility in when, where and how work is done, we can support our staff to manage their personal commitments, while optimising their work performance and contributions to the University. See how we lead in flexible work to enable an outcome focused and inclusive workplace. To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub .

Part-time

Benefits of working as a Learning Designer in North Ryde 2113, NSW:

● Excellent benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package