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Part-Time Faculty, School of Information Sciences



Part-Time Faculty, School of Information Sciences

We are searching for an experienced  Part-Time Faculty, School of Information Sciences  at our Detroit campus location. 
Wayne State University is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high quality education. Our deep rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities preparing students for success in a diverse, global society. 
Essential Functions (Job Duties):

Part-time project position announcement

The School of Information Sciences seeks a Python programmer for a short-term assignment. Tasks involve contributing to a new Plan of Work (POW) system for monitoring the progress of graduate students and involves finalizing, testing, debugging, and overall preparation for the launch of the system for the Winter, 2023 term.

The activity will last approximately 8 weeks and involve about 120 total hours of work and should complete about January 15, 2022.

The deliverable will be a secure, online environment in which 1) Students can securely create, edit, and submit their plan of work in an online web-based application using Python, MySQL; 2) Advisors can securely review/comment on/submit the student’s POW to academic services officers (ASO) and to communicate with the student; 3) ASOs can securely review/process/report on POWs as they are submitted; 4) Direct in-app communication option allowed between students, advisors, and ASOs; and 5) Storage of POW data in relational database can be queried and analyzed across time.

We seek to fill this position as soon as possible. Please send questions to Tim Bowman (timothy.d.bowman@wayne.edu).

Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Significant experience with Python language and project development.

Preferred Qualifications: 
Master's degree preferred in a relevant field.

School/College/Division:
H01 - University Libraries

Primary Department:
H0111 - School of Library & Information Sci

Job Type: Fractional Time

Job Category:
Academic/Faculty

Funding/Salary Information:
Compensation Type: Hourly Wage
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Working Conditions:

Job Openings: 1
Reposted Position: No
Reposted Reason: None (New Requisition)
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Background Check Requirements:
University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting work.  If you are offered employment, the University will inform you if a background check is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement :
Wayne State University provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. WSU encourages applications from women, people of color, and other underrepresented people. Wayne State is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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