The New York City College of Technology Library is seeking an individual to work with the OER Librarian in support of the College’s open education initiatives and the New York State grant CUNY recently received to scale up OER across the university. This is a great opportunity for close engagement with an emerging trend in the profession and throughout higher education.
Duties include:
- Assist with administrative program support: create schedules, maintain budget records, work on program logistics
- Collect data in support of program assessment and external reporting
- Assist with outreach and promotion strategy across the college
- Assist with identifying resources to support of OER creation/adoption
- Assist with identifying resources to support student engagement with open educational resources
- Assist with identifying discipline specific OERs
- Follow developments and trends in open education and open educational resources
Qualifications:
- Excellent writing/copy editing skills and verbal communication
- Excellent organizational, problem solving, and time management skills
- Motivated and flexible in self-directed and collaborative environments
- Experience with HTML, WordPress, Google Drive
- Competency with a variety of multimodal platforms
Additional preferred skills:
- An interest in pedagogy and academic/school librarianship
- Proficiency with LibGuides and Adobe Creative Suite
Send a CV and cover letter detailing relevant experience to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu with the subject line “OER Program Assistant.”
This position is funded through June 2018.
Flexible schedule during business hours
18 hrs per week
$28 per hour
