• Job Description

  Req#: 534365

  
  

  Ceramics Technician

  Department of Art & Film
  Job # 534365
  Close Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024

  At Cal Poly Humboldt, bold hearts and open minds shape the future.

  Founded in 1913, Cal Poly Humboldt began as a small college for teachers. Today Humboldt has grown into a comprehensive university with rigorous science and liberal arts programs. Designated a polytechnic in 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt provides hands-on, impactful educational opportunities that lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes for the individual, for the state, and the world.

  Cal Poly Humboldt is proud to have nearly 6,000 students of all backgrounds spread across 61 majors, 13 graduate programs, and 4 credential programs — all of whom contribute passion and creativity within their fields and set the stage for a future grounded in equity and sustainability. Hands-on learning, inspired teaching, ground-breaking research, and thought-provoking creative activity happen daily at Humboldt.

  Cal Poly Humboldt is a Hispanic-Serving Institution that strives to foster an inclusive and equitable community to support our students of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty and staff of the highest quality committed to working in a multicultural and multiracial community that reflects the diversity of the state.

  Finding a better future is a task for the bold and open, the down-to-earth and visionary. Cal Poly Humboldt strives to cultivate these qualities in leaders, innovators, and scholars in every field.

  (Job #534365) Instructional Support Assistant II, Ceramics Technician, $2,549 - $2,676 ($3,398 - 3,568 FTE). Appointments are typically made at the beginning of the salary range. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. This is a part-time, .75 time base, benefited, non-exempt, 12-month pay plan permanent position with a one-year probationary position in the Department of Art + Film. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at: https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits .

  Position Summary:

  Under the lead work direction of the Department Chair, the Ceramics Tech is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Art Department ceramics lab and providing instructional support assistance to the Art Department ceramics faculty.

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Operating, repairing, and maintaining equipment, machinery, and tools;
  • Implementing procedures to assure efficient and safe operation of the lab;
  • Preparing chemicals, glazes, substances and/or materials used to demonstrate techniques and/or carry out the ceramic process;
  • Maintaining proper storage of materials and supplies;
  • General supervision of the ceramics facility to ensure that students and student assistants are in compliance with proper facilities usage.
  • Developing and implementing plans for maintaining security of materials, supplies and equipment;
  • Solving problems related to location of materials and supplies related to amounts used and shelf life of materials;
  • Responsibility for disposal of unsafe or hazardous materials;
  • Monitoring lab inventories;
  • Maintaining records of all lab related supplies and materials issued, used, and returned and makes reports;
  • Procuring supplies;
  • Preparing requisitions for equipment and supplies;
  • Picking up materials from local vendors;
  • Maintenance of budget record for ceramic area expenditures;
  • Consulting with faculty to discuss instructional needs and develops plan;
  • Training and monitoring Student Assistants in equipment maintenance, gas and electric kiln firing, maintaining a safe and clean working environment, maintaining plaster area, glaze making, slip mixing.
  • Participate in standing and ad hoc committees related to the safety and maintenance of the ceramics studio.

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Associated with this Position Include:

  Demonstrated knowledge of:

  • Procedures and practices relating to providing support services;
  • Procedures and practices related to ordering and issue and inventory;
  • All aspects of the ceramic medium including: firing gas and electric kilns, Raku firing process, glaze formulation, plaster process, slip making and casting process; and
  • Tool and equipment usage and maintenance.

  Specialized Skills:

  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills;
  • Electric and gas kiln repair; and
  • Carpentry

  Ability to:

  • Use Excel for bookkeeping;
  • Plan, organize, and follow schedules of activities;
  • Learn quickly the names, uses and care of common types of materials, supplies, and equipment used in the instructional program assigned;
  • Learn to operate equipment and to make adjustments;
  • Train, plan and direct others; and
  • Promote and foster a learning environment that is supportive of individuals from diverse backgrounds.

  Position requires frequently moving materials and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. The position requires the need to work with equipment situated with difficult access or in confined spaces.

  Minimum Qualifications:

  Experience: Equivalent to one year of experience performing support services for an instructional program and involving such activities as preparing, producing, dispensing or storing materials, supplies, and equipment.

  OR

  Equivalent to one year of experience in ordering, purchasing, accounting or in office work related to technical materials, supplies, or equipment or in an office which provided similar services to a technical function or unit may be substituted for six months of the experience.

  OR

  Equivalent to two years of college with 16 semester units in courses involving extensive use of materials. supplies, or equipment and in a discipline in the specialty area to which assigned.

  Preferred Qualifications:

  Bachelor of Fine Arts or Master of Fine Arts degree or combination of education and experience sufficient to manage an academic ceramic arts medium studio that has provided the incumbent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above.

  Application Procedure: To apply, qualified candidates must electronically submit the following materials by clicking the Apply Now button:

  • Letter of Interest
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae
  • Contact information for at least three professional references

  Application Deadline: The deadline to submit application materials is 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2024

  Any inquiries about this recruitment can be directed to careers@humboldt.edu or Cal Poly Humboldt’s Human Resources Office at (707) 826-3626.

  We acknowledge that Cal Poly Humboldt is located on the unceded lands of the Wiyot people, where they have resided from time immemorial. We encourage all to gain a deeper understanding of their history and thriving culture. As an expression of our gratitude we are genuinely committed to developing trusting, reciprocal, and long lasting partnerships with the Wiyot people as well as all of our neighboring tribes. Cal Poly Humboldt was the first campus in the California State University system to offer a stand-alone major in Native American Studies.

  Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to enriching its educational environment and its culture through the diversity of its staff, faculty, and administration. Persons with interest and experience in helping organizations set and achieve goals relative to diversity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply.

  Working in the state of California is a condition of employment for this position. Even if part or all of an employee's assignment can be performed remotely, the employee must maintain a permanent residence in the state of California. The employee must be able to accept on-campus work assignment, as assigned, and come to campus when needed.

  CSU strongly recommends that all individuals who access any in-person program or activity (on- or off-campus) operated or controlled by the University follow COVID-19 vaccine recommendations adopted by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) applicable to their age, medical condition, and other relevant indications and comply with other safety measure established by each campus. The systemwide policy can be found at CSU Vaccination Policy and any questions you have may be submitted to hr@humboldt.edu.

  Cal Poly Humboldt hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. This position may be considered a “Campus Security Authority”, pursuant to the Clery Act, and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1107 a condition of employment.

  CAL POLY HUMBOLDT IS NOT A SPONSORING AGENCY FOR STAFF OR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS (e.g. H1-B VISAS)

  Evidence of required degree(s), certification(s), or license(s) is required prior to the appointment date. Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check, employment verification, and education verification) is required for employment. Cal Poly Humboldt will issue a contingent offer of employment to the selected candidate, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or if it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Certain positions may also require a credit check, motor vehicle report, and/or fingerprinting through Live Scan service. Failure to satisfactorily complete or adverse findings from a background check may affect the employment status of candidates or continued employment of current CSU employees who are being considered for the position.

  Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty and staff of the highest quality reflecting the ethnic and cultural diversity of the state. Additional information about Cal Poly Humboldt can be found at www.humboldt.edu.

  Cal Poly Humboldt is a Title IX/Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Mandated Reporting: This position may be considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

  Additionally, all CSU staff and faculty receive training annually on their obligations in responding to and reporting incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence. You will be notified by email when you are required to take this mandated training.

  Class Code: 1578
  Publication Date: 12/5/2023

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