Learning Management System Administrator

Description

NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNVERSITY

Office of Instructional Design & Technology

Learning Management System Administrator

Description of Position:

Located within the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), this position provides advanced technical leadership and administrative oversight for the University’s Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas, and associated enterprise instructional technologies. The role is responsible for the strategic configuration, optimization, integration, and long-term sustainability of the LMS ecosystem.

As the institutional LMS technical lead, this position manages system architecture, integrations, and data workflows while safeguarding reliability, security, and compliance and contributing to institutional reporting and informed decision-making. The work involves a close partnership with TLC colleagues, Information Technology staff, vendors, and academic departments to sustain a stable, scalable digital learning infrastructure.

This position also provides targeted instructional technology consultation to support faculty and instructional staff in the effective implementation of technology-enhanced learning.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as institutional technical lead for Canvas LMS, overseeing configuration, optimization, and long-term sustainability of the LMS ecosystem.
• Manages LMS architecture, integrations, and data workflows, ensuring system reliability, security, and compliance.
• Develops reports and data extracts from LMS and related systems to support institutional decision-making and academic
• analytics (early alert & student learning outcomes).
• Collaborates with TLC staff, IT, vendors, and academic units to maintain a stable, scalable, digital learning environment.
• Provides instructional technology consultation to faculty and staff on the effective use of technology-enhanced learning tools.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Educational Technology, or related field; an associate's degree of applied science in network and systems administration, and two years of educational technology administration experience may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree
• Two years of higher education or K-12 LMS administration experience
• Experience with APIs, scripting, and automation
• Technical documentation and communication skills
• Strong collaboration and customer-service orientation
• The University requires that all staff members be Christians (preferably in the Wesleyan tradition) and must be comfortable with and in agreement with the mission and lifestyle values of NNU and be willing to help advance the spiritual goals of the University. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing LMS integrations and enterprise instructional technologies
• Experience supporting accessibility and usability standards in digital learning
• Experience with institutional reporting and data analysis
• Experience with ticketing and service management systems
• Experience with HTML and CSS

Compensation

Salary will be determined by the educational background and experience. Personnel receive a generous benefits package including health, vision and dental insurance for employee and family, life and disability insurance, flexible & health spending plan, tuition benefits, annual & sick leave, opportunities for professional development, and a retirement program.

Application Process:

To be considered for this position, a complete application packet must be received.  Complete application packet will include the following:

• Letter of interest
• Application
• Resume 
• Responses to the NNU Christian Mission
• Two reference letters from professional associates
• Letter of reference from current pastor
• Transcripts (unofficial are standard for the hiring process, official will be required upon hire)

Northwest Nazarene University is an Equal Opportunity employer. As an educational institution operating under the auspices of the Church of the Nazarene, Northwest Nazarene University is permitted, and reserves the right, to prefer employees on the basis of religion. (Title VII, Sections 702-703, United States Civil Rights Act of 1964)