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General Statement of Job The Associate Vice-President - Technology and Chief Information Officer is responsible for the strategic leadership and vision to guide the future direction of Information Technology (IT) and Educational Technology (ET) in support of the mission of the College. Collaborates with campus stakeholders to anticipate, create, and maintain a vision for the future technology needs at the College. Supports and promotes the strategic use of technology to advance the overall mission of the College and leads strategic and operational planning to achieve identified business goals. Fosters innovation, prioritizes initiatives, and coordinates the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future information technology across the organization. Collaborates with leadership, faculty, staff, and students to explore, develop, utilize, maintain and evaluate educational technology in the classroom, lab, and other teaching stations as well as the audiovisual technology equipment in other institutional venues.
The AVP will lead and manage the Information Technology Department and Educational Technology Department. Oversees budget allocation, including acquisition, development and implementation of systems infrastructure, hardware, software, third-party technology solutions, audiovisual Technology and special events technology.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Specific Duties and Responsibilities - Responsible for developing collaborations among the College's academic and administrative professionals to advance the student experience with creative technology integrations.
- Provides strategic direction for information Technology and educational technology services in accordance with the needs of students, faculty, and staff by monitoring industry trends and innovations.
- Develops and implements strategic long and short-term technology, risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Secures safe and consistent information processing through policies, allocation and use guidelines, procedures, standards, practices, and security measures.
- Employs and deploys the most skilled and able IT and ET staff.
- Maintains a high level of quality customer service and customer relations.
- Provides appropriate reports and summaries to the Vice President.
- Responsible for maintaining accountability and sound fiscal management.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates the department's procedures, programs, functions, and activities.
- Provides input on revisions/updates of pertinent existing technology policies and formulation of new policies.
- Oversees the divisions Institutional Effectiveness (IE) plan.
- Maintains knowledge of the College's policies and procedures and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- Travels throughout the college district, as needed.
- Recommends for hire, supervises, trains, mentors, assigns schedules, evaluates, and oversees the technical and administrative Information Technology and Educational Technology staff.
- Supports the planning and implementation of audiovisual support for meetings, graduations, and other special events.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Position Information
Posting Number SP2488 Position Title Associate Vice President - Technology and Chief Information Officer Department ISPSI-Information Technology Temporary End Date (if applicable) Location Pecan E-Class Administrative FLSA Exempt Min Salary $116,918.00 Salary Range* Required Education and Experience - Master's Degree Required; Doctorate Preferred.
- At least five (5) years of progressive supervisory, administrative, and leadership experience required.
- Demonstrated track record for success in the field of Information Technology.
- Must be resourceful, innovative and able to cope with on-going change.
- Strong leadership, analytical and interpersonal skills required.
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and internet research skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects that require demonstrated leadership ability.
- Ability to analyze situations quickly and objectively and to determine proper course of action.
- Team player with the ability to collaborate with all college departments, functions, and other support services.
- Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
- Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; wiling to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional and technical journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from executive management, faculty, staff, students, public groups, regulatory agencies, and/or Boards of Trustees.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Security Sensitive position: all applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
- In addition, subject to a federal background check.
- Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.
- Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
- Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Sitting particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and/or extensive reading, including color, depth perception, and field vision.
- Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
Posting Detail Information
Desired Start Date 05/06/2024 Close Date 04/22/2024 Open Until Filled (overrides Close Date) No Special Instructions to Applicants This is an online only application
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