Learning Designer

• Full-Time | Fixed Term (31/12/2026)

• Higher Education Officer Level 7 | $102,589 - $113,561 p.a. + 17% Super.

• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

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About the Role

Providing learning design and project management services in the development of online and blended courses, the Learning Designer enables the Learning and Teaching Innovation Portfolio to support quality in the increasing use of educational technologies across the University, in particular in the delivery of fully online and blended courses.

You will contribute to the dissemination of good practice and provide professional development in relation to changes and additions to the suite of educational technologies within Flinders Online Learning, and using your pedagogical knowledge, create and develop innovative learning materials and learning activities.  Your technical knowledge will also be required as you collaborate with academic staff to co-design and co-develop innovative learning experiences.

Some of the key accountabilities of the role are:

• Providing learning design expertise to academic staff into different modalities who are developing educational resources including the design of learning activities, assessment strategies, choosing appropriate distribution media, and designing student learning support strategies.

• Leading the design of high quality fully asynchronous facilitated online learning experiences, ensuring pacing, structure, and learning pathways support student autonomy and sustained engagement.

• Coordinating a targeted professional development program for academics to allow them to develop their own educational design and development skills and knowledge.

• Managing projects to support eLearning development within LTI as required, including identifying opportunities, developing briefs, coordinating stakeholder interests, implementation and evaluation of projects.

A more comprehensive list of responsibilities is available from the position description.

About You

Your experience includes sourcing, selecting, applying, and evaluating educational technology tools and platforms for a variety of teaching, learning, assessment and learning support purposes across a variety of contexts.  You have proven ability in designing and developing learning environments using an institutional LMS (Canvas preferred), with proficiency in educational technologies, media tools, and the MS Office suite.

With demonstrated experience as champions and role models to engage and motivate others to embrace a vision of change, you have highly effective project management skills, including exercising initiative, judgment, priority setting, problem-solving and meeting deadlines are a must, as is the ability to recognise and overcome barriers.

It is expected that the successful candidate will hold Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience in educational design/digital learning environments, or possess an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.

About the Student Life Division 

The Student Life division ensures the delivery of student-centred support across the student lifecycle that underpins the University’s broader strategic visions by delivering support services and functions that facilitate and enhance the academic mission of the institution.  The Student Life division provides support services and programs that contribute to the student experience and success, including in the areas of health, counselling, disability services, orientation and transition, student wellbeing, and Flinders University Student Association.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.

So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders initiative

• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers 

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our four SAGE Cygnet Awards.

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• Flinders University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, free from gender‑based violence. Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre‑employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University. This includes a Gender‑Based Violence declaration, in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑Based Violence (2025), and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

• In addition, it is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working With Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit a resume, along with a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the below 4 Key Position Capabilities of the position description.

  • Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience in educational design/digital learning environments, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.

  • Detailed knowledge of teaching and learning theory and practice, instructional design, educational evaluation, and the effective use of learning technologies in an educational context.

  • Demonstrated ability in designing and developing learning environments using an institutional LMS (Canvas preferred), with proficiency in educational technologies, media tools, and the MS Office suite.

  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, follow protocols, exercise initiative, meet deadlines and complete duties effectively without close supervision. This includes the ability to work iteratively, adapting quickly to change and operating effectively both on an autonomous basis and as a member of a collaborative, client-focused team.

• For more information regarding this position, we encourage you to contact Melanie Worrall

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At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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