Instructional Support Technician (IST I), Art Department

Job No: 517757
Work type: Staff
Categories: Unit 9 - CSUEU - Technical Support Services, Administrative, Temporary, Part Time

About CSUSB

California State University, San Bernardino is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in Inland Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, the university serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually. CSUSB reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire. Seventy percent of those who graduate are the first in their families to do so.

At CSUSB, you can:

• Build your future
• Work with the best
• Be your authentic self
• Focus on you
• Make a lasting impact
• Work for a purpose that is greater than your own
• Bring everything you are, become everything you want

Department Summary

CSUSB's Department of Art & Design offers outstanding teaching in Art History, Design, Studio Art, and Visual Studies at both undergraduate and graduate levels. We have some of the best art and design making facilities in the CSU system of twenty-three campuses and a terrific team of faculty and staff from across the USA and across the world. We have specialist workshops and studios for painting, drawing, ceramics, glass making, sculpture, illustration, wood, and furniture design, as well as printmaking and photography, graphic design, 3D design, motion graphics, and UX/UI design - all augmented and invigorated by new digital electronic fabrication tools (such as 3D printers, 3D scanners, laser cutters, and an industrial CNC router). All of our students, faculty, and staff also benefit from our ever-growing Visual Resources Center and its new Innovative Materials Collection.

Job Summary

The part-time Instructional Support Technician will work under the direction of the Department Chair and provide support to the current, full-time technician.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Train faculty, staff, and students on all DEFT (Digital Electronic Fabrication Technologies) tools, equipment & machinery.
• Monitor student use of all DEFT tools, equipment & machinery.
• Maintain functioning of all DEFT tools, equipment & machinery.
• Maintain all safety guidelines and practices for all DEFT tools, equipment & machinery.
• Maintain and prepare purchase orders for parts and material supplies for all DEFT tools, equipment & machinery.
• Planning and coordinating production with existing manual and mechanical workshop tools, equipment & machinery.
• Planning, coordinating and helping to maintain materials collection in the VRC (samples of materials to be used in DEFT equipment & machinery, plus examples of materials' performance in DEFT equipment & machinery).
• Other duties include providing support to the Senior Technician in other workshops in the VA Building, as needed.
• Regular reporting to the Senior Technician and the Chair of Department.

Employment Status: Part-time, Temporary, "Non-exempt" position.

Application Review Deadline: This position will remain open until filled. The initial review of applications will begin on September 28, 2022.

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, weekends and evenings may be required.

• Part-time, 20 hours per week, 10-month contract.

Key Qualifications

• Knowledge of principles of providing support services; knowledge of the common principles, methods, and techniques related to the discipline
• Knowledge of the materials, supplies and equipment and their uses related to the discipline.
• Ability to evaluate the materials and supplies used.
• Ability to learn to adjust and make minor repairs on scientific equipment.
• Ability to operate scientific or highly technical equipment and to interpret results.
• Ability to plan activities and prepare schedules.
• Ability to use methods, techniques and skills related to the discipline in preparing specialized materials.

Education and Experience

• Equivalent to two years of experience providing instructional support services for a unit or discipline, acting as a student assistant, or in producing materials or supplies related to the discipline.

OR

• Equivalent to two years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment and in a discipline related to the area to which assigned may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

OR

• Equivalent to four years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of materials, supplies, or equipment and in a related discipline may be substituted for the experience.

Salary:

Anticipated Hiring Range: $2,971 - $3,398 per month (Please note: Salary will be the amount due to PT work.)

Classification Salary Range: $2,971 - $ 5,156 per month

Statement of Commitment to Diversity

In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. In our commitment to diversity, we welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. Our commitment to work toward an environment that values diversity requires that we create, promote, and maintain activities and programs which further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values which discourage intolerance and discrimination.

The concept and dimensions of diversity are to be advanced and incorporated into every aspect of university activity, including student life, the curriculum, teaching, programs, staffing, personnel training practices, research, community services, events, and all other areas of university endeavor.

Dimensions of diversity shall include, but are not limited to, the following: race, ethnicity, religious belief, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, gender expression, ability, socioeconomic status, cultural orientation, national origin, and age.

The implementation of the Commitment to Diversity will rest with the university as a whole. The president, in addition to a personal commitment and involvement, may use the University Diversity Committee, campus administrators, faculty, staff, and students as well as other members of the campus community to implement effectively the philosophy and intent of this statement.

Supplemental Information

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

The person holding this position is considered a `mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

California State University, San Bernardino is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, or protected veteran status.

This position may be "Designated" under California State University's Conflict of Interest Code. This would require the filing of a Statement of Economic Interest on an annual basis and the completion of training within 6 months of assuming office and every 2 years thereafter. Visit the Human Resources Conflict of Interest webpage link for additional information: http://hrd.csusb.edu/conflictInterest.html

This position adheres to CSU policies against Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Violence, including Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking. This requires completion of Sexual Violence Prevention Training within 6 months of assuming employment and on a two-year basis thereafter. (Executive Order 1096)