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Job Title: IDEAS Assistant

Salary: $15.00 per hour 

Campus Location: Walters State Community College - Morristown Campus (Employees are assigned to a “home” location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)

Job Purpose: The purpose of this part-time position is to provide assistance to IDEAS in support of the institution’s professional development, teaching, and learning initiatives such as scheduling, registering, monitoring, assessing, reporting, and disseminating data for professional development activities, including instructional initiatives, such as online proctoring.

Essential Job Functions:

• Enters, tracks, maintains, and requests extra compensation for faculty who (a) successfully complete or lead professional learning opportunities, (b) complete special project initiatives led by IDEAS, or (c) complete a review of online courses. 
• Assists with accessibility purchasing documentation and accessibility textbook documentation, including loading documentation into the AIMT database, assisting faculty and purchasers, and hosting one-on-one or group trainings to assist with accessibility documentation.
• Monitors spending and schedules online proctoring for the college’s online proctoring services. 
• Assists presenters with training room technology. 
• Compiles, submits, and receipts purchase orders for IDEAS. 
• May perform other duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Business, Education, Instructional Design, Computer Science, or related field
  
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, to establish goals and objectives, to prioritize work to be completed and to ensure completion of those tasks.
  
• Ability to work effectively and communicate with faculty, staff, and students.
  
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft programs (including Office 365) – demonstrated strong Microsoft Excel knowledge.
  
• Ability to produce clear and concise written instructions and reports.
  
• Ability to focus others on essential job functions and organize work in an efficient manner.
  
• Demonstrated good character, mature attitude and judgement, and stable personality with the ability to work with a variety of individuals.
  
• Ability to master new software/hardware and integrate it into daily office procedures and departmental functions.
  
• Experience operating various types of office equipment or devices such as a hand-held scanner, printers, iPads, Dell PCs, Macs, and other tablet devices.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with faculty, staff, and student professional development.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Education, Instructional Design, Computer Science, or related field
  

Behavioral Core Competencies:

• Works effectively as team member to achieve goals and objectives.
• Shares information readily with others and listens effectively, showing openness to new ideas
• Treats team members with dignity and trust and shows respect for others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, perspectives, experience and style.
• Displays a high degree of personal effectiveness; pursues objectives with consistent determination. Willing and prepared to accept personal responsibility for actions, both positive and negative.
• Treats team members with respect. Willingly responds to requests for assistance from team members.
• Respects the College’s rich heritage and historical achievements by embracing important changes that advance the College’s mission while honoring the past.
• Exercises discretion and forethought in the efficient utilization of organizational resources, showing respect for the organization’s generous benefactors and supporters.

Leadership & Supervisory: The incumbent position has no authority or responsibility for the supervision of others, or for project direction and/or program administration. Most tasks are completed without consulting others, with most tasks being guided by broad policies and procedures. Work is evaluated on short to intermediate-term results.

Environment & Working Conditions: The primary job location is the college’s main campus in Morristown, Tennessee. Travel to other campus locations and meeting/conference travel is required. Remote work (work-from-home) as approved by the Executive Director of IDEAS. Office environment is temperature controlled with occasional fluctuations, well lit, and free from loud noises and unnecessary interruptions.

Physical Demands (including requirements for travel or working nights/weekends/holidays):

• Large amounts of time spent looking at computer monitors could lead to some eye strain, stress, or headache issues.
• Repetitive stress injuries could occur.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this job.

REQ# 503540

Posting Closes: Tuesday, February 17, 2026