SME Writer
Remote, 1099 Contract
20-25 hrs/wk
The Web Development Subject Matter Expert (SME) is responsible for curriculum development and reviewing course guides, course materials, and curricula within their specialty. Reviews curriculum for consistency and quality across courses. Serves as the final course reviewer before Sophia's academic leadership approves. Ensures the development of high-quality, current, relevant, and engaging core course curricula in alignment with accreditation standards and guidelines.
Our mission is to help students achieve college success with Sophia Pathways, our affordable, flexible, competency-based online courses. These self-paced courses cost a fraction of traditional college courses, and are accessible anytime, from any device. As part of our ongoing commitment to learning, we also provide free college readiness resources for students, including test prep and refresher courses, as well as professional development resources for teachers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- This role is writing intensive. Strong writing skills and the ability to turn around batches of writing content on an aggressive timeline are key.
- Identify skill objectives and create course outlines for new courses or course revisions
- Serve as a consultant for this skill by answering specific content questions that will inform the learning design for this skill
- Analyze the skill objectives, content outlines, and activity types and make recommendations on what will be most effective to help students learn this targeted skill at a foundational level
- Provide feedback on content assets as they are in development to ensure the accuracy of the information being presented
- Collaborate with Learning Designer in the development of skills content, including assessments and media
- Attend scheduled online meetings (check-ins and other sessions as needed)
- Provide recommendations for alignment of skill assets in courses
Job Skills:
- Understand curriculum design documents, standards, and processes
- Knowledge of principles and best practices of curriculum/assessment design
- and writing
- Strong communication skills
- Clear and effective writing
- Strong editing and review skills
- Tracking tasks to completion with limited oversight and direction
- Accountability to team and project goals
- Proactively raises and addresses schedule and quality concerns
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office-style tools, and Windows or MacOS
- Must have strong computer skills (spreadsheets, presentations, and HTML)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Maintaining composure in stressful situations
Work Experience:
- At least 3 years of teaching experience is required in one of the related fields: Information Technology, Web Development or a related field
- Previous experience creating course content as a Subject Matter Expert
Education and related experience will be considered in lieu of minimum work experience requirements
Education:
- Master’s or PhD in Information Technology, Web Development or a related field
- Education and related experience will be considered in lieu of minimum
- education requirements
Other:
- Weekly time commitment: 20-25 hrs/wk (will vary by week)
- The project can run between 5 to 7 months
- Access information using a computer
- Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain
- Strong mental acuity
- Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job
- Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification
- Be available for 1+ working sessions/wk during daytime hours (9-4 pm Central) -
- includes standing weekly team check-in.
- Be open to discussion and collaboration and receptive to feedback.
- Be willing to revise content based on feedback.
- Respond to communications/requests with reasonable turnaround time.
- Attend weekly and ad hoc working sessions consistently.
- Complete content deliverables and action items on time consistently.