Digital Innovations Developer

Hiring Deparment:   UND Online, Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs

Minimum Hiring Salary/Position Classification: Salary dependent on experience; annual, full-time, benefitted, exempt staff position
Benefits: Includes single or family health care coverage (premiums paid for by the university), basic life insurance, EAP, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual and sick leave.  Optional benefits available: supplemental life, dental, vision, flexible spending account, supplemental retirement plans.
Work Schedule:  Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm; some Saturdays for recruitment/retention efforts; and as required to complete duties

For full consideration, all application materials must be fully submitted by 5PM (Central Time) on the closing date.
Qualified internal applicants will receive first consideration.

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Position Summary: A complete Position Description is available as an attachment in the bottom right corner of this position announcement.

The Digital Innovations Developer will work in a highly collaborative and positive manner to further develop online learning opportunities by using traditional and novel data sources to suggest, create, design, develop, and launch digital applications necessary to improve training methods for online instruction, create online course assets to facilitate student learning, enhance student recruitment and retention for online programs, and better integrate learning objectives and assessment and evaluation. The successful applicant will have the ability to work independently to meet deadlines and scheduled deliveries, and to move swiftly from concept to theory to action.

The position would have the following duties:

• Developing advanced tools and services to establish an adaptive learning environment for UND Online students;
• Leveraging market research, business intelligence analysis systems, social media technologies, IT solutions, and engineering subject matter expertise to design, develop, and implement information-sharing exchange and needs- solutions;
• Designing data modeling/analysis services used to mine enterprise systems and applications for knowledge and information that enhances business processes; and
• Generating original information and knowledge assets.

Required Competencies:

• Willingness, and strong desire, to learn new skills, languages, technology processes, and software regularly

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or related field
• Exceptional analytical/critical thinking abilities - must be able to analyze proposed technological solutions to not only understand how mechanisms work, but to also develop methods of effectively testing and evaluating technologies
• Excellent research skills - must be able to identify relevant data sources for information about emerging technologies to gain an understanding of how things work, and be willing to dig in and take things apart to figure out how they work
• Experience with the evaluation of emerging technology and /or experience as a technology innovator or maker
• Experience with plurality of languages, operating systems, and databases (Python, R, Hadoop, etc.)
• Successful completion of a Criminal History Background Check

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the US and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. 



Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with adaptive learning process creation and management in a higher education setting
• Experiment with chat bot management and/or implementations

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All information listed in this position announcement will be used by Human Resources, the Hiring Department, and EO/Title IX for screening, interviewing and selection purposes.
 
 
Confidentiality of Application Materials
Note: Pursuant to NDCC 44-04-18.27, applications and any records related to the applications that identify an applicant are confidential, except records related to the finalists of the position, which are open to the public after the search committee has identified the top three finalists who will be invited to campus.
 
EEO Statement
UND is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.  Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be invited to provide information regarding their gender, race and/or ethnicity, veteran’s status and disability status during the application process.  This information will remain confidential and separate from your application. 
 
ND Veteran’s Preference
North Dakota Veterans claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the closing date. Proof of eligibility includes a DD-214 and if claiming disabled status, a current letter of disability from the VA dated within the last 12 months.
 
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