Educational Technologist

Title: Educational Technologist

Salary Range: 40,000.00

Contract Term Length: 10 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: Hybrid allowed after the introductory period

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Gateway Florence or Edgewood

Department: eLearning

Benefits

Gateway Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Educational Technologist role supports faculty with technical assistance, instructional technology training, LMS support, and online course development. This position requires strong project management skills, and a willingness to provide excellent customer service.

Job Duties:

• Develops and implements faculty and staff training, consulting, and related support for instructional technologies. Coordinates all PD for Teaching and Learning Services.
  
• Supports faculty with integrating technology into their courses. Possesses a familiarity with online management systems and up-to-date instructional technologies.
  
• Assists Instructional Designers with building online courses, performing course copies, and completing quality online course checks.
• Represent Gateway on the Office of Professional Development Peer Team.
• Continuously learns and evaluates emerging technologies for teaching and learning in face-to-face, blended, and online environments.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent in Education Technology, Instructional Design or related field.
  
• 2 years of relevant experience
  
• Basic technology acumen with working knowledge of Blackboard, rapid authoring tools, web-based tools (such as YouTube), and a variety of instructional technologies that can be deployed in an eLearning environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and, in writing.
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy. 
• It is essential that the person serving in this capacity be proficient in all aspects of computer operation and software (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and database knowledge).  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent
  
• 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience in and understanding of working with students from diverse populations is preferred.
• Experience working at the community college level is preferred.

About Us:

Gateway Community & Technical College is a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and is a public two-year degree-granting institution serving the Northern Kentucky Region - part of the Greater Cincinnati Region and is Northern Kentucky’s only public, accredited, comprehensive two-year institution. Gateway offers high-quality, targeted education to meet students' personal and professional needs and contribute to the region's economic development.

Gateway engages, connects, and inspires all students through education to successfully champion our region’s competitive workforce and improve their quality of life.

Gateway is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution, and we are committed to creating a campus environment that values the exploration, appreciation, and celebration of diversity while promoting inclusiveness, multiculturalism, and global awareness.

KY law requires state and national pre-employment background checks as a condition of employment.