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The Secular Student Alliance (www.secularstudents.org) seeks a full-time staffer to meet the IT needs of our growing organization.  The Secular Student Alliance supports a network of over 350 atheist, agnostic, and humanist groups on high school and college campuses. The Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit.

This position is based out of our offices in Columbus, OH.  This is not a telecommuting position. This is a salaried position and the hours are typically 9-5 on weekdays.  Occasional evenings and weekends will be required.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.  Position includes fully-funded health and dental coverage.

The most important duty of the IT Manager will be to manage and improve our Drupal/CiviCRM-based website and CRM system to better meet the needs of our staff, and the students we support.

Additionally the IT Manager will be responsible for:

• Defining technology priorities with other staff, developing long-term strategies to manage and scale the organization's IT solutions and implementing those strategies (with a focus on data management)
• Documenting tools for non-technical staff, training staff on the tools, and providing support
• Deploying and maintaining PCs for about 20 employees and volunteers, some of which are remote
• Managing local area network (router, switches, APs, structured cabling), network storage, network printers and VoIP phones
• Managing Asterisk-based phone system
• Managing hosted services (LAMP web site, Google app suite, GoToMeeting, etc.)

Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong ability to learn; ability to follow instructions well; strong analytical skills
• Ability to write documentation for non-technical staff
• Ability to train other staff on how to use web based tools
• Independent problem-solving, self-direction
• Basic end-user understanding of LAMP environment
• Programming experience in any applicable language
• HTML and CSS experience
• Basic familiarity with PC hardware
•   Basic support skills for Windows 7 and MS Office Suite
• Two years of college or equivalent post-high school education
• One to three years of tech support, system administration, or programming experience.

Pluses:

• Drupal experience
• CiviCRM experience
• PHP experience
• MySQL or other RDBMS experience
• Extensive programming experience in any applicable language; familiarity with the application development lifecycle
• Graphic design skills
• Support skills for Mac
• Familiarity with Asterisk-based or other VoIP phone systems
• Familiarity with local area networking
• Experience maintaining workgroup/department printers
• A degree in computer science or a related field

To apply for this job please send your resume and answers to the following screening questions to hr.it@secularstudents.org by May 24th, 2012.

 Screening questions:

1. Why are you interested in this position?

2. When would you be available to start?

3. Can you prove that you are either a citizen of the United States or a legal worker?

4. What experience do you have with programming?

5. What experience do you have working with open source software?

6. What experience do you have writing documentation?

7. What experience do you have working Content Management Systems like Drupal?

8. What experience do you have working with Constituent Relationships Management packages like CiviCRM?

9. Do you have any reservations about collaborating with people who are much older or younger than you, or are of a different ethnic group, sexual orientation, or philosophical or political belief?

10. Do you have any reservations about supporting the SSA's cause? (The two most controversial elements of that cause being: 1. promoting respect and equal rights for atheists, agnostics, humanists and others that do not believe in a god AND 2. deep skepticism of the supernatural.)

11. From what you know about the Secular Student Alliance, what do you like the best?

12. From what you know about the Secular Student Alliance, what do you see as the most urgent area for improvement?

13. Please give the names and phone numbers of at least two work or academic references.  Personal references are not required.

14. Is there anything else you would like us to know as we consider your application?