Educational Designer

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Educational Designer to join the School of Medicine, supporting the MBChB programme within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.

In this role, you will provide hands‑on leadership and oversight of digital learning resources, ensuring they are high‑quality, accessible and aligned with University digital learning principles. Working closely with academic and professional colleagues, you will contribute to engaging, sustainable learning experiences that enhance student learning and support teaching excellence

Key responsibilities include:

• Support academics to design engaging and effective learning experiences using appropriate educational technologies.
• Develop, curate and enhance digital learning resources within Canvas, aligned with Canvas Baseline Practices.
• Undertake end‑to‑end development of courses using collaborative, agile and iterative approaches.
• Support and build digital capability of teaching staff to sustain and deliver online course materials.
• Apply technical expertise across relevant tools including Canvas, H5P, multimedia and web‑based technologies.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and contribute positively to team and institutional goals.

This is a part-time (32 hours per week) fixed term opportunity for 36 months.

The salary range for this role is $105,791 - $139,199 based on skills and experience.

He kōrero mōu | About you

You are a collaborative educational designer with experience in tertiary or health‑related education environments. You enjoy working alongside academics to translate learning goals into engaging digital experiences and bring a user‑centred, accessible design mindset to your work. You are confident working with learning management systems and educational technologies, communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders, and are motivated by contributing to meaningful learning experiences in a complex academic setting

You will bring:

• Experience developing digital learning resources within a learning management system.
• Working knowledge of Canvas (or similar) and interactive content tools such as H5P.
• Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive design principles (UDL, WCAG 2.0 AA).
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an agile, iterative environment.