Learning Designer, Permanent & Fixed Term Opportunities

T?n? koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera. The Kuratini Tuwhera is Aotearoa New Zealand\'s leading distance and online learning provider. We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of approximately 30,000 student\'s each year. We\'re a place where you can make a difference.
At the Open Polytechnic we offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our students are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way.
We strive to be bold and our best so our students can be true to themselves.
About the role
Open Polytechnic is currently recruiting for multiple Learning Designers in both permanent and 12-month fixed term roles. The Learning Designer is responsible for completing, amending and maintaining the design and development of pedagogically sound, technology enabled teaching and learning experiences for open, distance and flexible learning programmes.
The Learning Designer works in a team reporting to a Team Lead: Learning Design in the Learning Design and Development directorate.
The ideal candidate will have
Work experience and expertise within the Learning Design space
Knowledge and experience of instructional/learning design principles and educational practices
Experience in learning resources development, including assessments
Well-developed communication skills with the ability to negotiate, clarify goals, communicate information, concepts and arguments effectively
Effective planning and organisation skills
Well-developed computing skills, including authoring tools and learning management systems
Creativity, innovation and willingness to investigate non-traditional alternatives
An understanding of the current tertiary education sector in New Zealand (desirable)
About us
The Open Polytechnic has an enviable reputation in the vocational sector, a positive culture and a campus situated in the Hutt Valley. Along with education, our people are important to us, so we offer them free education (50% off for family), free car parking, flexible working options, a modernised working environment, subsidised school holiday programmes for their children, free fitness classes, and an on-site café, just to name a few.
For more information, please contact Melissa Macdonald in People and Capability at **********
Applications close 5pm Sunday 21 June 2020. Please note only online applications will be accepted.