Hiring: Director of Technology

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Mendo Sedai has been serving as our Director of Technology for just over a year and a half now, and picked up from his predecessor and ran with our Tech department, most notably getting us over to our shiny new home. Sadly, our ever-present nemesis RL has claimed another victim, thus is it time to find a new DoT. Thank you, Mendo, for everything you've put into the role in your relatively brief time serving. :hug

Now, on to the hiring requirements:

This position is a Director, and as such is an Executive who reports directly to the Keeper of the Chronicles. Whoever fills this position is responsible for meeting the technical needs of the administration and community including keeping our message boards and site functional, among others.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Serve as an Executive and give advice to the Amyrlin and Keeper both in your Department and on site-wide issues as needed.
* Project management for all technical aspects relating to our site and boards and act as a supervisor for Department staff, including handling personnel issues such as disputes, hiring, separations, etc.
* Come up with and implement new technical ideas for the community.
* Oversee our server administration.

Requirements:

* Must be a Senior Member- currently or previously- for at least one year and must be a member in good standing.
* Must be trustworthy, organized and a self-starter.
* Must have knowledge of technologies necessary to operate our website, including but not limited to CMS platforms and server maintenance.
* Must be able to recruit and train technical talent; must be able to assign tasks to staff members and make sure they are completed. The ideal candidate is one who can manage and communicate with our technical staff in working towards ongoing site improvement; an ability and willingness to learn what you do not already know, plus strong leadership skills, is a must.
* Must be able to spot areas that are in need of improvement and come up with solutions/recommendations.
* Must be willing and able to spend 15 hours a week or more handling Department and technical issues.
* Must be able to respond to requests from other Directors/admins in a timely manner.

* While not required, prior experience in the Department of Technology is a plus.


If you feel like you would be a good fit for this position please send an email to amyrlin@tarvalon.net and keeper@tarvalon.net with the title APPLICATION--DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY--YOUR NAME HERE. Your email should include why you think you would be a good fit, any ideas you have for the Department and a summary of applicable skills. Applications are due no later than August 25th, 2017.
 

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Thank you for everything you've done for us, Mendo. It's been a pleasure serving with you :hug Good luck with the RL monster.

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Thank you very much for everything, Mendo! :hug

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Thank you so much for all your hard work, Mendo :hug

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Thank you, Mendo Sedai!!

:( Your expertise and contributions will be greatly missed.:cry

Good Luck to the applicants!!
 

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Bumping as a reminder to those that are interested in applying that the deadline is this FRIDAY, August 25th- if you have any questions regarding the position, feel free to email me at keeper@tarvalon.net. :D
 

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Well folks, time for a community heart to heart from the Keeper. :(

Yesterday was our deadline for applicants for Director of Technology.

I have no applications. :brown-blink:

What does this mean for the community? Well, it means that the Tech department will roll up to me for the time being, rather than a Director. It also means that response time to resolution for technical issues may be increased while remaining members of Tech get them filtered down. If we have a major technical issue, resolution time will also be longer, and potential for outages increase. We are a web community, and right now, with no one at the helm of Tech, that could potentially be the end of the site if we have no one to monitor its health and stability.

If you feel like you might have the skills and willingness to assist, please reach out to keeper@tarvalon.net and amyrlin@tarvalon.net. If you have knack with Technology and woyld be willing to learn, reach out. The hiring request will remain open until we have someone able to step into the role- I have faith in Mendo and his team's handiwork, but would feel much more comfortable with someone as our DoT.
 
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