Media Services Manager

Description

Responsible for the management of Media Services, including broad oversight of instruction media and technology applications, budget, planning and development, personnel management, and departmental computing. Technical responsibilities include audio, video, classroom computer, photography, projection and graphics. Administrative responsibilities encompass management of the department's full-time and part-time staff, a large student staff, as well as the recommendation and oversight of the annual budget. Education and Experience: Bachelor degree and 8 years experience. Masters degree preferred, with 6 years experience. Solid supervisory and financial management skills; solid knowledge of group technology area and its role in broader IT strategy. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.