Production Manager

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI) was created by a merger of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) and AMAC Accessibility. CATEA grew out of collaborations in the late 1970s between Georgia Tech Industrial Design students and local disability groups. Their efforts led to the establishment of CATEA in 1980 by the Board of Regents. For more than 20 years, CATEA provided services for Georgia's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, established the statewide TechKnowledge information clearinghouse on assistive technology, hosted various national resource centers on assistive technology for the workplace, provided accessibility audits for public facilities and information technology to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and produced computer skill and adult education programs. By the early 2000s, CATEA had transformed from a service-oriented center into a full-fledged research center.

Manage the production of accessible text formats. Provide future direction for business unit through generating new customers and researching new and emerging practices in text production. Establish and maintain relationships with collaborative partners nationally. Provide technical support and workflow management to unit. Supervise production staff including responsibility for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center management and staff.This position typically will advise and counsel: same as aboveThis position will supervise: production staff

Job Duty 1 - Manage, facilitate, and provide unit development. Includes strategic planning for the unit and consultation with peers on the national and international levels.
Job Duty 2 - Manage development of new programs, services, and product lines, and including collaborating with other institutions. Provide national leadership on production of accessible text formats.
Job Duty 3 - Ensure accountability for contract deliverables, grant writing, and the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for new customers.
Job Duty 4 - Develop and implement policies and procedures for production.
Job Duty 5 - Implement cost saving procedures and monitor budget of unit.
Job Duty 6 - Supervise unit staff and provide technical support. Responsible for production of text and monitoring production workflow.
Job Duty 7 - Perform other duties as assigned

Job Specific Responsibilities:

Manage the braille transcription workflow, ensuring high standards of accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of braille materials for both on-demand and mass production projects.

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to procure services supplies, materials and services required to complete deliverables for sponsored projects while managing and tracing inventory levels. Develop, implement, and maintain quality control procedures and training initiatives to ensure allbraille materials consistently comply with established standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications
Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requirements).

Required Experience
Four to six years of job related experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience in publishing, digital media, assistive technology, or other related alternative media fields

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree

Preferred CertificationsPreferred Certifications: : LOC/NLS Literary Braille, Nemeth, Music, Literary Proofreading, Nemeth Proofreading and NBA Braille Textbook Formatting.

Salary Range: $75,600 - $85,000

Location: Atlanta, GA

SKILLS
Experience in the manufacturing and distribution of products and services Experience managing budgets. Excellent managerial and organizational skills and the ability to develop and implement policies and procedures. Ability to manage and schedule a diverse group of individuals which consists of some employees working remotely.

Preferred KSAs:

Proficient in the use of braille translation software, graphic tools, and source file preparation programs, along with hands-on experience operating and maintaining braille production equipment.

Demonstrated experience supporting braille-related training initiatives or professional development programs.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening