Instructional Designer (Instructional Technician Consultant)

educational, healthcare, employment, justice, and community settings. Guided by the philosophy that evidence-based practices are "Essential for autism, beneficial for all," CBSI develops practical tools, professional learning opportunities, implementation supports, and resources that strengthen systems serving individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), neurodevelopmental disabilities, behavioral health needs, and broader communities. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, implementation science, and responsive partnerships, the Center remains agile in addressing emerging community, statewide, national, and international needs while advancing Indiana University's (IU) missions of teaching, research, and service.

Job Summary

The Instructional Designer will serve across both the Center for Behavior and Systems Innovation (CBSI) and the Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA), supporting the development of innovative, accessible, and evidence-based educational resources that improve implementation of best practices across educational, healthcare, and community settings. Working collaboratively with subject matter experts, researchers, and implementation specialists, the Instructional Designer revises, adapts and develops engaging learning experiences, multimedia resources, and professional development programs for educators, families, individuals, clinicians, and other professionals.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Contributes to statewide, national, and externally funded initiatives by applying adult learning principles, instructional design methodologies, accessibility standards, and educational technologies to expand the impact of the HANDS in Autism® model as part of CBSI and IRCA's long-standing leadership in autism education and support both as it pertains to autism but within a broader ecosystem of behavioral health, disabilities and systems.
• Designs, develops, implements, and continuously improves engaging instructional materials for online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning experiences.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts from CBSI, HANDS in Autism®, and Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA) to translate evidence-based practices into learner-centered educational products.
• Creates multimedia instructional content, including interactive e-learning modules, videos, job aids, facilitator guides, participant workbooks, and digital resources.
• Ensures instructional materials align with adult learning principles, Universal Design for Learning, accessibility standards, and evidence-based instructional practices.
• Maintains instructional consistency, branding, and quality across Center educational materials.
• Supports learning management systems and online course delivery platforms.
• Collaborates with Center team members to review, catalog, organize, maintain, and continuously update instructional materials, training resources, implementation tools, and multimedia assets across the Center for Behavior and Systems Innovation and the Indiana Resource Center for Autism; develops and supports an efficient registry and monitoring system that ensures materials remain current, accessible, appropriately formatted, version-controlled, and readily available for training, technical assistance, dissemination, and project needs.
• Supports development and delivery of statewide, national, and international professional learning initiatives.
• Assists with curriculum planning, instructional sequencing, and learner engagement strategies for workshops, institutes, webinars, and certificate programs.
• Develops evaluation tools and analyzes learner feedback to inform continuous improvement.
• Supports onboarding and instructional materials for trainers, facilitators, and partner organizations.
• Designs and updates evidence-based implementation resources, toolkits, visual supports, guides, and downloadable materials.
• Collaborates on development of publicly accessible educational resources for educators, families, providers, and community organizations.
• Assists with website content updates and digital resource organization.
• Contributes to newsletters, online communities, social media, and dissemination efforts supporting statewide and national outreach.
• Supports instructional design efforts across externally funded projects, grants, and statewide initiatives.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including researchers, implementation specialists, clinicians, educators, and technology staff.
• Assists in evaluating instructional effectiveness through data collection, learner analytics, and quality improvement processes.
• Identifies opportunities to improve educational products, learner engagement, and implementation supports.
• Stays current with emerging instructional technologies and evidence-based instructional design practices.
• Participates in project planning, team meetings, and ongoing professional development.
• Maintains organized project documentation, timelines, and instructional assets.
• Supports grant reporting and documentation related to educational deliverables.
• Assists with quality assurance and accessibility review of instructional materials.
• Completes required university compliance and research trainings as applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned in support of Center priorities.

General Responsibilities

• Consults and serves as an experienced resource in planning, testing and implementing instructional technology projects that support innovative approaches to learning, instructional and assessment.
• Maintains currency on emerging technologies related to learning management systems, active learning classrooms, electronic collaboration and social networking, instructional use of multimedia, electronic conferencing and online instruction to help faculty make evidence-based decisions about the use of technology.
• Researches, stays up-to-date, and recommends appropriate technologies for developing materials, delivery mechanisms and course/instructor/student assessments to support effective teaching.
• Develops and designs workshop materials that promote technology strategies in traditional and online courses and conducts individual, group and large audience training sessions.
• Collaborates in larger initiatives and working groups to support university efforts to improve teaching and learning.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science, instructional technology/design, or related field.)

Preferred

• Master's degree.
• Coursework related to accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), implementation science, or evidence-based instructional practices.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years of experience in instructional development and/or instructional technology consulting, and/or training, and/or teaching (face-to-face or online) or providing instructional design with online instructional technology, preferably in a higher education context.

Preferred

• Experience related to accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), implementation science, or evidence-based instructional practices.
• Experience designing adult learning experiences and professional development programs.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts to develop educational content.
• Experience supporting projects in higher education, healthcare, disability services, or nonprofit environments.
• Experience with autism, developmental disabilities, implementation science, or behavioral health.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Understands with familiarity multimedia technologies such as software video editors, e-learning authoring software, and collaboration/learning management systems.
• Serves in lead capacity for projects/initiatives.

Preferred

• Experience designing, developing, and evaluating online, hybrid, and in-person learning experiences.
• Experience working with learning management systems (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, or similar).
• Experience developing instructional materials for wide audiences, including educators, professionals, families, or community partners.
• Knowledge of adult learning theory and instructional design models (e.g., Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE), successive approximation model (SAM), backward design).
• Experience using authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Adobe Creative Suite, Camtasia, Canva, or similar instructional technologies.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Universal Design for Learning principles.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to analyze learner needs and translate complex concepts into engaging instructional materials.
• Ability to evaluate training effectiveness using learner feedback and performance data.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaborative platforms.
• Commitment to person-centered, strengths-based approaches.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate creativity and innovation in instructional design.
• Value collaboration across disciplines and organizations.
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities and emerging needs.
• Maintain attention to detail and high-quality deliverables.
• Seek continuous learning and professional growth.
• Communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Maintain professionalism, confidentiality, and ethical standards, non-technical audiences.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: Instructional Technology

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