Instructional Designer, Center for Teaching & Learning

Working Title: Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) Instructional Designer

Classification Title: Instructional Designer/Technologist II

Posting Details

Priority Application Deadline (Posting will remain open until filled): Sunday, November 30, 2025 @ 11:55pm PT

Note to Applicants:

Applicants invited to interview will be asked to prepare a five-minute presentation based on a prompt to be provided.

Hiring Preference

Eligible on-campus applicants in California State University Employees Union (CSUEU) Bargaining Units 2,5,7, and 9 will be given first consideration in the recruitment.

Position Summary

The incumbent's primary purpose is to serve as an Instructional Technologist for the Center for Teaching and Learning's Student Success efforts providing instructional design and learning analytics support. This position reports to the director for the Center for Teaching and Learning in Academic Affairs. In addition to providing culturally responsive hybrid and online course design services for Center for Teaching and Learning core programs, responsibilities include management and assessment of special course design and faculty professional development projects as funded by Federal, State, and CSU system external grants that are administered through the center. Must be able to work collaboratively with a diversity of faculty and administrators across the university as well as private and public granting agencies. Job responsibilities include leading and developing professional development curriculum for workshops and faculty learning community programs. Must be a flexible learner capable of shifting technology focus as new teaching modalities and learning tools emerge.

FLSA: Exempt (Not eligible for overtime compensation)

Anticipated Hiring Range: $6,492 per month (Step 1). Anticipated hiring rate is near or at the minimum of the classification salary range.

CSU Classification Salary Range: $6,492 per month (Step 1) - $ 9,458 per month (Step 20)

Salary step placement will be determined based on relevant qualifications and professional experience.

Best-in-class Benefits:

CSU Total Compensation:

Salary Grade/Range: 1

Recruitment Type: Regular (Probationary)

Time Base: Full-Time

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm; occasional other hours as needed.

Department Information

The mission of the Center of Teaching and Learning at Sacramento State is to empower the teaching and learning community by providing mentoring and supporting evidence-based and inclusive practices that engage teaching excellence to enhance and transform student learning experiences.

Minimum Qualifications

To enter this classification, a basic foundation of knowledge and skills in technical information systems and application program packages is a prerequisite. This foundation would normally be obtained through a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, educational technology, communications, or related fields, or similar certified coursework in applicable fields of study. Foundation knowledge and skills for the Information Technology Consultant, depending on the nature of the position assignment, may include working knowledge of common software application packages, equipment platforms, reference database systems and sources, and training methods and a basic understanding of networks, data communication, and multimedia systems.

Required Qualifications Knowledge of

• Instructional design theories, pedagogical methods, online/hybrid teaching strategies, and accessibility principles.

• Academic technologies such as learning management tools, survey tools, and video conferencing

• Standards for quality online course design and remediation strategies for improving quality, such as Quality Matters (QM).

• Microsoft package applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Onedrive, Teams.

Skills

• Demonstrated skill in developing course materials and training a wide range of audiences in the use of technology and universal design for teaching and learning.
• Demonstrated skill at the Instructional Designer/Technologist II skill level, including the use of educational technology (hardware and software), university information systems, data sources and systems, and common office software packages (ex. Microsoft applications) and equipment (ex. scanners, video and audio recording devices).
• Applied analytical and critical thinking skills to investigate, define, and analyze problems.
• Applied problem solving and conflict resolution skills to facilitate team work and mediate interpersonal communication.

Abilities

• Ability to design and develop face to face, hybrid, and online courses in consultation with faculty and staff.
• Ability to use interpersonal and intercultural communication skills to deliver course design, technology, and learning assessment workshops to technical and non-technical audiences at diverse levels of the organization (student assistants, staff, faculty, administrators).
• Ability to work independently with self-direction skills to initiate plans, organize, prioritize, multitask, and coordinate work in an innovative and fast paced unit with competing priorities and distractions.
• Must be able to independently solve a wide range of technical and education technology problems by researching, developing, piloting, and assessing practical solutions.
• Ability to anticipate problems and address them proactively.
• Ability to work flexibly, respond to new center priorities, and collect and use data to inform and assess course design projects and collaborative teams.
• Ability to learn new hardware and software tools to design instructional materials and analyze data.

Condition of Employment

• Ability to pass a background check.

Preferred Qualifications

Education

• Masters degree in instructional design, educational technology, computer or data science, information systems, or similar coursework or work experience.

Knowledge of

• Equity issues in Higher Education teaching, learning and technology accessibility.
• Alternative, formative, and low stakes learning assessment tools and formats.

Skills

• Demonstrated skill with video capture and interactive software applications such as Camtasia, Adobe Creative Cloud, Playposit, Zoom, Panopto.

• Demonstrated skill in creating hybrid, online, and hyflex courses that are taught by multiple instructors.

• Creating program proposals, plans, and assessments (Ex. Program to redesign high fail rate or large equity gap courses).

• Experience working collaboratively in a higher education environment and adaptive design for accessible

  learning.

Abilities

• Capable of effective communication and listening skills to identify faculty and/ or program needs and problems from multiple stakeholder perspectives.
• Ability to independently collect course design and faculty professional development program impact data and make presentations at campus meetings and CSU system and national education conferences.

Documents Needed to Apply

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Failure to upload these documents to the online application may result in disqualification.

About Sacramento State

is located in the heart of California’s capital city, five miles from State Capitol. The lush, 300-acre campus is situated along the American River, close to numerous bike trails and other recreational areas. Sacramento, also known as the “Farm-to-Fork Capital,” is one of the most ethnically diverse and livable cities in the country, with a population of half of a million. Sacramento State is a Hispanic and AANAPISI serving institution with about 31,000 students coming not only from the Greater Sacramento Region, but also from across the state, country, and world. Our 1,800 faculty and 1,500 staff are committed to meeting our mission:

“As California’s capital university, we transform lives by preparing students to lead, serve, and succeed. Sacramento State will be a welcoming, caring, and inclusive leader in education, innovation, and engagement.” As the regional hub of higher education, Sacramento State is dedicated to ; ; ; ; , and .

As evidenced by the values embedded in our , Sacramento State is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all faculty, staff, students, and guests are welcome and valued. Our commitment is more than simply ensuring that our campus is free from bias and discrimination, but is one devoted to celebrating many diverse identities, life experiences, and perspectives that enrich our community, teaching and learning.

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Equal Employment Opportunity
California State University, Sacramento is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or disability. Sacramento State hires only those individuals who are lawfully authorized to accept employment in the United States.

It is the policy of California State University, Sacramento to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need a disability related reasonable accommodation as part of the application and/or interviewing process, visit .

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prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

Eligibility Verification

Candidate must furnish proof of eligibility to work in the . California State University, Sacramento is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (ie. H-1-B Visa).

Note to Applicants:

Possession of the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview unless required by collective bargaining agreement.