--- Forwarded Message from John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:47:07 -0400
>From: John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>Organization: Boston University
>Subject: Job Posting-draft
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Please refer this announcement to anyone that might be interested. There
is a new, full-time position open for a Technical Coordinator in the
Multimedia Language Lab of the Center for English Language and
Orientation Programs at Boston University. The position is an
interesting mix of technical, development, and support work in a large,
busy ESL program with over one hundred computers (mostly Macs) and a
substantial lab curriculum. A brief, general description is below. Feel
free to contact me by phone or E-mail with questions. I would be happy
to receive c.v.s, although the formal application for the position must
be made with BU's Office of Personnel. Additional information regarding
benefits and salary range can be found at
http://www.bu.edu/personnel/employment/index.shtml
Thank you.
____________________________________________________
John de Szendeffy
Multimedia Language Lab
Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
Boston University
890 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
617.353.7957 http://www.bu.edu/celop/mll
0392/E291 - SYSTEMS SUPPORT SPECIALIST I, CENTER FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND ORIENTATION PROGRAM, GRADE 53
Summary Statement:
The Technical Coordinator assists the Lab Coordinator in the
running of the labs, general CELOP computer maintenance, developing
curricular, training, and Web projects, and assisting faculty and staff.
The TC will very often work independently, taking responsibility for
regular technical maintenance, developing maintenance, backup, security
procedures, researching solutions to technical problems, and providing
desktop support to faculty and staff in a 100+ -unit computer network.
The Technical Coordinator has very broad responsibilities and may take
on wide ranging projects and tasks as experience and skills develop over
time. Although there is no formal ESL component to or requirement of
this position, the TC will often interact with ESL students and should
be sensitive to language and cultural issues.
Essential Functions:
Technical/maintenance
1. Maintain 74+ workstations in 4 labs plus the development areas:
maintain, install, update, troubleshoot software and hardware as needed.
2. Maintain the CELOP administrative and faculty network, including
installing, updating, configuring components, and general
troubleshooting throughout.
3. Maintain Macintosh and Windows NT servers (possibly Linux servers as
well): maintain data integrity and security, manage backups and system
updating, manage disk utilization; troubleshoot.
4. Manage network class setups; perform various network backups.
5. Maintain technical and information databases (FileMaker, etc.);
update CELOP Web sites.
Materials Development
1. Author multimedia curricular, training, or Web projects.
2. Assist in production of CELOP Semester Book, MLL News, and other publications.
Technical/support
1. Assist faculty and staff with their computer use.
2. Train faculty to perform functions related to their lab class preparation.
Special projects or occasional duties
Give lab tours to visitors from other programs, sponsors, and
prospective students
Attend conferences and IT workshops
Visit other labs
Hours - (35 hours/week)
Education $F6 BA/BS or equivalent
Experience - one to three years in computing support or training
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