Classroom Technical Co-Pilot

Job title:

Classroom Technical Co-Pilot

Company

University of Toronto

Job description

Date Posted: 12/17/2024
Req ID: 41143
Faculty/Division: VP & Provost
Department: Learning Space Management
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00042014Description:About us:Learning Space Management (LSM) has a focus on learning space excellence with the mandate of stewardship of the University’s classrooms and testing space, encompassing all aspects including the delivery of academic activities through academic scheduling, classroom design, instructional technology and accommodated testing. This holistic perspective allows each member of the team to work together, share experiences and better understand how their decisionsand deliverables impact other team members and results. In this way, we can better leverage opportunities and synergies amongst the team as well as with the broader University community to better serve and support the University’s mission.Your opportunity:As part of the Tech2U initiative, which will be focused on supporting the right technology for instructional needs in the classroom, this role will be responsible for supporting and providing excellent customer service to faculty, staff and other users of the classroom technology provisioned in the instructional spaces used by the University community in pursuit of the curricular and co-curricular mission by: conducting hardware and software installation, maintaining electronic classroom technology (including preventative maintenance and servicing), setting-up and operating a broad range of technical equipment in classrooms (e.g. projection systems, computer systems operations for classrooms), and operating video- conferencing facilities.Your responsibilities will include:

• Responding to service requests in a timely fashion, resolving issues within the scope of the role and escalating as required
• Setting up and troubleshooting audio-visual equipment (e.g. video-conferencing, projection systems, classroom computer systems)
• Providing instruction on how to use equipment
• As the team leader for casual staff, directing activities of casual staff and checking the work of work-study students
• Creating technical documentation and user support guides
• Coordinating the booking and delivery of classroom audio-visual equipment with contacts and maintaining audio-visual inventory
• Scheduling the setup and takedown of equipment required for events
• Checking that work is completed to the satisfaction of the client

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in Audio-Visual Services, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum three (3) years with audio-visual, electronic classroom and computer systems, projection and video equipment required
• Solid experience in standard operating software and application packages such as Mac OS, Window OS and Microsoft Office
• Experience installing, connecting and testing audio-visual components
• Experience directing activities of casual staff and/or assigning and checking the work of work-study students
• Excellent knowledge of industry-standard video-conferencing and web streaming product lines
• Ability to handle and deliver equipment to locations across campus many times per day and on tight schedules
• Must have excellent interpersonal and high-quality customer service skills, including professional written and oral communication skills to respond appropriately to formal correspondence with faculty and staff
• Ability to effectively conduct presentations in order to demonstrate classroom equipment use
• Must have the ability to exercise good judgment to meet tight deadlines in delivering and servicing equipment
• Ability to work independently

Assets (Nonessential):

• Certified Technology Specialist
• Demonstrated experience in training faculty or professional clients in equipment use
• Ability to work with web content applications (wiki’s or similar) to update documentation and inventory information

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Approachable
• Communicator
• Problem solver
• Team player

Closing Date: 01/07/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget – Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 — $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Fiona ChanLived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Diversity StatementThe University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .Accessibility StatementThe University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .

Expected salary

$66715 per year

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:57:04 GMT

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