Associate, AI Research and Learning

About the Digital Education Council:

The Digital Education Council (DEC) is a global community of practice of institutions spanning six continents. The Council is committed to driving sustainable innovation and AI adoption in Education and Workforce Development. Member institutions of the Digital Education Council represent a globally diverse and strategically balanced mix of research universities, business schools, polytechnics, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges.

Collectively, they serve over 3 million students and employ more than 350,000 faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines, making DEC one of the most globally representative alliances in education. DEC now counts over 200 member institutions.

The Job:

We are seeking an Associate, AI Research and Learning to research, design and build cutting-edge education programmes on AI. You will research emerging developments and applications of AI, translate them into relevant skills and learning outcomes, and build high-quality courses from the initial curriculum blueprint through to final delivery. This role is for someone who is hands-on, who works well with academic experts, and who follows AI closely.

You will work closely with DEC's research team, faculty contributors and member institutions.

Responsibilities include:

• Track developments in AI and their implications for teaching, learning and work,
• Research and write the substance of DEC's courses to a standard that stands up in front of senior academics
• Build with AI tools directly, so that what we teach is grounded in first-hand practice rather than secondary sources
• Prototype new formats and AI-enabled approaches to how material is taught, and turn what works into repeatable practice
• Work with faculty contributors and subject matter experts as a peer, drawing out their expertise and sharpening it into teaching material
• Translate DEC's research output into education programmes, and feed what you learn from learners back into the Council's research
• Maintain the quality bar for DEC's material, including structure, assessment and learner experience

Your profile:

• 2+ years of relevant professional experience, ideally spent creating educational, technical or analytical content 
• Genuine understanding of AI: you use the tools daily, understand how they work, and can explain them to a sceptical expert 
• Evidence of things you have made and published — courses, papers, essays, workshops, tools, open-source work. 
• Able to read a technical paper, judge whether it matters, and explain why it matters to a non-technical audience
• Comfortable working with academic experts and senior stakeholders, and able to hold your own on the substance
• Excellent writer. 
• Organised enough to ship several projects at once without compromising quality
• Comfortable working across time zones with a globally distributed team