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If taking the lead in creating a more sustainable future sounds like the future you want, we can make it happen.</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><strong>The Position&nbsp;</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>The Instructional Designer&rsquo;s primary responsibility is to manage projects involving online course and micro-credential development and maintenance for Unity College Distance Education. 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independently and within a team.</li><li>Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills with strong interpersonal and presentation skills, while working with diverse content and populations.</li></ul><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>Preferred:</p><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;margin-left:undefined;\"><li>One year of experience working in a full-time instructional design capacity, collaborating directly with faculty in online curriculum building and course development.</li><li>Experience developing non-traditional learning experiences and micro-credentials</li><li>Experience with badging.</li><li>Proven knowledge of instructional design strategies, along with the current techniques, tools, and procedures used in the design, development, and evaluation of technology-enhanced and online courses and programs.</li><li>Experience with graphic design and AV elements appropriate for online instruction, especially using the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.</li><li>Experience in online classroom teaching or workshop facilitation.</li><li>Knowledge and understanding of Quality Matters, Online Learning Consortium and similar online learning rubrics.</li><li>Familiarity with Universal Design and other accessibility principles to ensure course content is accessible to all learners.</li><li>Proven ability to work effectively and communicate with subject matter experts, peers, users and media developers.</li><li>Demonstrated competence in working with learning management systems, such as Canvas.</li><li>Familiarity with HTML and CSS.</li></ul><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><br></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><strong>The Location&nbsp;</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>As our distance education team rapidly grows, we have also acquired space at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine where our enterprise and distance education teams will be located. This position will be located at <strong>49 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester, Maine.</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>Unity College offers a generous benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, PTO, and a company match on our 403b retirement plan. Waiting periods will apply.</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'><strong>To Apply</strong></p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>Interested and qualified candidates should click on the &ldquo;Apply Now&rdquo; button and submit a resume and cover letter.</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</p><p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;'>At Unity College, we don&rsquo;t just accept difference &mdash; we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our students, and our community. 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