Digital Instruction Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY: Do you find yourself looking for a new sphere of influence in your academic career? Would you like to make a difference in the rapidly-growing medium of digital education? Our Digital Instruction Supervisor works with a group of video-course assistants, helping these individuals to develop their talents in the unique field of online video courses production. The Supervisor also works as a member of the management team providing input and insight into development and execution of training, the achievement of production goals, and the structuring of project teams.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Collaborate with and influence direct reports (course assistants) towards better performance of assigned work responsibilities.
• Evaluate direct reports' performance in daily tasks and their progress towards annual goals helping these employees to navigate obstacles, set professional development goals, and to complete training and growth opportunities.
• Develop a plan for onboarding and training each new Digital Instruction employee as well as continued training/professional development for current employees and oversee the execution of training/professional development by responsible trainers assessing each employee's readiness.
• Determine resources needed to accomplish team goals and requisition those resources as needed or notify the Senior Manager of the need resources.
• Facilitate a spirit of teamwork and a culture of unity between content creators and production specialists within Academic Integrity and Content Development.
• Assist the Senior Manager with long-range planning (budget, production, policies, etc.) identifying needs and drafting proposals to secure needed resources.
• Attend meetings regarding startup and development of courses as needed to foster collaboration among project team.
• Review applications for open, direct-report positions, communicate with applicants, attend interviews, evaluate candidates, and make recommendations for hire to the Senior Manager.
• Approve timesheet submissions, correct timesheet errors, and approve Paid Personal Time and Sick Time for direct-report employees.  

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: 

• Able to communicate with individuals and groups with clarity, definitiveness, sensitivity, and empathy.
• Able to multi-task.
• Able to collaborate with both employees and management.
• Able to offer creative solutions and also able to self-limit those solutions in order to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrates strong time management and organizational skills.
• Exhibit patience with employees
• Basic understanding of BJU Press educational philosophy and the video-production process.
• Microsoft Office
• Bachelor's degree, or higher, in an education-related or publishing field.  Master's degree preferred.  Five or more years in a video production environment may be considered in lieu of a Master's degree.