Director Curriculum Development - AIU Online
Education & Knowledge
ü Three years or more of professional experience and leadership in higher education, specifically in the areas of online program and course development.
ü Instructional design experience.
ü Minimum of a Masters degree, doctorate preferred.
ü Excellent communication, project management, conceptual, organizational and analytical skills.
ü Willingness to travel.
Desired Competencies:
Ethics and Integrity: Behaves in a fair and ethical manner toward others; instills mutual trust and confidence; demonstrates a sense of corporate responsibility; acts with honesty and integrity
Continuous Learning: Hones and improves level of knowledge and skills through education and training
Business Skills and Knowledge: Demonstrates a basic literacy in areas related to CEC’s business and clients; able to design and develop organizational strategies to align performance with business needs or desired results
Delegation and Empowerment: Assigns tasks and decision-making responsibilities appropriately by considering staff knowledge, experience, skills, and workloads
Planning/Organizing/Goal Setting: Demonstrates the ability to organize and schedule people or tasks; develops realistic action plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resource availability; defines realistic, specific goals and objectives; prioritizes objectives
Leads Individuals: Establishes performance and development goals and objectives; coaches performance; provides support; provides training; reinforces desired actions; follows-up; evaluates performance; provides praise and reward aligned with the performance, contribution, and competence of the individual
Teamwork and Collaboration: Works with people in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitment to goals and objectives
Communication (Spoken & Written); Able to clearly present information through the spoken word; influences or persuades others through oral presentation in positive or negative circumstances; listens well; able to write clearly and effectively present ideas and to document activities; to read and interpret written information
Diversity: Understands that each individual is unique; recognizes individual differences along the dimensions of: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, veteran status, education, training, position, level of authority, seniority, full-time or part-time status
Influence and Persuasion: Able to induce others to accept the validity of ideas or take appropriate action
Customer Focus: Cultivates a positive customer service relationship and two-way communication; identifies and understands the needs wants, and expectations of customers, whether internal or external; delivers products and services that meet customer expectations
Continuous Improvement: Continuously seeks and encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to address organizational problems and opportunities; facilitates the use of knowledge or help from outside the workplace, from the larger organization, or outside the organization to identify potential problems or improvement opportunities; advocates the need for self or others to seek a better way to address work-process issues
Problem Solving: Able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues; able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics; able to use a systematic approach through analysis of problem and evaluation of alternate solutions; uses logic, mathematics or other problem solving tools in data analysis or in generating solutions
Leads Processes or Projects (work) and Results Focus: Establishes a course of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; plans proper assignments of staff; plans appropriate allocation of resources; able to commit to get results; give priority to work; puts tasks and goals first
Creativity and Innovation; Develops unique and novel solutions to problems; uses intuition and a new way of thinking to form original ideas; presents information in an attention-getting and interesting manner
Decision Making: Makes practical, realistic, and timely decisions after considering facts, available organizational resources, and potential risks; able to use reason, even when dealing with sensitive topics; able to make quick decisions, using available information
Managing Change and Change Leadership: Creates an environment that embraces change; makes change happen, even if the change is radical; helps others to accept new ideas