Quest Learning and Assessment Program Coordinator

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

67d • $70,000

About The Position

The College of Natural Sciences is hiring a Program Coordinator for the Quest Learning and Assessment platform. Quest is a digital learning platform which assists student learning and assessment by providing instructors with tools to create learning modules, homework assignments, quizzes, reviews, and exams. An early leader in the digital learning space, Quest is a non-profit entity originally developed by UT faculty to pioneer high quality learning support for students. It combines an extensive library of over 60,000 items with a service culture for faculty and students who use the system. It is provided to the educational community to support quality STEM content for students, ranging from pre-AP through undergraduate studies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM-related field with five years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with undergraduate-level STEM content, especially physics, calculus (through multivariable), chemistry, biology, and statistics.
• Excellent written communication and ability to edit technical and academic content.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in STEM-related field.
• Strong foundation in educational assessment design and pedagogical principles.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in academic content development, academic program coordination, or project management.
• Proven supervisory experience, particularly in managing student employees.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted tools for educational content generation, curriculum enhancement, or instructional design.

Responsibilities

• Assist instructors in designing, creating, and implementing hybrid course content using Quest.
• Identify and engage with potential new users, with the goal of broadening the Quest user base.
• Oversee user training and documentation.
• Synthesize instructor and student feedback into functional specifications for upgrades and improvements to the Quest platform.
• Curate, organize, and maintain high-quality assessment content aligned with undergraduate STEM curricula.
• Manage review workflows to validate content accuracy, pedagogical soundness, and alignment with learning objectives.
• Assist in the evaluation and integration of AI tools for item generation, tagging, and quality control.
• Identify project objectives and create project summaries.
• Develop project documentation, manage communication, provide status updates, and monitor and control project timelines.
• Obtain formal acceptance from project sponsors, review lessons learned with project team.
• Recruit, hire and onboard staff, assign tasks, supervise work, and assess performance.

Benefits

• Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) eligibility.
• Standard office conditions with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Occasional evenings, weekend, or holiday work may be required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree