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Job Opportunity: City Tech’s OpenLab Hiring a Community Facilitator
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July 14, 2015 at 1:22 pm #40964Jill Belli (she/her/hers)Participant
(Apologies for cross-posting)
Please circulate widely. Many thanks!
Cheers,
Jill & Jody—
City Tech’s OpenLab (https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/), an innovative open source digital platform for students, faculty, and staff at New York City College of Technology, CUNY, seeks a current (or recent) CUNY graduate student as a Community Facilitator for part-time work.
A Community Facilitator will engage in:Professional Development
-develop and lead workshops, seminars, class visits as well as hold office hours for faculty, staff, and student users with varying experience with technology
-teach users about blogging, best practices for developing content, how to incorporate technology in the classroom, and what it means to have an online presenceSupport for the OpenLab Community
-maintain an active presence on the site and provide assistance to users on an as-needed basis
-liaise among faculty, student, and staff users and the OpenLab team
-contribute content to various OpenLab sites
-create help documentation with an emphasis on the user experience
-test new features and fixes, and provide feedback on site functionalityProject Development
-participate in weekly OpenLab team meetings (both in-person and via webconference)
-work according to a schedule and on an as-needed basis, both on campus and remotely
-represent the OpenLab team on campus, in various external venues, and via social mediaIdeal candidates will possess:
-familiarity with the OpenLab or other WordPress/BuddyPress installations, such as the CUNY Academic Commons
-expertise in digital pedagogy
-experience with developing and leading workshops for a variety of users
-knowledge of information architecture, usability, and the user experience
-strong organizational skills and attention to detail
-a willingness to work collaboratively with a team
-a fluid understanding of socially networked online spaces and various digital tools
-communications skills for responding to support requests with speed, empathy, and creativity
-the ability to create visually attractive, informative, and well-written blog posts, help documentation, and screencastsExperience with WordPress is essential, and experience with the following tools is desired:
-BuddyPress
-basic HTML
-basic CSS
-common web and social media applications (e.g., Twitter, Flickr, YouTube)
-bug-tracking software (e.g., Redmine)
-multimedia (e.g., photos, videos, podcasts)Hours and Pay: 12 hours a week, $25/hour
Position start date mid/late August 2015. Review of applications will begin August 3, with interviews happening shortly thereafter.
To apply, please submit a Cover Letter, CV, and representative samples of your digital work to OpenLab Co-Directors Jill Belli (jbelli@citytech.cuny.edu) and Jody R. Rosen (jrrosen@citytech.cuny.edu). Please note any current employment within the CUNY system or for the Research Foundation of CUNY.
This topic was also posted in: CUNY GC ITP Program - Forum, GC Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center, Digital Media Studies Group - Forum, Internet Research Team, Open Education at CUNY - Forum, Provost’s Digital Innovation Grant Recipients, The Group for Group Admins, Digital Humanities Initiative. -
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