--- 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 ------------------ 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