Employment

IT Support Specialist

October 2023

Bard College Berlin invites applications for an

IT Support Specialist (m/f/d)

Bard College Berlin is now accepting applications for a full-time (40 hr/week) position as “IT Support Specialist (m/f/d)” (entry level). You will be responsible for the first- and second-level help desk for staff and students. Additionally, you will support the head of IT in all aspects of the infrastructure.

Specific duties will include:

• 1st- and 2nd-level help desk
• Printer support
• Windows and Mac client support
• A/V equipment support in the seminar rooms
• Creation of ID cards
• Creation of accounts (AD/E-Mail)
• Programming electronic locks including maintenance

IT Skills:

• Windows (10/11)
• Windows Server (2016/2019)
• Active Directory
• Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
• macOS
• Websites (LAMP, Wordpress)
• SQL
• Google Workspace for Education

Required qualifications:

• Good communication skills
• Problem-solving abilities
• Fluency in both English and German
• At least completed apprenticeship (i.e., Fachinformatiker or IT Systemelektroniker) or a BA degree
• Teamwork skills
• Interest in working with a highly international group of students, staff, and guests to the college

To apply:
To apply, please send a complete application in one PDF file (cover letter, CV, and references) with the subject line “IT Support Specialist” to [email protected].

Please direct your questions to Marco Volkmann at [email protected].

Bard College Berlin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or age.




Oktober 2023

Bard College Berlin gGmbH sucht einen

IT Support Spezialist (m/w/d)

Bard College Berlin sucht einen “IT Support Spezialist (m/w/d)” in Vollzeit (40 h/Woche), gerne Berufsanfänger. Sie verantworten 1st und 2nd Level Helpdesk Aufgaben für Personal und Studenten. Außerdem unterstützen Sie den Head of IT in allen Bereichen der Infrastruktur. 

Ihre Aufgaben:

• 1st und 2nd Level Helpdesk
• Drucker-Wartung
• Wartung von Windows und Mac Endgeräten
• Hilfe mit den Projektoren und TVs in den Seminarräumen
• Erstellung von ID-Karten
• Erstellung von Kennungen (AD/E-Mail)
• Programmierung und Wartung von elektronischen Schlössern

IT Kenntnisse:

• Windows (10/11)
• Windows Server (2016/2019)
• Active Directory
• Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
• macOS
• Webseiten (LAMP, Wordpress) 
• SQL
• Google Workspace for Education

Ihre Qualifikationen:

• Kommunikationsfähigkeit
• Problemorientiertes Denken
• Fließende Englisch- und Deutschkenntnisse
• Mindestens abgeschlossene Ausbildung (z.B. Fachinformatiker oder IT Systemelektroniker) oder Studium im IT Bereich
• Teamfähigkeit
• Interesse, in einer sehr internationalen Umgebung zu arbeiten

Bewerbung:
Bitte schicken Sie Ihre vollständigen Unterlagen in einem PDF Dokument (Anschreiben, Lebenslauf und Referenzen) an [email protected].

Für Fragen steht Ihnen Herr Marco Volkmann ([email protected]) gerne zur Verfügung.

Das Bard College Berlin setzt sich für Diversität, Perspektivenvielfalt und Chancengleichheit ein.
 

Professorship of Visual Art

Bard College Berlin seeks to appoint a professor of visual art, with the period of appointment to begin in September 2024. The successful candidate should have a record of internationally-recognized achievement in one or more areas of visual media—preferably film, video, photography—or in interdisciplinary use of these media. They should also have significant teaching and some administrative experience in a university context. The candidate will contribute to course offerings and supervision of students’ artistic work within an undergraduate degree program in Artistic Practice and Society, which fully incorporates contemporary transformations of art production and provides the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary artistic practice and artistic research within the framework of a liberal arts education.

An initial contract of 4 years will be offered, with a view to eventual tenure, granted on the basis of excellence in teaching and artistic work, as well as contribution to the development of the college. Appointment requirements are governed by §100 of the Berlin University Law (Berliner Hochschulgesetz).

Bard College Berlin’s academic calendar comprises two semesters, each of 14 weeks. Professors teach 2 courses in one semester, and 3 in the other (with each course consisting of 2 sessions of 90 minutes per week).

Applications with letter of interest, CV with a list of exhibitions / major works, teaching evaluations, and copies of 3 recent catalogues should be sent by March 25, 2024 to [email protected].

Assistant Manager for Smolny Beyond Borders Initiative

October 2023

Bard College Berlin invites applications for an

Assistant Manager for Smolny Beyond Borders Initiative

Bard College Berlin seeks a dedicated Assistant Manager to fortify the Smolny Beyond Borders Initiative. This significant initiative embodies an online learning and university-in-exile collaboration between Bard College Berlin and Bard Annandale. The appointed individual will play a crucial role in amplifying Bard’s international influence and endorsing its multifaceted campus in Berlin.

