Digital Artist - State 400 Fund (Part-Time, Non-Benefited) 2 Positions

About Worcester State University:

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students.

Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about .


Job Description:

Title: Digital Artist
Department: Latino Education Institute
Supervisor: Kathleen Orengo
SSTA Approver: Kathleen Orengo

General Statement of Duties:
Under the leadership of the Program Manager, Digital Artist is responsible for facilitating workshops pertaining to identity, civic engagement, photography, and other forms of digital story-telling for Latino Education Institute program youth participants. Candidate must be a supportive, willing, positive, and energetic participant in the implementation of the outcome measurement system

Responsibilities:

1. Work in close cooperation with the Program Manager and lead facilitator in planned topics of the project.
2. Lead youth in a minimum of one community walk where youth will take photographs of community characteristics and challenges.
3. Develop and produce workshops that pertain to youth identity and civic engagement through the lens of photography and digital-story telling.
4. Support program coordinator and facilitators in the production of outputs pertaining to the final digital project.


Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

1. Good communication, organizational and time management skills necessary.
2. Must be able to work with a variety of people and meet deadlines.
3. Maintain a reliable and dependable attendance record.
4. Must be dependable, flexible and adaptable
5. Able to work independently and in a team setting

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical information in a way that is understandable to youth without any additional training or coaching.
2. Ability to work effectively with different stakeholder groups including district and school administrators, program coordinators, facilitators, teachers and youth.
3. Ability to work productively in a fast-paced environment.
4. Ability to work in interdisciplinary, cross-functional and multi-cultural environment.


Additional Information:

Worcester State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer which seeks to reflect the diversity of its community.

This is a part-time, non-benefited, hourly position.


Application Instructions:

Applicants must apply online at worcester.interviewexchange.com. A representative from the department will contact individuals for interviews.