Associate Instructional Designer (temporary)
Requisition Number: S02420P
Position Category: Staff
Hours Per Week: 40
Months Per Year: 12
Alternate Work Schedule:
Pay Grade: N28
Salary:
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Job Summary/Basic Function:
The WSU Associate Instructional Designer is responsible for assisting faculty members in all aspects of education, including instructional design and working with technology. This grant-funded position will be primarily working with our Auto-Tech department, to meet the requirements of a grant from the Department of Energy.
This is a 24-month temporary position funded by a grant program.
Required Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelors degree in Education, or related field (or within two semesters of graduation)
- Professional experience consulting with subject matter experts (for example faculty or business clients)
- Experience with HTML editing tools, Microsoft Office applications (or equivalent), multimedia authoring tools, and learning (or course) management systems
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred:
- Masters degree in Education, Instructional Technology, or related field
- Excellent working knowledge of adult learning theory
- Demonstrated ability to apply learning and instructional theory in practical settings
- Working familiarity with online learning tools, the internet, electronic communications, and e-authoring tools
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proven ability to creatively solve problems
- Experience leading course design projects in a collaborative environment
- Familiarity and experience with the complexities of teaching and learning in a higher-education environment
Background Check? Yes
Benefits Summary:
WSU offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, a wellness program with release time and paid incentives, tuition benefits, free tickets to athletic and performing arts events, and paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Job Open Date: 07/15/2026
Review Date: 07/25/2026
Job Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Notes to Applicant:
If you are passionate about what you could offer and accomplish here at WSU, we would love to hear from you. The annual salary for this position starts at $50,000 and may go up from there depending on candidate qualifications. The position comes with a generous benefits package.
To apply, please complete the online application and attach a cover letter, current resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references.
For qualification determination, your application and/or resume must address the required and preferred qualifications and must contain average number of hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be considered incomplete.
Screening of applications will begin July 25, 2026. Position will remain open until filled.
Criminal background check required as a condition of employment.
Physical Activity of this position:
Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees., Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time. , Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another., Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position. , Expressing or exchanging ideas. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately or quickly. , Ability to receive detailed information with or without assistance., Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Physical Requirements of this position:
Light work. Exerting up to 20 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Use of arm and/or leg controls exerting forces greater than that for sedentary work.
Visual Acuity Requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision:
Required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; using a computer terminal; extensive reading.
The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position:
None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).
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