Developer for International Digital Projects and Curriculum
- Employer
- Bard College
- Location
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN) is a new initiative funded by the Open Society University Network (https://osun.bard.edu/) aimed at supporting innovative, interdisciplinary pedagogy that emphasizes skills-based learning with a range of technologies, critical reflection, and social justice. The EHCN seeks a creative and versatile software developer to design, build, and support the network’s projects in the digital arts and humanities. This developer will be an integral part of a dynamic interdisciplinary network and will work closely with all EHCN partners (https://eh.bard.edu/ehcn/) as well as academic technology services to experiment with new approaches and tools toward content creation and presentation.
The position requires expertise in web design and development, strong interpersonal skills, both flexibility and a self-driven work ethic, appreciation for the arts and humanities, and a passion for learning new things. Experience with tools to support digital methodologies (e.g., archiving, data-driven text analysis, new media studies, software studies, interactive mapping) and/or interest to learn will be beneficial for this position.
Depending on the candidate’s background and interests, the person in this position may have the opportunity to take on some mentorship and/or training roles with Experimental Humanities faculty, staff, and students. The candidate will be an integral part of a team based out of the Center for Experimental Humanities (https://eh.bard.edu/) at Bard College, New York. The option of working primarily remotely may be considered for candidates located on the East Coast of the U.S. (to better coordinate with international time zones). This is a full-time, exempt position.
The successful candidate will excel at working in a community that is broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation and religion. The Open Society University Network (OSUN) is a new global network of educational institutions that integrates learning and the advancement of knowledge across geographic and demographic boundaries, promotes civic engagement on behalf of open societies, and expands access to higher education for underserved communities. The Central European University and Bard College co-founded OSUN with the support of the Open Society Foundations.
Responsibilities
- Work with EHCN Project Co-Leaders, Program Manager and Postdoc Fellow to oversee technical training for EH Network faculty and students – especially planning and offering relevant workshops, including to train those who will administer skills-based tech workshops at their home institutions.
- Work closely with faculty across the network to build and customize software applications for coursework and large-scale projects in the digital arts and humanities.
- Liaise with Academic Technologists and IT staff to ensure there are sustainable workflows, server space negotiations, and archival/maintenance plans in place for digital projects at partner institutions.
- Liaise with Instructional Support (based in IT) to support technical needs for EH courses across the network.
- Collaborate with Annandale-based EH developer and team to experiment with new. approaches and tools toward content creation and presentation for curricular use and public-facing projects.
- Bachelor's degree required
- 3-5 years of experience
- Solid knowledge of Python, Javascript, PHP, SQL
- Experience supporting AWS / cloud solutions
- Front-end web design & development (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
- Proficient using version control software (e.g., git, mercurial)
- Intermediate UNIX systems administration skills (including experience with docker)
- Experience deploying and customizing open source software
- Knowledge of web development standards, cross platform compatibility and accessibility
- Ability and desire to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences and prepare project documentation to support training and best practices
- Experience with Omeka, Adobe Creative Suite, and WordPress preferred
- Experience with mobile app development, prototyping, wireframing tools, design, or mapping/GIS software is highly desirable
- Experience with IT in a higher education setting is desirable
Please submit a cover letter, resume, the contact information for three references, and samples of work (e.g. website or github URL). http://apply.interfolio.com/98847
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until December 3, 2021.
About Bard College
Bard College’s main campus is in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY with 1900 undergraduate students; the campus also features multiple graduate programs. Bard College is a private institution working in the public interest. Bard faculty and staff lead their students by example, building upon the existing network of boundary-breaking programs focused on rethinking who can and should be included in this kind of education.
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Undergraduate Degrees
Bard offers courses of study in four divisions—Arts; Languages and Literature; Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and Social Studies—and in interdivisional programs and concentrations. Students may also earn a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in economics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the following undergraduate degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College; and through the Bard Prison Initiative at six correctional institutions in New York State.
Graduate Degrees
More than 200 students are seeking graduate degrees: M.A. in curatorial studies, M.Music in vocal arts, conducting, and curatorial, critical, and performance studies, and M.S. in environmental policy, climate science and policy, and economic theory and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; M.B.A. in Sustainability in New York City; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. M.Music degrees are also offered at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Early Colleges
Bard's early colleges educate the next generation of thought leaders, preparing them to be lifetime learners. Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio; Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; and Bard Early College New Orleans and Bard Early College at the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy all serve the needs of highly motivated younger students.
International Degrees
Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Smolny College); American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and Bard College Berlin: A Liberal Arts University; as well as dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in the West Bank.
Cultural Life
Campus life in Annandale is vibrant, with world-class performing arts venues; continuous and varied student activities; and numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and in New York City. Students choose from more than a hundred active clubs on campus, and new clubs begin every semester. The Bard College athletic teams are the Raptors. The College’s colors are red and white. The critically acclaimed Bard Music Festival is presented on campus each summer, exploring the life and work of a single composer through chamber music, choral and orchestral performances, symposia, panel discussions, and preconcert talks. Since 2003 the festival has been part of Bard SummerScape, which annually presents operas, films, and theatrical productions that complement the festival’s theme.
Outstanding Faculty
Bard's undergraduate faculty-to-student ratio is 1:10 and courses are taught by full faculty members. Among the many distinguished faculty at Bard College are five MacArthur Fellows—poets John Ashbery and Ann Lauterbach, novelist and memoirist Norman Manea, painter and multimedia artist Judy Pfaff, and journalist Mark Danner. Other notable faculty members include soprano Dawn Upshaw, journalist Ian Buruma, composers Joan Tower and George Tsontakis, poet Robert Kelly, and writers Luc Sante and Francine Prose. Over the years, four recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature have taught at Bard—Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer, José Saramago, and Orhan Pamuk.
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