Position Function:
The AI Educator builds practical AI capability among Mississippi State University staff. The role delivers a recurring schedule of hands-on workshops, partners with individual departments to identify high-value AI use cases, and helps staff design and adopt non-code automations that improve day-to-day operations. The work is customer-facing and service-oriented: success is measured by what departments can do differently after engaging with the team.
This position is part of MSU's expanding AI training and adoption team, housed in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies and works in close coordination with the Senior Advisor for AI and Data Governance. The team's mission is to take AI from concept to practice inside individual departments and to scale.
Salary Grade: 16
Please see Staff Compensation Structure for salary ranges.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Plan and deliver AI workshops, including general literacy sessions, tool-specific training (Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini), and prompt engineering practicums.
• Develop and continuously refresh workshop curricula, hands-on exercises, quick-reference guides, and self-serve learning resources tailored to non-faculty staff audiences.
• Conduct on-request department trainings and consultations: listen for pain points, identify AI-fit opportunities, and recommend appropriate next steps (training, automation, or referral to the AI Builder for technical deployment).
• Develop resources to share via websites, social media, the MSU AI Community Team, and other outlets.
• Design and help implement non-code automations using tools such as Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and equivalent platforms.
• Track participation, follow-up, and outcome data; contribute to monthly reporting on team activity and impact.
• Stay current on enterprise AI platforms in MSU's portfolio and on emerging tools, sharing relevant updates with the team and across campus.
• Represent the team at MSU and in-state AI convenings; participate in select national professional development (e.g. UF AI Summit).
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a job-related field and 2+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated knowledge and abilities with current generative AI tools and a clear point of view on how to teach them to non-technical adult learners.
• Strong workshop facilitation and adult-learning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to translate technical concepts into plain language.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior experience designing or delivering technology training in a higher-education or large-enterprise setting.
• Experience building non-code automations in Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot Studio, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar.
• Familiarity with AI ethics, data classification, and responsible-use frameworks.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The ideal candidate has working knowledge of current generative AI tools (Microsoft Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini), no-code automation platforms like Microsoft Power Automate and Copilot Studio, and a familiarity with AI ethics and responsible-use frameworks. They must be skilled in adult learning and workshop facilitation, curriculum and training material development, and creating content for digital platforms, along with the ability to design and implement no-code automations and track program outcomes. Beyond technical know-how, the role requires strong written and verbal communication, the ability to translate complex AI concepts into plain language, an aptitude for identifying practical AI opportunities within departmental workflows, and the initiative to stay current in a rapidly evolving field while collaborating across the university and representing the team at professional convenings.
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
1. No unusual physical requirements.
2. Requires no heavy lifting, and nearly all work is performed in a comfortable indoor facility.
3. Job frequently requires walking, sitting, reaching, talking, hearing, handling objects with hands
4. Job requires standing, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling, and lifting up to 10 pounds
5. Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically
6. Hearing requirements: Heavy telephone contact requires ability to hear and respond to telephone conversations
Instructions for Applying:
Link to apply: http://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment, programs or activities based on race, color, ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance, 231 Famous Maroon Band Street, P.O. 6044, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (662) 325-5839.
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