Organization Name |
University of Toronto Mississauga Library |
Job Title |
Instructional Technologies Specialist |
Job Type |
Full Time (Permanent) |
Location |
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Posting Date |
04/01/2024 |
Application Deadline |
04/04/2024 |
Compensation |
USW Pay Band 12 — $78,308 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $100,144. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. |
Target Audience |
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Job Category |
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Job Description |
Req ID: 36518 Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga Department: UTM: Library Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) Position Number: 00036786 Description:About us:U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential. Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world. This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do. The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is consistently ranked among the top-10 research libraries in North America. The system consists of 40 libraries located on three University campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough that together provide access to more than 12 million print volumes, millions of electronic resources in various formats, and almost 30,000 linear metres of archival materials. The Libraries’ data centre houses more than 200 servers with a storage capacity of 1.5 petabytes. The U of T Mississauga Library (UTM Library), located in the award-winning Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre (HMALC), is a leading, world-class Library committed to providing students with an open and collaborative environment – one that embeds rich information and technology resources, integrates expert services into a dynamic and imaginative experience, and inspires and facilitates learning. The UTM Library offers inspiring study and research spaces, a dedicated team of Librarians and Library staff, and a suite of public, instruction and research support services that support faculty, staff and students. Your opportunity: The UTM Library offers a dynamic and professional environment that fosters a culture built on respect, accountability, teamwork and a shared commitment to customer service. This position will collaborate extensively with various Library units in offering innovative and comprehensive solutions for a variety of Library initiatives. Our core mission is to support the learning, teaching and research needs of all UTM undergraduate and graduate programs. Working in a busy academic library environment, the incumbent is responsible for the provision of instructional technology support to faculty, staff, and students under the direction of the Head, UTM Library & Instructional Technologies. The Instructional Technologies Specialist provides support and training to instructors, staff, and students using the institutional Learning Management System (LMS), as well as a range of other instructional technologies. The Instructional Technologies Specialist assists in the identification, implementation, and evaluation of educational technologies that support teaching and learning at the University of Toronto Mississauga. The incumbent also collaborates with Library staff regarding the operations, service delivery, evaluation, and program planning related to instructional technology. In addition, the incumbent will develop content for instructional technology workshops, facilitate instructional technology workshops and seminars, implement library staff in-service training programs, support in the development of learning initiatives, and assistance with a variety of other administrative and service-related projects. Helping users to understand effective use of instructional technology, and developing best practices, are core components of this position. In order to achieve these outcomes, the incumbent requires outstanding public service/customer service skills, knowledge of a broad range of instructional technologies, including in-depth knowledge of learning management systems, skill in using a wide range of software products to create digital materials, and outstanding written and verbal communication skills. The incumbent is expected to develop and maintain training materials, web documentation, and tool guides and to troubleshoot instructional technology service/technical issues in person, by phone, or electronically. Your responsibilities will include: Assessing and determining best practices and standards for multiple instructional modalities by conducting needs assessments to determine end-user technical requirements Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience Assets (Nonessential): Interest in emerging and instructional technologies To be successful in this role you will be: Communicator This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline Closing Date: 04/04/2024, 11:59PM ET Lived Experience Statement All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Diversity Statement 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 http://uoft.me/UP. Accessibility Statement 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 uoft.careers@utoronto.ca. |
Application Process |
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Instructional–Technologies–Specialist-ON/579142017/ |
Instructional Technologies Specialist
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