Business and Efficiency Instructor

The Business and Efficiency Instructor will be in charge of teaching and, when necessary, updating and developing a group of workshops covering the use of software such as programs in Microsoft Office and Google Drive.  The 2-hour workshops previously offered in the category of Business and Efficiency include: Beginning MS Excel, Advanced MS Excel, Beginning MS Word, MS PowerPoint Fundamentals, Google Suite: Drive and Sites. The successful candidate for this position would be expected to teach, update, and add to these workshop offerings based on the needs of the UW community, as well as provide occasional one-on-one consultations to students, and answer client emails about technology and software that falls in the Business and Efficiency area.

We are currently looking to fill this position with the best possible candidate and would be glad to interview candidates over Skype or Google Hangouts if they are not able to come to campus.

Workshop Schedule and more Information here: http://www.washington.edu/itconnect/learn/workshops/

Duties include:

  • Scheduling workshops for each academic quarter, by the beginning of that quarter
  • Teaching up to 25 students in each workshop, potentially more on rare, special occasions.
  • Responding to client’s questions about workshops before, and follow up questions after, workshops, as well as successfully answering questions during workshops, and accommodating training to the learning speeds of different students.
  • Using our online system to respond to client inquiries about technologies that fall into the “Business and Efficiency” category.
  • Schedule and hold half-hour long, one-on-one consultations with clients who need help on specific projects or technologies taught by the Business and Efficiency instructor, and who are unable to resolve them in a workshop (these one-on-ones can be flexibly scheduled, and instructors are not required to make time for them immediately if they are busy.)
  • Paying attention to accessibility when teaching best practices (e.g. how to create a PDF with document structure tags).
  • Attending other instructors’ workshops and providing feedback about them, and receiving and integrating feedback from other instructors.
  • Helping the Learning Technologies team with other business and efficiency needs as assigned.

Qualifications:


  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and Google Drive
  • Good organizational skills
  • Curiosity and self-motivation when learning about technology: the ability to teach yourself about new/unfamiliar technologies and then organize and distribute that information effectively in your workshops
  • Good people skills and customer service ability when dealing with students and client questions

An ideal candidate would have:

  • Teaching/tutoring experience, adaptability to the level you see your students learning at, as well as to different learning styles (especially during one-on-one consultations)
  • General intellectual engagement and curiosity, both in their own own lives and in areas pertaining to this instructor job (i.e., interest in education, technology)
  • Experience editing WordPress or using other website building tools
  • Interest and the ability to update workshops as technologies change, and staying alert to specific “business and efficiency” needs on campus that might be served by offering workshops on new topics.  For example, workshops on Outlook and online scheduling software could be beneficial in the future.

In addition to competitive pay, an on-campus job, and great flexibility in hours, this position offers great opportunities to develop technological expertise, user experience design, and skill in teaching. We work to mentor and support interested students as they develop their careers.

How to Apply:

If you are interested, please upload your resume and a brief letter explaining your interests and how your background qualifies you for an instructor position. Please submit via this Catalyst Dropbox.

Please submit your application as soon as possible.

A satisfactory outcome from a criminal background verification will be required prior to hire.

If listed on the Student Jobs page, then we are currently accepting applications for this position.