Senior Instructional Design Consultant

University of North Texas System•Denton, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Instructional Design Consultant's scope expands beyond the Entrepreneurship Major to support the President's directive of embedding entrepreneurship across STEM-based programs campus-wide. This role now leads the development of modular, discipline-agnostic entrepreneurship content based on internal and external learnings that can be adopted by Engineering, Health Sciences, and other colleges, including micro-credentialing pathways, asynchronous online modules, and accelerator-style experiential learning units. The Senior Instructional Design Consultant also coordinates campus lecture engagements with the Director of Acceleration and Innovation (Innovation Center) to maximize the impact of UNT’s relationships with the entrepreneurial community.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, curriculum & instruction, professional development or a related field and five years of related experience in education, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge of and ability to implement principles of educational design, curriculum development, adult learning, writing skills, communication skills, collaboration mindset, analytical skills, project management, and educational assessment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Education, Business, Engineering, or related field required
3+ years of instructional design, curriculum development, or academic program management experience
Experience with startup/entrepreneurship content, accelerator programs, or venture methodology
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across academic disciplines

Responsibilities

Partner with faculty in Engineering, Health Sciences, and other STEM disciplines to develop discipline-specific entrepreneurship modules.
Create 'plug-in' units that can be added to existing courses with minimal faculty lift.
Develop micro-credentialing pathways in partnership with the Academic Director.
Translate Gener8tor and other accelerator methodologies into credit-bearing course content.
Develop asynchronous and synchronous modules accessible to all UNT students regardless of major.
Continue core curriculum development for the Entrepreneurship Major in partnership with Academic Director.
Ensure alignment with updated faculty merit and workload criteria under Look North: UNT 2030.
Develop learning outcome frameworks and assessment tools for all entrepreneurship curricula.
Track student progression from courses into competitions, accelerators, and venture formation.
Coordinate with Director – Accelerators & Innovation on curriculum-program integration.
Participate in TUNIE and GCEC convenings to benchmark curriculum against peer institutions.