Information Systems and Computing
Distributed Staffing Service

Description

Distributed Staffing Service places full-time, professional computing support staff in University units. Under this arrangement, the staff member is managed by Support-on-Site but reports locally and acts as an advocate for the unit in which he or she is placed.

We Provide

• IT Support Specialists
• Programmer Analysts
• System Administrators
• Lab Managers
• Help Desk personnel
• Other IT positions

Response Time

Readily available since staff member is on client's site.

Cost

$6,000 service fee

Benefits

• SOS handles all aspects of the hiring process (drafting job description, interviewing, reference checking, salary negotiation, affirmative action compliance, and payroll issues).
• SOS orients staff member to ISC and the larger Penn computing environment.
• Provide experienced computing support
• Connection to central computing resources
• Large virtual staff

Additional Resources Available

• The SOS staff of IT specialists provides a technical networking opportunity for the Distributed Staff member.
• Access to the SOS mailing list
• Access to ISC Resources (e.g., networking, data security)

Contact

Kristin Nelson
For E-mail address, please refer to the University of Pennsylvania's on-line directory (http://directory.upenn.edu)
(215) 898-1785