Academic Computing Manager for Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Provide direction, innovation, and leadership in the use of information technology by faculty in the sciences and mathematics.

Reporting to the Director of Academic Computing Services, and in close consultation with a faculty oversight committee, be responsible for developing and managing instructional and research computing support services for the science faculty, and the management of a wide range of discipline-specific software. Work closely with Instructional Media Services to provide student access to discipline-specific software in the public computing labs, and with Desktop Support to make software available to faculty and staff on faculty desktop and research lab systems.

As one of a team of three discipline-specific instructional computing specialists:
- provide faculty with training and documentation on the use of the course management system, personal response system, classroom computing technology, and relevant software;
- coordinate installation of discipline-specific software in the science computing facilities and faculty and staff desktop and lab systems;
- identify instructional and research software needs for the sciences, and then working with other Information Technology Services staff, identify, develop, and deploy resources and services to meet these needs;
- provide support to academic departments in the management of department websites;
- provide consulting and guidance to faculty regarding instructional and research computing support services and programs available to them on campus and through affiliated organizations (e.g., NERCOMP, NITLE);
- consult on the use of technology in teaching and research;
- facilitate the publication of faculty websites and web-based scholarly communications.

Minimum Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree and three or more years of relevant work experience.
- Academic background in the sciences.
- Experience supporting course management systems.
- Detailed understanding of the Windows (XP/Vista) and Macintosh, and some familiarity with UNIX operating systems.
- Fluency with Microsoft Office, web editing, and Web 2.0 applications.
- Must be self-motivated and demonstrated excellent organizational and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Advanced degree in a sciences related field
- Experience in successful grant writing.
- Programming and/or scripting skills (e.g., Python, perl), experience working with computational software packages (e.g., Mathematica, MATLab, MathCAD), ArcGIS, or databases (e.g., MySQL).
- Teaching experience at the undergraduate level.