EarthScope Consortium - Educational Technologist I
Kristine Zentmeyer
EarthScope Consortium - Educational Technologist I
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Job Title: Educational Technologist I
Reports to: Engagement Program Manager
Employment/FLSA Status: Full-Time/Exempt
Remote Eligible: Yes, National United States
Travel Requirements: Up to 20%
Salary Range: $60,000 - $70,000 (depending on experience, skills, and qualifications relative to the job requirements)
Benefits and Perks:
- Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
- 403(b) Plan with Company Match
- Life Insurance
- PTO, Paid Holidays
Position Summary
The Educational Technologist I serves as a critical bridge between the organization's Engagement and Data Science groups. This role focuses on integrating technology into education initiatives and ensuring data science best practices are followed. As part of a remote-first organization, this professional collaborates virtually with staff with a variety of backgrounds. This position plays a vital role in ensuring that educational programs are enriched with advanced data science while maintaining accessibility and engagement.
Details of Responsibilities
General Essential Job Duties:
- Under direct supervision, design, develop, and implement technology-based solutions that bridge pedagogical best practices with data science methodologies in remote learning environments
- Translate complex data science and geophysical concepts into accessible educational materials for diverse audiences in virtual settings
- Maintain e-learning tools, with a strong emphasis on interactive data analysis and coding (e.g. Jupyter Notebooks), to support educational initiatives
- Support accessibility standards and ensure all tools meet organizational policies and legal requirements
- Collaborate with geoscience educators, data scientists, researchers, and instructional designers to create engaging virtual learning environments.
- Stay informed of updates in both educational methodologies and data science techniques, with special attention to remote and asynchronous learning approaches
- Other duties may be assigned as necessary for the successful operation of the business.
Specialized Essential Job Duties:
- Maintain educational modules for geophysical data processing and analysis in cloud-based environments using current programming and technology such as Python, R, and others.
- Participate in leading virtual workshops and training sessions
- Maintain training materials for geophysical data analysis tools, cloud computing platforms, and scientific workflows optimized for accessibility, usability, and engagement in both synchronous and asynchronous contexts
- Maintain documentation of training materials
Leadership and Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This position does not have supervisory responsibility.
Qualifications
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in geophysics, earth sciences, computer science, data science, educational technology, or a closely related field
- 2+ years of combined experience in: Data science, computational geophysics, or similar technical field or educational technology
Preferred Skills:
- Master's degree in geophysics, earth sciences, computer science, data science, educational technology, or a closely related field
- Certifications in cloud technologies from cloud providers including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with cloud-based notebook environments for educational applications
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) for scientific data processing
- Experience integrating computational tools into learning environments
- Experience working with geophysical data types (seismic, electromagnetic, gravity, magnetic, etc.)
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages commonly used for data analysis, statistical computing, machine learning, and scientific research (e.g. Python, R) programming
- Demonstrated experience working at the intersection of pedagogy and data science.
Assignment-specific Position Summary
Positions in Engagement Services will include job specific addenda that specify assignment-specific duties, knowledge, skills and abilities pertinent to the position. This is in addition to the general Position Description requirements associated with the job title.
Assignment-specific Essential Duties:
- Manage the plan for managing digital educational resources balancing brand awareness, ability to get data analytics and user functionality.
- Manage the development of tools to enable the learning of geophysics and the use of facility data in instruction including:
o The development of no-code/low-code interactive simulations and notebooks,
o Webtools to deliver data to educators and students
- Contribute to the Data Science and Computing Academy.
- Serve as the product owner of Earthscope’s learning management system including:
o Create and maintain information for users of Moodle to facilitate usage
o Identify needed functionality or plug-ins for Moodle to improve user experience
o Ensure metrics/usage data are collected for courses offered in GeoLab and Moodle
- Other duties may be assigned as necessary for the successful operation of the business.
Assignment-specific Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability for the position:
- Expert user of Google suite of tools
- Knowledge of learning theory and instructional design principles
- Knowledge of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Familiarity with emerging educational technologies
- Knowledge of learning management systems for course design and analytics.
- Abilities to use data analytics to assess learner engagement, track performance, and inform instructional decisions.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and digital ethics.
- Ability to work collaboratively with data scientists and software engineers in Data Services.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability for the position:
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment with diverse members and different communication styles
- Ability to organize and prioritize work.
- Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and interact effectively with internal and external partners
Other Requirements:
- Appropriate availability consistent with EarthScope established practices and norms; hours may exceed 40 hours per week, particularly when traveling.
- Ability to occasionally travel (1-4 times per year) to in-person team gatherings, conferences, field sites, or partner institutions
Environment
Physical Setting and Requirements:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Occasionally required to stand.
- Occasionally required to walk.
- Frequently required to sit.
- Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.
- Occasionally required to talk and/or hear.
- While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- Occasionally required to lift and /or move more than 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Acknowledgment This job description is designed to provide a general overview of the requirements of the job and does not entail a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that will be required. The EarthScope Consortium reserves the right to add to, remove or modify this job description at any time. This includes the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as needed. The EarthScope Consortium also reserves the right to release or eliminate this position at any time.
Equal Opportunity
It is the policy of EarthScope Consortium not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee based on the criteria outlined in Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Reasonable accommodation may be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
EarthScope’s Mission: EarthScope Consortium is a consortium dedicated to supporting transformative global geophysical research and education.
To Apply: Applicants may apply by going to the EarthScope Consortium Career Center: https://www.earthscope.org/careers/
Applicants MUST be authorized to work permanently in the United States.
EarthScope Consortium participates in E-Verify.
It is the policy of EarthScope Consortium not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee based on the criteria outlined in Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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