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Biochemistry Content Developer

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Contractor

💰 $25 - $30 per Hour

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ January 5th, 2024

Higher Ed
Description

This position will be employed through Headway consulting firm working remotely throughout the US.

Hourly Rate: $25 - $30 Depending on Experience. 

The Biochemistry Content Developer is involved in ensuring that our digital biochemistry products are accurate and pedagogically sound. They are responsible for writing clear questions and solutions of varying difficulties, which test student understanding and application of concepts in Biochemistry. They will author hints, solutions, and feedback that provide insightful diagnosis of student mistakes and misconceptions and coach students toward mastery. The Biochemistry Content Developer will also be responsible for reviewing biochemistry content.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Writing clear, engaging questions which test student understanding and application of concepts
  • Authoring hints and feedback that anticipate common student errors, provide insightful diagnosis of their misconceptions, and coach them toward mastering the material
  • Creating solutions to these questions that are complete and concise
  • Inputting the questions, hints, solutions, and feedback into the software
  • Providing clear, concise feedback to other contractors in order to correct errors of content, spelling, grammar, and/or pedagogy
  • Reviewing digital biochemistry content for accuracy

Required Skills / Knowledge:

  • Strong knowledge base in Biochemistry
  • Experience teaching Biochemistry
  • Ability to write conceptual questions
  • Experience writing original homework and/or test questions
  • Strong computer skills including the ability to quickly learn new products and technology
  • Recent experience teaching Biochemistry for Higher Education

Education Requirements: 

  •  MS or MA in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related discipline; PhD in progress will be considered

Hours:

  • 20 - 40 hours per week

Location:

  • Remote