Hiring Preference
Not Applicable
Position Summary
Reporting to the Associate Vice President Academic Technology & Campus Engagement, this position leads academic technology and services for the Division of Information Resources & Technology. Leadership includes supervision of staff as well as planning, execution, documentation, communication, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the resources and services offered by the Academic Technology department, which includes both academic and classroom technologies. Planning is done in consultation with IRT senior leadership and campus stakeholders. The Academic Technology department collaborates with faculty, staff, and students to provide campus-wide support for IRT core services, software platforms, and classroom design and infrastructure that support strategic campus goals for teaching, learning, and student success. This position aligns the priorities of the team with the campus-wide strategic plan and divisional goals.
The position plays a leadership role in supporting academic technologies used to deliver face to face classroom, online, and hybrid courses at Sac State; this position also participates in requirements gathering and evaluations for new or replacement instructional and classroom tools. The position requires a strong pedagogical background to partner with faculty and ensure alignment between academic needs and technology. This position is responsible for engaging faculty, staff, and students in the adoption of tools that provide a good match for achieving their specific objectives.
This position has a significant role in professional development of faculty, staff, and students; leading a team of developers and consultants to create training modules and documentation on use of technologies used to deliver instruction. This position stays informed about emerging instructional software, classroom design, and pedagogical applications of technology to facilitate active learning. This position has technical expertise in areas such as learning management systems, e-portfolios, lecture capture, classroom design and standards, accessibility, etc.
This position is involved in a variety of strategic student success initiatives to improve retention and time to degree at Sac State; this position helps make strategic technologies sustainable by offering support, documentation, and training to meet the needs of faculty, staff, and students. This position is responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of resources and services and engaging in continuous improvement activities by gathering feedback from faculty, staff, and students.
This position has a strategic focus on supporting academic technology and CSU System Accessible Technology Initiatives (ATI) related projects and services offered by IRT. Additionally, this position participates in system-level meetings and engages in collaboration with partners from across the CSU.
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About Sacramento State
Sacramento State is located in the heart of California’s capital city, five miles from State Capitol. The lush, 300-acre campus is situated along the American River, close to numerous bike trails and other recreational areas. Sacramento, also known as the “Farm-to-Fork Capital,” is one of the most ethnically diverse and livable cities in the country, with a population of half of a million. Sacramento State proudly serves as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and is recognized by the California Legislative Assembly as a Black-Serving Institution. The university enrolls around 31,000 students from the Greater Sacramento Region, throughout California, across the nation, and around the world. Our 1,800 faculty and 1,500 staff are committed to meeting our mission:
“As California’s capital university, we transform lives by preparing students to lead, serve, and succeed. Sacramento State will be a welcoming, caring, and inclusive leader in education, innovation, and engagement.” As the regional hub of higher education, Sacramento State is dedicated to learning and student success; teaching, research, scholarship and creative activity; justice, diversity, equity and inclusion; resource development and sustainability; dedicated community engagement, and wellness and safety.
As evidenced by the values embedded in our Hornet Honor Code, Sacramento State is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all faculty, staff, students, and guests are welcome and valued. Our commitment is more than simply ensuring that our campus is free from bias and discrimination, but is one devoted to celebrating many diverse identities, life experiences, and perspectives that enrich our community, teaching and learning.
To learn more about why you should join the Hornet Family, please visit the Why Sac State? page.
Equal Employment Opportunity
California State University, Sacramento is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or disability. Sacramento State hires only those individuals who are lawfully authorized to accept employment in the United States.
It is the policy of California State University, Sacramento to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need a disability related reasonable accommodation as part of the application and/or interviewing process, visit https://www.csus.edu/administration-business-affairs/human-resources/benefits/reasonable-accomodation.html.
The University is committed to creating an education and working environment free from discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. For more information on mandatory training for new employees, visit https://www.csus.edu/administration-business-affairs/human-resources/learning-development/support/csu-learn.html.
Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act Notification:
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, the current Annual Security Report (ASR) is available for viewing at https://www.csus.edu/clery .
The ASR contains the current security and safety-related policy statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains statistics of Clery Act crimes for Sacramento State for the last three (3) calendar years. Paper copies are available upon request by emailing the Clery Director at clery@csus.edu.
Under the Clery Act, this position may be designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) depending upon the role on campus and/or job duties. If this position is identified by the Director of Clery Compliance as a CSA position, you will be notified via email and will be assigned the appropriate training in CSU Learn.
Background Check Disclaimer
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with California State University, Sacramento. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current California State University, Sacramento employees who apply for the position.
Out of State Employment
Sacramento State, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees (up)on date of hire to reside in the State of California.
As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.
Eligibility Verification
Candidate must furnish proof of eligibility to work in the U.S. California State University, Sacramento is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (ie. H-1-B Visa).