4.1005 Jobs: Swarthmore Social Science Computing... (1/58)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 10 Feb 91 20:14:50 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1005. Sunday, 10 Feb 1991.

Date: Wed, 6 Feb 91 14:45 EST
From: Matthew Wall <WALL@campus.swarthmore.edu>
Subject: Job Posting

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING COORDINATOR
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE COMPUTING CENTER

Swarthmore College, a small four-year liberal arts college committed to
teaching, has an opening for the Coordinator of Social Sciences Computing
in its academic computing department. Swarthmore has an integrated,
multi-platform networked environment with a preponderance of VAX and
Macintosh-based network applications running over TCP/IP and DECNet,
including T1 connections to Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges and to the
Internet. Approximately 70% of the faculty in the Division of Social
Sciences and 100% of students use Macintosh computers for their work.

The Coordinator for Social Sciences Computing provides the following
specific support to faculty in the division:

* Consulting, short course teaching and documentation for computing tasks
related to courses and faculty research
* Statistical Packages - SPSS and SAS on the VAX; JMP on the Macintosh
* Development of software including programming
* Microcomputer hardware and software testing and recommendation

An applicant for the position should have as many of the following
qualifications as possible:

* Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
* A bachelor's degree in a social science discipline or equivalent work,
and 1-2 years experience in an academic computing environment
* Experience with Macintosh computers
* Experience with computing in a networked enviroment using TCP/IP and
DECNet
* Ability to communicate clearly both orally on a one-to-one basis and
in written form with academic computer users at all levels of expertise
* Programming ability
* UNIX experience will be considered a definite plus

STARTING DATE: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Send resume and three references to:

John R. Boccio
Associate Provost for Academic Computing
Computing Center
Beardsley Hall
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Swarthmore College is an equal opportunity employer.
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Questions may be sent to me, Matt Wall, wall@campus.swarthmore.edu