Student assistant for Game and User Lab at Institute for Visual Design
The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation is looking for a student assistant to help run the Computer Game Lab and the new User Lab at Institute of Visual Design. The labs cover facilities and equipment at the institute that are used by students, teachers and researchers for constructing, testing and developing new digital design solutions.
Your tasks
As a student assistant, you will be working together with head of the educational program ‘Visual Game & Media Design program’, Jesper Juul, and the head of the User Lab, Arthur Steijn.
Your tasks will include:
- Keeping the Game and User Lab computers up and running, in collaboration with the academy’s IT department.
- Organizing and cataloging the equipment in the User Lab and Game Lab.
- Being present once or twice a week in the User Lab to lend out equipment to students.
- Physically organizing the User Lab.
- Providing equipment support for students using the User Lab.
Your skills
- Ability to identify broken computers and communicate issues to the IT department
- Good organizational skills, including spreadsheets
- Preferably some Arduino and programming skills
Wages and conditions of employment
Employment and remuneration will be made in accordance with the collective agreement (overenskomst for studenterundervisere ved universiteter mv.) between The Danish Ministry of Taxation (Skatteministeriet) and the national federation of student employees (Studenteransattes Landsforbund).
You are required to be an active student and enrolled at a higher education institution during your employment.
The average weekly working time will be about 5-10 hours per week. Before and after a semester, the working hours per week may be higher. You will have a say in the organization of the working hours, so the job is compatible with your study. However, we expect you to be able to work during regular office hours (9-16).
The hourly salary rate is DKK 168.43 at the current salary level (October 1, 2021). You will receive a pension contribution of 1.78 pct. of the salary rate.
The position is limited in the sense that employment will end without further notice once you completed your education at your educational institution.
Application
Application and supporting documents must be sent electronically by clicking on the button ‘Søg stillingen’ (apply for the position).
The application must be submitted no later than 1 March 2022 at 12.00 noon. Applications received after the application deadline will not be taken into account.
Your application must include a motivated application, CV and documentation that you are an active student.
For more information
If you want to know more about the position, please feel free to contact associate professor Jesper Juul at jjuul@kglakademi.dk or +45 4170 1967. As Jesper is currently in USA, contacting hours is between 3 and 9 pm GMT+1.
General information about the Royal Danish Academy and the institute can be found at the https://kglakademi.dk/ and https://kglakademi.dk/institut/visuelt-design.
The Royal Academy is a diverse workplace that considers diversity to be a strength. We therefore encourage all qualified and interested applicants to apply for the position.
About the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation is an internationally recognized academy that educates professionally creative graduates to the highest level and develops new knowledge that creates value for society and the labour market. The Royal Academy is a state institution under the Ministry of Education and Research and has approximately 1,700 students and 350 employee years. Read more about the Royal Academy on our website www.kglakademi.dk
