Arts Technician - 529811

**Pay Grade/Pay Range:** Minimum: $18.32 - Midpoint: $21.97 (Hourly N4) * * * **Department/Organization:** 204211 - Art * * * **Normal Work Schedule:** Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm * * * **Job Summary:** The Arts Technician assist University students enrolled in studio art classes. Maintains, repairs, or builds equipment and parts. Manages purchasing. Provides guidance, trains, and/or may supervise student employees. * * * **Additional Department Summary:** This position supports instruction and studio operations with a primary emphasis on the Department’s wood and metal fabrication facilities. The successful candidate should have demonstrated experience in woodworking and/or metalworking and be comfortable working in an active shop environment. Responsibilities include providing technical support to faculty and students, promoting safe operation of shop equipment, and assisting with the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of woodworking and metalworking machinery and tools. Experience maintaining and troubleshooting shop equipment is highly desirable. * * * **Required Minimum Qualifications:** High school diploma or GED and two (2) years of art experience; OR associate's degree and some art experience. * * * **Preferred Qualifications:** Experience working in a woodworking and/or metalworking shop environment, including the safe operation and maintenance of shop equipment commonly used in wood and metal fabrication. Experience troubleshooting, repairing, and performing preventive maintenance on shop machinery is preferred. Experience supporting instructional activities in an academic, makerspace, or similar technical environment is also desirable. * * * **Background Investigation Statement:** Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made. * * * **Equal Employment Opportunity**: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s [Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eeoc.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2023-06%2F22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Cbemoses%40ua.edu%7C63ee0eea9c1f47dde7aa08dd844ca664%7C2a00728ef0d040b4a4e8ce433f3fbca7%7C0%7C0%7C638812186928171752%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LshEqMy%2FBktAtaXEuwGS%2Bwp4rtHL6HgQLkx1QeU0v0I%3D&reserved=0) poster. The University of Alabama affirms its longstanding commitment to institutional neutrality, free speech, and academic freedom.