Howard County Library STEM Instructor

POSITION DESCRIPTION
STEM Instructor & IT Specialist
Grade 9; $19.31/hr - $33.86/hr; DOQ

RESPONSIBILITY

• Positions Howard County Library System (HCLS) as a major component of public education for all ages
• Effectively lives the Seven Pillars of HCLS' strategic plan (Authentic Values, Strategic Vocabulary, Everyone a Leader, Winning Teamwork, Community Partnerships, The Power of Us, and Fiercely Loyal Customers) motivating others to do so as well
• Fully embraces HCLS’ educational mission, effectively communicating our curriculum, which comprises Three Pillars (Self-Directed Education, Research Assistance & Instruction, Instructive & Enlightening Experiences)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Leads STEM projects that are focused on digital media
• Promotes the HiTech STEM digital learning lab collaborative and youth-focused methodology
• Encourages youth to explore the technologies and space around them
• Assists students with ideas, as well as exploring and using technology
• Provides hands-on support of software and hardware tools to enable students to create videos, animations, and games
• Assists students in video and animations production
• Researches and troubleshoots digital production issues and responds to (youth) customers
• Provides recommendations for continuous improvement of processes
• Collaborates with youth and staff to update websites and blogs
• Remains current on network and system procedures, updates and routines
• Collaborates with co-workers, consultant and youth
• Moderates group on-line environment
• Regularly performs other duties as assigned
• Participates in professional training and development
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance
• Adheres to all policies and procedures
  

EDUCATION*, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Pursuing or Earned Four-year college degree
• People skills – ability to work effectively with others and enjoy it
• Demonstrated interest in working with teens and tweens
• Demonstrated experience instructing and/or training teens
• Experience with music and/or video production
• Exemplifies extraordinary customer service skills and professional attitude
• Strong attention to detail and high degree of speed and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective, collaborative working relationships
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information in layman’s terms to youth customers
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems, to develop new processes and procedures in response to changing customer expectations and system-wide goals
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and software
• Experience updating web pages and creating online and/or mobile tools
• Experience with digital design and graphics art tools
• Experience in windows (PC/MAC), and Linux
• Current valid driver’s license

* The President & CEO may substitute demonstrated workrelated
experience or skills for the specific degree requirement of any position.

PHYSICAL STANDARDS

• Job allows for some variance in work routine and considerable amounts of standing, walking, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling and sitting
• In addition, strenuous activity is required, such as carrying bags or boxes of books (weighing up to 30 lbs.) or arranging rooms for classes and events.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Grade 9; systemwide position(s) located initially chiefly at the Savage Branch
• Works under the supervision of the Grant Project Manager(s) & Director of IT
• Part-time: 20 hours/week, typically Monday through Friday from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm, weekends periodically required
• May be required to participate in LATI

INTERESTED?

• To apply for this position, please fill out an application available at www.HCLibrary.org (click on Employment at the bottom of the page).
• HCLS staff members may complete the internal application on SI.
• Please deliver your application to:

HCLS Administrative Offices
6600 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD 21045

Howard County Library System takes pride in providing
equal employment opportunities.