[Jobs] brown

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

ssociate Director, Teaching and Learning Services

Brown University is seeking a talented and energetic leader for its  
Teaching and Learning services group within the Department of  
Computing and Information Services. The Associate Director guides the  
program supporting faculty in their use of technology for instruction  
and supervises three groups: Instructional Technology Group (ITG),  
Student Technology Assistant program (STA), and Multimedia Labs  
(MML). Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, this position has  
responsibility for short-term direction and strategic planning,  
personnel management, and financial oversight of the department. The  
successful candidate will be a strong advocate for faculty services  
within CIS.

Brown University, located in Providence, Rhode Island, is a leading  
Ivy League institution with a distinctive undergraduate academic  
program, a world-class faculty, outstanding graduate and medical  
students, and a tradition of innovative and rigorous  
multidisciplinary study. A commitment to diversity and intellectual  
freedom has remained a hallmark of the University since its  
establishment in 1764. Brown students are distinguished by their  
academic excellence, self-direction, and collaborative style of  
learning. The Brown faculty is deeply committed to teaching,  
preeminent in their fields, and leaders in advancing knowledge that  
has broad scholarly, theoretical, and practical applications.

Brown offers competitive benefits through a generous retirement plan,  
an employee education program, and a tuition aid program for  
employee's dependents. For details on these programs and eligibility  
please browse our web site at: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/ 
Human_Resources/prospective_staff.html.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience. An  
advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum 5-10 years experience delivering IT services including 3  
years as a supervisor. Higher education environment preferred.
• Experience planning and implementing instructional support services  
and multimedia facilities.
• Understanding of today's learner and the roles for technology for  
instruction.
• Technical knowledge at the sophisticated user level of PC and Mac  
hardware, operating systems, applications, and network services in  
use at Brown.
• Advanced knowledge of instructional technology tools including  
course management systems. Blackboard Learning System CE (WebCT CE)  
experience preferred.
• Ability to understand and present complex issues.
• Excellent project management, problem solving, interpersonal, and  
team building skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet organizational goals.
• Experience with teaching and/or presenting to audiences. Curriculum  
development experience a plus.
• Budgeting and financial management experience.
• Excellent written and oral communications. A strong desire and  
ability for collaboration.

Brown University is an EEO/AA Employer.

Interested candidates should apply to Job# B00912 at the following link:
https://careers.brown.edu

Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions,  
think. --Byron