Senior Director, Academic Services and Instructional Innovation

University of California System•Irvine, CA

44d•Hybrid

About The Position

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It's located in one of the world's safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County's second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. The UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, as part of the prestigious University of California system, is a top-ranking world-class research institution with acclaimed faculty known for their ability to inspire and equip leaders to leverage emerging technologies that will shape the future of business. As a core principle, inclusive excellence drives our innovation and transformation of the business landscape. The Merage School seeks a strategic and collaborative technology leader to champion our world-class teaching and learning with technology. Managing organization-wide instructional design programs and initiatives. The successful candidate will drive a strategic focus on education technology systems issues and trends and will be responsible for the deployment of funds relating to all organizational learning systems and platforms. As a dynamic, customer-focused and relationship-driven leader, the ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to build consensus within a complex, multi-stakeholder school community. Other key areas of focus for this role will be providing supervisory oversight of the academic services team, driving operational efficiency , and empowering our expert faculty with the tools and resources to engage their students in both in-person and online environments

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of and excellent skills in conducting needs assessment and online program design, delivery and evaluation.
Thorough knowledge of design life cycles.
Thorough understanding of the goals of the university's online education initiatives, including short- and long-term goals that directly impact the course design and development team.
Thorough knowledge of instructional design principles, workplace learning and performance strategies, learning technology systems and multimedia tools, and of team development techniques that ensure delivery of online courses meeting strategic business goals.
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and proven presentation skills representing business competencies to potential faculty and university partners.
Excellent management skills, including directing and developing staff members and budget control.
Excellent and highly effective liaison and collaboration skills.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to establish training and development goals and objectives.
Excellent skills to influence and to translate training and learning language to the business and vice versa.
Deep understanding of education technologies relevant to supporting academic services and instructional delivery within a higher-education context.

Nice To Haves

Thorough knowledge of organization human resources policies and procedures and thorough knowledge of budget / fiscal processes.

Responsibilities

Managing organization-wide instructional design programs and initiatives.
Driving a strategic focus on education technology systems issues and trends
Responsible for the deployment of funds relating to all organizational learning systems and platforms.
Providing supervisory oversight of the academic services team
Driving operational efficiency
Empowering our expert faculty with the tools and resources to engage their students in both in-person and online environments