BereaCorps Educational Technology Support Associate

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Description:

BereaCorps positions are grant-funded, one-year contract positions from June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026, with the possibility of a one-year extension. The positions are only available to 2024 and May 2025 Berea graduates, that have completed all of their coursework by May 2025.

Your Key Responsibilities:

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 required. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist with administrating and providing support for Berea College’s campus-wide learning management system using Moodle with Moodle hosting provider.
• Assist the Educational Technology Team with managing the College’s faculty educational technology initiatives and projects.
• Collaborate with the Educational Technology Team on all aspects of evolving campus academic technology needs.
• Serve as liaison to faculty and staff for various technology support and provide expert recommendations.
• Assist in researching and investigating the latest trends and developments in academic software and hardware used for higher education, including emerging technologies and technology-related pedagogy.

What You'll Bring:

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.

• Basic level of excellent customer service experience
• Basic knowledge of various educational technologies
• Basic knowledge of media services including hardware and software installation

• Ability to train others on technology; experience in project management and instructional technology; Macintosh and Windows expertise; ability to communicate effectively with faculty and students; ability to research, evaluate, modify, and integrate technology; working style that promotes teamwork, enhances creativity, and builds consensus.

• Valid Driver’s License

• Ability to lift 50 pounds and travel to various campus locations for on-site classroom technology support.

• This position will be based in an office setting in Educational Technology, but many work hours will be conducted on-site in various classrooms and other locations across campus.

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team.


Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Our Benefits:
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.

Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.