Technician, School of Media - North York, Canada - Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

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North York, Canada

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Join the Renewed Seneca, The Next Seneca
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Guided by _The Next - A Strategic Plan for Seneca Polytechnic_, we offer a working environment that is innovative, flexible and encourages risk-taking.

Joining Seneca Polytechnic brings opportunities for professional development and career growth. We focus on health and wellbeing in all its forms to provide a great employee experience.

Position Summary:

The Technician, School of Media offers comprehensive technical, logístical, and administrative assistance to the academic programs within the School of Media.

This support encompasses the management of dedicated media labs, including classrooms, studios, editing suites, and symphony suites. Responsibilities involve equipment and software preparation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair as needed.

Additionally, the Media Technician supports the media student Teaching Assistants (TAs) before each semester.

On a daily basis, the technician collaborates with the RTVR program coordinator to program live audio content and provide backing for student audio project production.

Furthermore, the technician actively participates in covering all special events hosted by the School of Media.

Responsibilities:

School Support

Support all the dedicated School of Media labs (classrooms, studios, editing suites, symphony suites etc.) by preparing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment and software, as required.
Assist and provide instructions to new and existing faculty and TAs, when appropriate, on how the equipment/software in the media labs operate.
Analyzes repairs and disorders. Where appropriate performs routine maintenance and repairs and where appropriate requisitions outside thirdparty services.
Creates, modifies, and performs a preventive maintenance schedule on the specialized equipment. Also, recommends the purchasing of new and replacement equipment, when necessary.
Supports ITS and academic programs on the purchase of new annual capital equipment. Ensure that the newly installed systems are fully functioning, and faculty have basic training in the updated protocol.

Operations Support

Support student staff on a semesterly basis. (approx. 12 to 15 TAs per term)
Assist the RTVR program coordinator daily to program live audio content and support the production of student audio work. The coordinator provides the content to the technician to be converted and scheduled for broadcast and streaming by using iNews and gselector software.
Special event coverage in the School of Media including sporting events (audio, video & streaming); technical lead for monthly episodes of In Conversation; produce audio and visual content for recruitment events including Open House; support the production of Dean's Desk Podcast, support EMP student productions including Convergence, Coalesce, The Fashion Show and more.

Qualifications:

Education:

Minimum completed three (3) year diploma/degree in Media and Content Production or in a related field.

Experience:

Minimum of three (3) years' experience working Media and content production.
Working knowledge of BURLI, iNEWS software, Maestro, camera equipment, AVID technology and various AUDIO systems is required.
Knowledge of radio studio production equipment including the podcast studio, RCS and webcams and journalism recording space is required.

Skills:

Selfstarter with strong project, time management and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently, organize workflow, prioritize and meet deadlines.
Must have initiative and good problemsolving skills and be able to work independently.
Strong interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills are required along with the ability to interact effectively with a multicultural/racial/able student and staff population.

Note:

A skills assessment test will be administered during the recruitment process.

A combination of relevant experience and education may be considered as equivalent to the above requirements in the event that there are no internal applicants that meet the qualifications as posted.

Equivalency will be assessed by the talent acquisition team.

Job Details

External Posting Date:

August

External Closing Date:

August 30, 2023

Pay Range:

Payband J - $ $45.38 (Start rate: $39.15)

Hours:
37.5 per week

Work Type:

On-site

Shift:

Monday to Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM or 8:00AM - 4:00PM

Ideal Start Date:
9/5/23

End Date:

Job Type:

Full-time, Permanent

Note:

Seneca requires copies of educational credentials at the time of an interview.

Confirmation of educational credentials in the form of an official Canadian transcript or an official evaluation of international credentials which determines Canadian equivalency will be required upon hire.

Seneca Polytechnic at a Glance:

Seneca Polytechnic is Canada's leading polytechnic with over 4000 employees, 45,000 full-time s