Position Details

• A full-time (40 hr/week) position
• Reports to: Smolny Beyond Borders Manager/Director of the Gagarin Center at Bard College
• Collaborates with: Associate Dean, BCB Civic Engagement Office, Major Gifts Officer, and the Director of Public Programs and Strategic Initiatives

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the admission and enrollment process for Smolny Beyond Borders.
• Collaborate with faculty for online course preparations.
• Spearhead coordination of the initiative's public events.
• Assist faculty in fellowship, grant applications, and reporting.
• Draft and present institutional grant applications, acknowledgments, and reports. Coordinate collaboration with the initiative partners.
• Organize, schedule, and document board and faculty meetings, ensuring synchronization with BCB, Bard Annandale, and other OSUN partners.
• Uphold Smolny Beyond Borders’ digital presence on social platforms and oversee associated mailings.

Candidate Profile

• Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Languages: Fluent in English and Russian, with experience in translating documents between the two languages
• A fervor for international education coupled with a passion for the liberal arts educational approach
• General skills:
  • Stellar organizational capacities
  • Strong writing, editing and translation skills
  • Excellent planning, management, and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets/Power Point
  • Use of information technologies in management and education
  • Cultural knowledge and sensitivity
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Data analysis and management
• Related experience:
  • Previous roles in administrative capacities, preferably in university settings like Development, Senior Relations, Grant, and Research Support Offices
  • Proficiency in writing grant proposals, budgeting, and project management
  • International networking
  • Building academic partnerships
  • Facilitating negotiations with private donors, foundations, corporate and government grant-giving organizations
  • Organizing high-profile international academic events and donor meetings
  • Translation and editing of academic publications

Application Process
Submit your CV, cover letter, and references in PDF format to [email protected] with "SBB Assistant Manager" in the subject line of the email.
Applications will be considered as they are received and continue until the job is filled. Please direct your questions to [email protected]

Bard College Berlin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or age.

Reinigungskraft

Das Bard College Berlin im Norden von Pankow sucht ab sofort eine Reinigungskraft.

Ihre zukünftigen Aufgaben:

- Oberflächen-, Boden- und Fensterreinigung
- Reinigung und Desinfektion der Sanitäranlagen
- Leeren von Papier- und Abfallkörben.
- Einhaltung der Hygienestandards
- Reinigung der Treppenhäuser und Seminarräume des Gebäudekomplexes
- Leistungsbereitschaft, Sorgfalt, Gründlichkeit

Arbeitszeiten:

• 40-Stunden Woche (Vollzeit)
• Montag bis Freitag
• Anfangsdatum: zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt

Bitte senden Sie uns Ihre Bewerbung per Email an: [email protected].
 

Philanthropy Assistant

Bard College Berlin is hiring a Philanthropy Assistant to support its development and fundraising department, which plays a crucial role in the advancement of the public visibility and awareness of the college as well as the further expansion of its curriculum and facilities.

The Philanthropy Assistant will be located in Berlin. The position reports to the Director of Philanthropy and will work closely with the Major Gifts Officer and the Director of Public Programs and Strategic Initiatives in Berlin and the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at Bard College in Annandale (NY).

The preferred candidate is a professional who has strong organizational and interpersonal skills, pays extreme attention to detail, demonstrates a committed and responsible work ethic, has an interest in grant writing and research, and possesses an excellent verbal and written command of German (mother tongue) and English. A belief in and a desire to support the liberal arts educational concept and to help flourish Bard’s young and uniquely international campus in Berlin is essential. 

Responsibilities include:

• Administer and coordinate public and private grants such as DFG, DAAD, Volkswagen, Philip-Schwarz-Initiative and others
• Administer private and foundational pledges and donations and coordinate with the finance departments in Berlin and Annandale
• Assist faculty with grant applications and reports
• Write institutional grant applications, reports, and acknowledgments
• Schedule and document weekly Philanthropy meetings with colleagues from Bard Berlin and Annandale
• Organize and execute events and mailings
• Maintain donor, prospect and donations database
• Occasionally assist the Bard College Berlin Freundeskreis
• Manage Twingle donation tool

Requirements:

• A BA degree and a fluency in both German (native speaker) and English
• Strong organizational, writing and communication/interpersonal skills
• A good working knowledge of Excel and an affinity for numbers
• A background in administration and experience in grant and project cycle management is a valuable asset
• An interest in international education

To apply, please send your CV, a cover letter and references to [email protected] with “Philanthropy Assistant” in the subject line (email with pdf-attachments only).

Applications will be considered as they are received and continue until the job is filled. Please direct your questions to [email protected].

Bard College Berlin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or age.