Course Developer-Human & Organizational Performance Effectiveness POOL
Position Overview
The Human and Organizational Performance Effectiveness (HOPE) master's degree is seeking part-time lecturers to develop and/or teach courses or competencies. This program is being developed by the School of Professional Studies at the University of Kansas to be offered beginning fall semester 2025. The degree will be offered with regular in-person, hybrid, and online classes and also in a competency-based version (to begin in Fall 2026). We seek content experts to develop curriculum for the degree and to participate in teaching and assessment activities. Curriculum areas include employee motivation, employee onboarding, employee selection, instructional design, learning and development, organizational communication, organizational effectiveness, organizational change, organizational performance management and metrics, organizational systems, resources allocation, and strategic planning. This position serves the educational needs of a JCERT program. Specific percentages of effort for JCERT are determined each year.
Application materials will be reviewed by the faculty and placed in a pool for consideration for developing and/or teaching courses consistent with departmental instructional needs.
The successful candidate must have appropriate authorization to work in the U.S. before employment begins.
Application materials will be reviewed by the faculty and placed in a pool for consideration for developing and/or teaching courses consistent with departmental instructional needs.
The successful candidate must have appropriate authorization to work in the U.S. before employment begins.
Job Description
Course Developer Duties:
- Design assigned course content for the HOPE master’s degree in collaboration with the program director, program faculty, and instructional designers. The work should meet KU standards for competency-based education and all requirements for credit bearing offerings.
- Write content competencies.
- Select learning materials for student use.
- Write assessments for student use
- Design and review course management modules to deliver the curriculum to the student.
- Adapt curriculum and assessments in response to feedback from the HOPE program director, other faculty, and instructional designer.
- Meet time deadlines for development as defined by the program director
- Attend curriculum meetings.
- Adhere to departmental, college, and university policies.
- Course-based teaching responsibilities include curriculum development, instructional design, classroom management, grading, and teaching improvement in relation to student and colleague feedback.
- Competency-based instruction provides regular and substantive interaction that empowers students to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for success in human organizational performance. This role includes but is not limited to faculty-initiated communication with students; weekly office hours; providing feedback to students on assessments, monitoring student progress, and providing outreach as needed to support success as well as timely responses to student inquiries.
- Instructors are responsible for keeping the curriculum up-to-date and engaging with external organizations to ensure relevance to a variety of workplace needs.
- Instructors are responsible for adherence to program, School, and University policies.
Required Qualifications
Evaluation of the following requirements will be made through (1) descriptions of work experience and educational experiences in letter of application, (2) record of accomplishments and productivity addressed in C.V., and (3) information provided from professional references.
- A master’s degree in a field related to the curriculum area.
- Seven years of work experience related to the curriculum area.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in a related field.
- Teaching experience at the higher education level.
Additional Candidate Instructions
A complete application will include:
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- A letter of application indicating what position you are applying for in the Cover Letter.
- A vitae/CV detailing specific subject areas the applicant is qualified to teach and/or develop.
- A syllabus created by the applicant.
- The names and contact information (including email) for three professional references.
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Contact Information to Applicants
Advertised Salary Range
Course Development $3,250 per competency/credit hour Teaching:$6,500 per 3 credit hour course, per semester
Application Review Begins
Monday September 8, 2025
Anticipated Start Date
Monday May 5, 2025