AzTAP Inventory Assistant Manager

Northern Arizona University

Phoenix, AZ

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Assistive Technology, Community Support, Community and Social Services, Data Collection, Data Entry, Developmental Disabilities, Document Tracking, Driver's License, Educational Evaluation, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Financial Reporting, Identify Issues, Inventory Management, Legal, Loan Documents, Loans, Maintenance Services, Negotiation Skills, Organizational Skills, Procedure Development, Product Demonstration, Purchasing/Procurement, Returns Processing, Safety Codes, Social Sciences, Staff Policies, Systems Maintenance, Testing, Vehicle Driving, Vehicle Fleets, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Work From Home
LOCATION
Phoenix, AZ
POSTED
Today
This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7504813 AzTAP Inventory Assistant Manager\ \ Northern Arizona University\ \ **Special Information** - This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare. - This position is subject to the availability of funding. The incumbent is not eligible for Service Professional non-renewal notice, or Classified Staff layoff or recall status. - This position is posted as AzTAP Inventory Assistant Manager, which is a working title. The NAU system title for this position is Inventory Assistant Manager. - Driving a vehicle on behalf of the university is anticipated to be a regular part of this position. Arizona Administrative Code Fleet Safety Policy requires all employees who drive on university business become authorized by submitting Driver\'s license information for driving record monitoring, and completion of training appropriate to the level of driving performed. The law applies to all faculty, staff, and students who drive personal or university-owned motorized vehicles for any business purpose. More information on the NAU Authorized Driver Policy can be found on the NAU website. \ **About the Department/College**\ \ The Institute for Human Development (IHD) is an interdisciplinary unit and the oldest institute at Northern Arizona University (NAU). IHD is housed in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. As a federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), IHD focuses on four core areas: research and evaluation, interdisciplinary education and training, community service, and information dissemination.\ \ About the Position\ \ IHD\'s Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP) is the State Assistive Technology Program for Arizona as required by the Assistive Technology Act and located in Phoenix, AZ. AzTAP provides a wide range of related statewide programs and services. The Inventory Assistant Manager will be primarily responsible for managing AzTAP\'s Assistive Technology (AT) device inventories. This includes supporting our AT Specialists by preparing equipment for device demonstrations and loans, as well as handling the purchasing and tracking of new AT devices.\ Responsibilities Include\ \ 60% - Inventory Management - Serves as the primary device inventory manager for AzTAP. - Orders, receives, and processes new equipment/devices into inventory. Labels devices and components, stores and organizes items appropriately per our established system. - Contacts and coordinates with vendors to arrange short-term loan of equipment/devices for loan and/or demonstration services, negotiate purchase discounts for new inventory items, and facilitate the long-term placement of equipment at AzTAP. - Manages the AzTAP inventory, performing regular updates, troubleshooting, minor repairs, and routine maintenance, while coordinating off-site vendor repairs for equipment/devices as needed. - Retrieves and prepares inventory items for AT Specialists to use in device demonstrations and loans, ensuring all components are included and devices are updated and fully functional. - For client pick-up or shipping of loan equipment by packing items, creating shipping labels, coordinating daily shipment pickups and filing printed assembled loan tracking documentation. - Processes returned equipment used in loans, demonstrations and/or trainings by unpacking, verifying contents, testing and/or repairing devices, sanitizing items, and returning them to inventory. - Ensures that all equipment/devices in the AzTAP eq ipment inventory have all required component pieces, are in working order, and initiates repairs or replacements of devices or parts as necessary. - In coordination with the Reuse Services Coordinator, AT Specialists, and Program Director, manages the drop-off of donated equipment, the pick-up of refurbished items, and the disposition of outdated or obsolete inventory. - Maintains and updates the AzTAP equipment inventory database, ensures accurate and current equipment/device descriptions in the inventory management system, and regularly updates the public-facing inventory webpage. - Follows established procedures to track and conduct an annual inventory audit for IHD, AzTAP, ADE-ESS, and staff equipment with NAU property control numbers, assigning items to NAU surplus as necessary and maintaining our master inventory log sheet. - Coordinate with and support community partner agencies whose programs have AzTAP equipment/devices on long term placement. Assist them with managing their AzTAP - placed equipment updating and repairing equipment/devices as needed. - Coordinates with community partner agencies that have long-term loan equipment to ensure their usage data is collected, accurate, and that it is entered into our data collection system within established timeframes. \ 25% - Financial Reporting Communicates and coordinates with assistive technology vendors to procur

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