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Wheaton College     Norton, Massachusetts

Systems Administrator for Curricular Support [Revised Posting]

Issue date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Term: Full-time, 12 months

Reports to: Director of Technology for Research and Instruction

Description: The Systems Administrator for Curricular Support provides support for faculty and students by developing and maintaining networked services for teaching, learning, and research at Wheaton College. This position develops, maintains, troubleshoots, and upgrades both specialized library systems and networked academic technology, especially: interlibrary services, academic databases, streaming media, learning management systems (e.g. Blackboard), and social software (e.g. blogs, wikis, podcasting, etc.). The position maintains and creates web interfaces for accessing the library's electronic resources. The Systems Administrator for Curricular Support participates in developing college-wide processes and systems for supporting digital asset management. This position also develops and maintains web content for portions of the LIS website.

This position serves in the Research and Instruction (RI) Department, which is responsible for the direct support of teaching, learning, and research, particularly as they are enhanced by technology and the use of library and other information resources.


Requirements: Candidates should have a Bachelors degree, Masters degree preferred, with studies and experience in Library or Information Technology. Experience managing computing systems and specialized software applications is required, along with experience developing web-based applications, including proficiency with open standard web programming technologies, such as HTML, PHP, XML, and CSS. Experience developing and maintaining relational databases is required, preferably with MySQL and/or Oracle. Experience working in academic libraries or Information Technology in higher education desired.

Salary: Administrative/Professional Grade 4


To apply: Qualified candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources, Wheaton College, 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 or via email to: jobs@wheatonma.edu.

 

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