Assistant Director of Law IT

Assistant Director Of Law It

The School of Law and Gallagher Law Library have an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Director of Law IT to join their team.

Position

Purpose:

This position serves as the Assistant Director of Law IT for the University of Washington School of Law and Gallagher Law Library, reporting directly to the Director of Law IT. The position also serves as the primary learning technologist for the School of Law, assisting instructors with integrating W.H. Gates Hall classroom technology into their teaching in effective ways. Finally, the position serves as secondary system administrator for both classroom and traditional technology systems operated by Law IT.

As Assistant Director they will provide support to the Director in setting priorities for the unit, working with the administration to institute technology-related policies and upgrades for the School of Law and Law Library, managing the unit's budget, managing the Law IT team, and overseeing the technology used in classroom, conference, and event spaces. As primary Learning Technologist they will take point in helping Law School instructors and event coordinators integrate UW and Law School learning technology into their classes and events.

Examples include effectively recording classes and presentations, using touchscreen tools for markup and digital whiteboarding, and exploring online/hybrid teaching tools. Teaching tools used outside of scheduled classes will also be supported, such as how to productively make use of the UW Canvas learning management system.

As secondary System Administrator they may assist with performing a variety of complex computer system related activities including scripting, systems analysis, database administration, complex report development, and system security management. This position may perform technical evaluation, installation, maintenance, and support of all computer systems software, including managing integration of third-party solutions with UW Law systems. They may provide detailed requirement analysis and recommendations for systems software and hardware acquisitions and/or upgrades and will develop, maintain, and evaluate systems documentation.

Position Complexities:
This position requires excellent interpersonal and technical skills in order to assist instructors in integrating learning technology into their courses. This includes creating training materials and conducting regular training sessions for those with all levels of experience with W.H. Gates Hall classroom technology. As primary Learning Technologist, they will provide feedback to the Director of Law IT and Law School leadership regarding the state of the use of learning technology and strategies for updating Law School specific items, such as classroom technology, when necessary to improve the student experience and scholarship of the Law School.

Team management skills are also necessary in order to manage the classroom support team, as well as provide overall team supervision when the Director is unavailable.

Impact to the University:
This position assists instructors with more effectively integrating learning technology into their classes in order to improve students' University experience. This position also provides administration of and technical support for the various infrastructure, network, and database systems on which the School of Law systems operate. Faculty, staff, and students utilize these systems to drive the research and educational mission of the School of Law.

With impacts on instruction, student experience, internal web-based tools, student admissions, library operations, faculty scholarship, etc., these duties are critical to the operation of the Law School and Law Library and their role within the larger University.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Learning Technologist (45%) o Train Law School faculty staff on use UW and Law School learning technology, both in person and with written and recording training materials o Assist instructors in determining effective ways to integrate learning technology into their classes, both in and out of the classroom o Manage classroom support team
• Handle support requests (15%) o Provide tier 1/2/3 support for learning technology requests o Provide tier 2/3 support for application, server, and system administration requests o Provide tier 3 end-user support for hardware and software on desktop, laptop, and mobile devices.
• Unit management (10%) o Work with Director to set priorities for the unit, plan and manage the unit budget, oversee classroom, conference, and event spaces, and manage the Law IT Help Desk
• System administration (10%) o Install and maintain server hardware (physical and virtual) and operating systems o Help develop, install, and manage network services such as domain policy, virtual desktops, security patching, file sharing and printing; help manage Law School domain controllers and servers o Coordinate with the Law IT team and UW-IT regarding network operations,…