Valenture Institute partners with the world’s leading education institutions to transform physical limitations into digital opportunities. We create new opportunities for students to choose an aspirational online learning experience by offering fully-supported online high school programmes.
As a social enterprise, Valenture Institute is also committed to levelling the playing field and increasing access for all students through free curriculum offerings, extensive scholarship programs and blended learning micro schools in underprivileged communities.
The role:
The Learning Designer role at the Valenture Institute is primarily responsible for curating, augmenting, creating, and quality assuring secondary school course content and assessments that are suitable for high-touch online delivery. The incumbent will play a vital role in ensuring that the development of content is relevant to the learning cohort, of high quality and; developed within the required timelines and the scope of the project. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Responsibilities
- Use subject policy statements to ensure that content meets the required examination standards, and determine the adequacy or inadequacy of content.
- Conduct planning and analysis per subject area to recommend appropriate design solutions and strategies for online delivery.
- Analyse the characteristics of Valenture’s learning management system (LMS) and emerging technologies and use the unique affordances of these technologies to make design decisions.
- Transfer textbook-based content into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
- Develop educational content from scratch, making use of various sources, into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
- Research and source appropriate reference materials for the development of courses.
- Design and create targeted continuous assessment strategies that support students in their progression towards their summative examinations.
- Work with project management and various operational stakeholders to ensure that deadlines are adhered to and that project communication takes place in a timely and effective manner.
- Work on evaluation strategies to review the effectiveness of a design strategy, and review content at set intervals as part of Valenture’s approach to continuous improvement.
- Perform auxiliary tasks, including, but not limited to briefing in graphics, and tracking the use of external assets.
- Perform peer reviews across subjects and qualifications.
- Contribute to department process improvements.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience as a Teacher, Tutor, Learning Designer, Instructional Designer, Curriculum Developer, Technical Writer, Editor or Journalist
- Experience in the EdTech field is advantageous
- Teaching, tutoring or training background, and familiarity with CAPS curriculum is highly beneficial
- Expertise within the subject area
- Knowledge of digital learning principles and practices will be advantageous
- Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and build collaborative work relationships
- Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Must be comfortable working remotely and independently
- Ability to learn quickly and to work in a team environment
- Demonstrated ability and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment and able to prioritise work appropriately
- Stable internet connection required
- Having your own laptop would be an advantage but is not a requirement
Benefits
Remote work
Voluntary savings Programme
Valenture Institute is committed to transformation and the company's employment equity plan will be considered during the selection process.
Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, your application is considered unsuccessful at this time.
