Description:
Position HighlightsOutstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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Duties & Responsibilities:
Implement and teach interdisciplinary law: technology and Indigenous advocacy courses
- Develop and instruct interdisciplinary law courses in Human Rights Law, Technology, Tribal Governance, and Indigenous Peoples' Digital Rights.
- Develop and instruct specially designed courses that aim to improve student competencies in handling tribal domain name registrations and effectively navigating domain name dispute resolution mechanisms.
- Incorporate Indigenous law and policy education with technology tools to deepen students' understanding and practical skills in managing tribal digital and intellectual property rights.
- Design community-engaged and technology-enhanced flipped classroom content that prioritizes learner-centeredness, inclusivity, accessibility, and scalability, tailored to integrate Indigenous digital rights and international legal frameworks.
- Build strategies that are particularly focused on enhancing online and hybrid course formats to better serve the needs of IPLP's partnered tribal communities and educational institutions.
- Enhance student learning and leadership by actively fostering engagement through outreach, internships, and research opportunities.
- Construct a flexible course framework that can adjust to new IPLP initiatives each semester or extend over a full academic year, tailored to meet the evolving needs of IPLP's tribal community partners and specific project demands.
- Oversee the hosting partnership agreement between the IPLP and Campus Web Services.
- Administer and launch new Indigenous-focused websites while updating and maintaining existing IPLP project sites.
- Develop, maintain, and secure digital searchable databases for IPLP projects, ensuring they are updated with the latest security measures.
- Explore methods to integrate Artificial Intelligence into IPLP's digital databases to enhance and promote the Indigenous Peoples human rights advocacy.
- Provide technical support to IPLP's diverse project teams, assisting with a range of activities including multimedia marketing, social media engagement, event management, registration form coordination, and newsletter distribution.
- Coordinate with various Native American/Indigenous offices at the University to provide support in web development, social media, event promotion, and the creation of multimedia content for digital marketing purposes.
- Craft news articles and stories for website content, effectively communicating updates on IPLP and University-wide Indigenous initiatives to a diverse audience.
- Deliver classes, workshops, and seminars that focus on effective use of AI, Web Development, and digital literacy in human rights advocacy, emphasizing their applications in Tribal Governance.
- Provide technical support to implement advanced technologies for asynchronous classes, ensuring tribal users can from diverse backgrounds can effectively engage with the course materials.
- Facilitate various courses, assisting both instructors and students in utilizing technology smoothly and efficiently.
- Monitor all deployed technologies continuously and troubleshoot any issues to maintain seamless class operations.
- Collaborate closely with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Department of Education to assess the tribe's educational needs and develop detailed plans for future semester courses.
- Design and manage online applications for students enrolling in upcoming courses, streamlining the registration process and enhancing accessibility.
- Assist in developing and implementing advanced technologies and strategic vision for the IPLP program.
- Collaborate with IPLP staff to enhance the use of technology throughout the program, including in staff training, virtual classroom environments, and interactions with tribal community partners.
- Assist in developing and implementing research technologies for various IPLP initiative projects.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Expert in Indigenous Peoples law and policy, human rights practices and working with Native American populations.
- Expert Web Administrator in developing Drupal websites for the university.
- Broad knowledge in collaborative technology tools used in indigenous-centered design and research.
- Expert in qualitative data collection, analysis, and synthesis, with specialized knowledge in integrating these elements into websites.
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ChartJS.
- Skill in teaching in a higher education setting, and a deep commitment to online learning, enhancing learner agency, and learner-centered approaches in legal education.
- Comfort with ambiguity and fast-paced, rapidly evolving environments.
- Skill in strategic planning principles and practices, and demonstrated change, growth, and innovation management abilities.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to effectively communicate with individuals of varying technical and human rights expertise.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor or Equivalent Masters level degree in law.
- 1 year of experience building university websites tailored for Native American Community.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters or Doctoral Law degree in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy.
- Experience in developing University of Arizona websites using UA QuickStart, managed through Pantheon.
- Experience in building Human Rights Law databases using Search API.
- Experience in tribal community-engagement.