> Tufts University: DOCUMENTARY SPECIALIST – Education Department
> Job Requisition Number:
> 3110
> Job Title:
> DOCUMENTARY SPECIALIST – Education Department
> Employment Status:
> Limited Appointment
> Location:
>
> Medford, Massachusetts 02155-0000
> Campus:
> Medford/Somerville
> Hours per Week:
> 19
> Weekly Schedule:
> Will vary by project; occasional Saturdays
> Weeks per Year:
> 52
>
> External Description:
> This is a part-time, limited appointment, grant -funded position.
> The Department of Education seeks a resourceful individual with
> knowledge of a wide range of media technologies to fill its
> challenging position of Documentary Specialist.
> The Department of Education not only prepares students to teach and
> share their knowledge and expertise with others, but also teaches
them
> to appreciate what knowledge and learning are all about. Students
> explore what it means to learn, to teach, to assess, and how to
> develop and value scholarship and research. The Department of
> Education sees itself as essential to the mission of Tufts as a
> liberal arts institution.
> The Documentary Specialist position is split among three entities:
two
> grant projects (Project LOCAL and the Fulcrum Institute) and the
> Curriculum Resource Center, which is part of the Department of
> Education. The Documentary Specialist will attend events held by each
> of the three entities for the purpose of documenting them in moving
> and still image. Examples of these events include: department and
> program-level meetings, classes taught by students in these programs,
> special occasions such as speakers and invited guests of the
> Department, special events such as summer programs, and traditional
> classroom teaching by participants in the grant programs. The
> Documentary Specialist will document these events using digital
> photography and digital video for the purpose of creating materials
> suitable or publication on the Department’s website and in printed
> materials. She/he will produce still and moving image publications,
> such as DVDs, posters, postcards, flyers, and other informational
> literature to be used in presenting the public face of each project
or
> program.
> Required qualifications: This position requires a High School
> Diploma/GED and 3 years of experience. The individual in this
position
> must have expert skills in photography, digital video, print media,
> digital media, image and video editing. The Documentary Specialist
> will be self-managed and able to operate independently with limited
> day-to-day guidance. She/he will initiate communications with
> individuals to be filmed and photographed, represent the Department
> within the school district and the local community, and generally
> carry themselves with maturity and composure. The Documentary
> Specialist must be able to work well in classrooms grades k-graduate
> level and interact diplomatically with administrators and teachers of
> all backgrounds. The selected candidate will be skilled at
maintaining
> a low profile while visiting in district classrooms and capturing
> useful images of students and teachers at work. He/she must be able
to
> work Saturdays. The individual in this position needs to have an
> expert aesthetic sense combined with a high level of technical skills
> so that they can successfully compose and capture images of education
> in action. This individual will often work independently, so they
must
> be adept at managing multiple projects with competing demands on
their
> time in such a way as to maintain good relations with teachers and
> administrators in urban, suburban, and urban-rim communities. In some
> cases, the Documentary Specialist may be the sole representative of
> this Tufts program in the school community. They must be trustworthy,
> dedicated, and collegial. All applicants must possess a valid
driver’s
> license and have the ability to travel by car to district classrooms
> in the greater Boston area.