LMS Specialist

About Emeritus

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 80 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.

Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 300,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.  The company is backed by prominent investors including Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Job Description

Job Overview:

The LMS Associate builds and maintain courses on Canvas LMS and ensures high-quality learning experiences. The role involves course content creation, word document formatting, stakeholder collaboration, and maintaining accessibility and quality standards. The ideal candidate should have a keen eye for detail, strong communication skills, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment while ensuring accuracy and adherence to guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain courses in Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), ensuring alignment with instructional design specifications.

• Develop, format, and organize content pages, HTML pages, quizzes, assignments, and documents as per design document guidelines and accessibility standards.

• Create and manage course assets, ensuring they meet quality standards.

• Build/edit content on Content Management System (CMS)

• Conduct QA and QC reviews to ensure learning materials meet quality and accessibility standards. • Troubleshoot and resolve LMS-related issues during course setup and delivery, collaborating with relevant teams for solutions.

• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure project requirements and specifications are met.

• Deliver projects on time and ensure they meet the high-quality benchmarks of the organization.

• Participate in internal continuous improvement efforts by offering ideas and solutions for process improvement.

• Stay updated on emerging LMS features and online learning trends to recommend improvements for course delivery and user experience.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in technology

• 1 to 4 years of working knowledge on HTML

• Experience working on the Canvas LMS and/or CMS is a plus

• Basic knowledge of CSS, JS, and accessibility standards for course design

• Proven experience with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and authoring tools such as Articulate 360 and H5P

• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Good communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to multitask and manage time effectivel

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In press:  

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark/ 

• emeritus harvard business school: Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)